Dave Clemo- Between the Cross & Pentecost

This is a track from my second album ‘Running on Empty’ that I released in 1995. I can remember how and when I wrote this song. I had just recorded my first album ‘Change of Heart’. I had absolutely no idea of the record industry and song publishing, and was looking for a company that would act as my publisher. I got in touch with a Christian publisher called Daybreak Music. They were based in Eastbourne on the South Coast of England. They told me that they offered a service to aspiring songwriters, so I signed up with them and released the first album on cassette. Income from the album was going to support the work of two missionary friends of mine who were going to Poland. The album sold very well and I turned my attention to recording some more of my songs. I had quite a few by then.
One day I was contacted by Andy Crawley. He had a studio in a nearby town. I visited him and we agreed to start working together. I rang the publishers a few days later to give an update. I was asked to call back in about twenty minutes as my contact couldn’t come to the phone. I was sitting at my word processor (remember them?) and wrote the words to this song while waiting. The words just flowed and the tune followed a day or so later.
I played the song to Andy at the next recording session. Andy’s studio was in an upstairs bedroom and was spacious for a couple of musicians but couldn’t accommodate a full band with drums, etc. His set-up included a sixteen-channel desk, JBL monitors and a Fostex E16 tape recorder. He also used an Atari ST 1040 computer for recording all the midi instruments including keyboards and drums.
Andy set up a click track and I sang and played the song onto tape. He then programmed all the drums and keyboards. I think I played bass. I called my friend Teresa Brown and asked if she could play her violin on the recording. A day or two later she came in, listened to the track, put on some headphones and played the solo in one take. Almost thirty years later she remains a friend and has enhanced a host of my recordings with her playing.
Anyway, that’s the story. I set the recording to video clips I found on the internet. Credit to the original posters. Let me know what you think?