the upper echelon of sought af-
ter producers for his work with
U2. Geffen flew Steve to New
York from London on the super-
sonic Concord to see us perform
at The Peppermint Lounge and
before long, we were off to Lon-
don to make our debut album.
Upon finishing the record, the
first feed-back we received from
the label was that it was so good
they were thinking about a rush
release in the spring. However,
after a shake-up in the A&R staff
in LA at Geffen, they decided it
sounded too “English” (funny in
light of the fact they flew us to
London to record with an Eng-
lish producer). Instead of rush-
ing the release, they wanted
us to re-mix it and/or re-record
some of the songs with an Amer-
ican producer. And while we
were at it, could we write some
new songs that might be more
of a single for American radio?
We remixed and recorded sev-
eral songs with Stefan Galfas,
who had recently worked on hits
for Stevie Nicks and John Waite.
NOW: Watch Jay Pounders perform “Parakeet in My Pocket”
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