Peter Holsapple - 96 Sec. Blowout - 1978from Car Records 45
In honor of Mr. Holsapple's post to this site, we revisit his debut recording under his own name, recorded after the breakup of the H-Bombs but listing him as "Peter Holsapple of the H-Bombs."
Best as I can tell, this record was the first to bring Holsapple, Chris Stamey (here on backing vocals) and Mitch Easter (drums) back together in the studio after Rittenhouse Square and it's one of the few solo recordings he's released.
A bit after this came out, he headed into the studio with Easter, Stamey and Alex Chilton but those sessions unfortunately have been buried in a deep hole though occassionally a track or two leaks into the environment. Yet according to thedbsonline.net,a Car Records promotional postcard went out saying "Peter is presently ensconced in Manhattan, with 47 new songs and a can of Black Cherry Tab, recovering from grueling sessions at Sam Phillips' Sun Studios with Ardent/Stax wunderkind Richard Rosebrough."
The other two songs from this 45 resurfaced on a Shake Records compilation a bit later, but this gem has been orphaned. Not sure about the title as the song is actually about 105 seconds but maybe Peter will enlighten us.
Posted by: Zach Coleman
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I have to say that the recording of "96 Sec. Blowout" is lost in my addled memory banks. The other two songs were part of the 'lost sessions' at Trod Nossel Studios in Connecticut, nominally with Alex at the helm. The eight songs Mitch and I recorded there (four by each guy) never saw the light of day. I'm pretty sure Mitch's stuff is completely unreleased. We did walk away from the sessions with a tape of the rough instrumental mixes, so we used that for "Big Black Truck" and "Death Garage", then overdubbed on them with Richard Royall in Bailey NC at his studio, a converted burger place, where I'd bet that we recorded "96" although I can't be certain. I did record a bunch of songs with Rosebrough at Sam Phillips (plus an evening of jamming with Alex that shows up on some of his bootlegs). Those tapes, too, are lost to the ages, unless they're resting in the Sam Phillips tape vault. "Bad Reputation" and "The Fight" got rerecorded by The dB's for the first album. Hope that sheds a little light on this track's origin.
Wow Peter. Can't thank you enough. That story sounds like a chapter of a book in itself. The tween years between the demise of the H-Bombs and you joining The dB's. I have my copy of the Shake To Date lp. Sadly not in white vinyl like some folks I know.
Michael
I admit I have a white vinyl copy of Shake to Date... And appreciate the extensive background note, Peter, but still wondering what the title '96 Sec' refers to?
There's really no meaning to "96 Sec. Blowout", it just sounded good. Sometimes when I write songs, even to this day, whatever syllables roll around in my mouth that seem to fit over the music will sometimes lead to whatever words get used. Hope that doesn't seem like a cop-out.
No, it sounds real, just thought there might be some deeper significance... Had always assumed it referred to the length of the song until made this post...
According to Einstein, if you travel at a speed that is a significant fraction of the speed of light, 96 seconds to you becomes 105 seconds to everyone you left behind.
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