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Danceband On The Titanic album cover The basic notes that follow are based on journal entries that I made during the recording sessions for the "Dance Band On The Titanic" LP:

Jan 19: Tried many takes but couldn't quite get a good one of
"Mercenaries".

Jan 20: Finally got a good take of "Mercenaries".

Jan 21: Got a good take of an up-tempo "Seasons & The Sky", also referred to as "So They Sail" (a song that didn't make the album). Started work on "Michael".

Jan 22: Got a good take of "Michael".

Jan 24: Recorded "Country Dreams" and "Mismatch".

Jan 25: Tried, but couldn't get a good take of a song called "Time To Listen" which didn't wind up on the LP. Also started work on "My Old Lady".

Jan 26: Got a good take of "Time To Listen" and "My Old Lady".

Jan 27: Got a good take of "She Always Said", another song that didn't make the LP. Harry put down the acoustic guitar track for "I Wonder What Happened To Him".

Jan 28: Got a good take of "Odd Job Man" and started running down "Manhood".

Jan 29: Got a good take of "Manhood". Started running down "Dance Band On The Titanic".

Jan 31: Tried many times but couldn't get the right feel for "Dance Band On The Titanic". It looks like super-session men Steve Gadd on drums and Neil Jason on bass will be brought in to do that one. Got a good take of "We Grew Up A Little Bit".

Feb 1: Tried "Seasons & The Sky"/"So They Sail" again in an up-tempo version.

Feb 2: Did a few takes of "One Light In A Dark Valley". Steve Gadd & Neil Jason came in and did the track for "Dance Band On The Titanic"

Feb 3: Did a few more takes of "One Light In A Dark Valley" and then rehearsed the long "Dance Band On The Titanic".

Feb 4: On this day we spent 19 hours (8 AM-3 AM) recording "There Only Was One Choice". We did it in about ten takes which included about half a dozen inserts/edits.

Feb 7: Tried a few takes of "Why Should People Stay The Same?" and started rehearsing "Blues Man".

Feb 8: Got a good take of "Why Should People Stay The Same?" and recorded "Blues Man" as well with Tom Chapin on guitar.

Feb 15: ...At this session we started recorded "I Do It For You Jane", a song that Harry wrote for his new manager Jerry Weintraub's wife.

Mar 7: Got a good take of "I Do It For You Jane" with Doug Walker on bass.

Mar 8: Recorded the up-tempo tag ending to "One Light In A Dark Valley".

Here's an example of a lyric sheet and a chord chart which were the type of things that would be distributed to the band at the sessions.