In the late 70s we set up a practice room in the enclosed garage area at my parents house in Westlake (thanks Mom and Dad!). Brian Harmer lived around the corner and we spent hours playing guitar together. Eventually Brian traded his Marshall amp in on a Teac 2340 4 track recorder and the garage became a “studio”. In later years I did a lot of work in real studios but I believe this is the first multitrack recording I ever did. I used a single Shure mic plugged direct into the Teac recorder and recorded the instruments one at a time: Drums, Bass, Guitars.
Even older recordings from the Westlake garage. This is a cassette recording we did in ’77 preparing for the infamous “Test II” gig. I remeber I was not yet old enough to drive so 15 at this point: