Album: Homebrew 5
Artist: Steve Howe
2013 HoweSound
CD: HSCD00

Steve Howe: guitars, Steinberger GM4T guitar through a Boss GS10 (11-19), bass, MIDI guitar piano (3), MIDI guitar, keys, Boss drum machine (11-19), vocals (8, 20)

Produced by Steve Howe
Recorded Langley Studios, Devon, UK (including 2, 5 main part), and Dinemec Studios 2, Schonried nr Gstad, Switzerland (including 1, 3, 4, 5 opening, 11-19)
Recorded Jun 2008 (11-19)
Initial compilation by Duncan Clave
Finalisation by Andy Miles/Simon Heyworth
Cover and package design by Glenn & Doug Gottlieb; logo designs by Roger Dean
Photos by Steve Howe, selected by Steph Howe, except photo of Steve Howe by Jan Howe

Tracks:
1. "Bumpy Ride" (1:30)
2. "Yang" (2:44)
3. "Solitaire Excerpt" (2:23)
4. "Hairpin Bend" (1:40)
5. "Recollection" (4:15)
6. "Silver" (3:57)
7. "The Other Sphere" (4:15)
8. "Hiding from the Sun" (4:18)
9. "Every Boundary" (3:32)
10. "Seven on Seven" (1:12)
11. "Tiger’s Den" (1:00)
12. "Labyrinth" (3:26)
13. "Ultra Definition" (1:36)
14. "Raga of Our Times" (2:15)
15. "Ebb and Flo" (2:05)
16. "Realm Thirteen" (4:16)
17. "Highly Strung" (2:19)
18. "Fool’s Gold" (0:51)
19. "Where Words Fail" (2:10)
20. "Addicted to You" (1:18)
21. "Family Tree"" (3:25)

Written & arranged by Steve Howe


Notes: Another in the Homebrew series. Howe doesn't provide a full breakdown of instruments here, unlike the previous release, but notes that electric guitar is mostly the Steinberger GM4T guitar through a Boss GS10 effects board (and is definitely that for tracks 11-19), with Martin acoustic guitars, and Fender or Rickenbacker basses. He mentions some MIDI guitar and keys on tracks 11-19. Dinemec Studios 2 is Paul Sutin's studio in his chalet.

1: Became the section of the same name within the "Fly from Here" suite on Yes's Fly from Here
2: Became the bookends of extended version of "Hour of Need"
3: Version of the piece on Fly from Here
4: Howe says the band had been working on "Into the Storm" for a while when he suggested this piece to enlarge it
5: Became "No Religion" on Asia's XXX
6: Became "Reno (Silver & Gold)", with the addition of lyrics by John Wetton, on XXX
7: Became "Judas" on XXX
8: Became "Through My Veins", with the addition of lyrics and the suggestion of a stylistic change by Wetton, on Asia's Omega
9: Became "Light the Way" on Omega
10: Used as the riff on "Drop a Stone" on Omega
11-19: Demos for his solo album Spectrum
20: The liner notes just say this went on to appear on Yes's Keys to Ascension; I think it became "Be the One: Skates"
21: Electric version of the piece on his solo album Natural Timbre

(HP, 27 Aug 26)


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