In the early 90's when I was as a temporary employee at the "Spaarnestad" publishers post room, I met Geert Faber. It did not take long before I found out that Geert played guitar, sang covers and had a unique style. After a visit at my student home he asked me if I could make an orchestral tape he could perform live with and maybe even make a CD as a collectors item for his own archive.
This turned into a project called "Just for Friends". Geert had a lot of ideas about arrangements and music I was not familiar with, but also left room for my creativity. We really made this CD together.
The photo on the cover of the CD was a kind turn of a DTP colleague at "Spaarnestad" that almost got Geert in trouble, but men, we had fun!
Just for Friends
- 01 The girl from ipanema 03:27
- 02 All of me 03:20
- 03 Wild world 03:55
- 04 What's another year 03:45
- 05 Malle molen 03:27
- 06 Yesterday 02:55
- 07 My way 05:24
- 08 You're my best friend 04:37
- 09 Keep on smiling 02:02
- 10 Mr. Sandman 03:02
- 11 Footsteps 103:42
- 12 Born free 04:00
- 13 Halfway 203:54
- 14 Malle Babbe 04:36
- 15 You've got a friend 03:59
1. and 2. Music and Lyrics written by Peter Batink.
In those days I was very happy that my 80+ years old landlady was as deaf as a doornail. The room was heated by a gas heater and I can't count the times oxygen levels ran dangerously low. One time a chair near the heater even caught fire. Technically I had very limited resources and the digital domain for my MS-DOS PC was MIDI only. Using SMTE signal on the 4th track of my 4-track tape recorder I was able to synchronize MIDI to audio... endless possibilities :-)
Just for Friends, may 1996 (9605-34503-2):
- This CD was Produced and mastered by P. Batink.
- recorded at the 'Second Floor' Studio, Croeselaan 345bis, Utrecht.
- CD-R production by Frank van Schip Studio, Houten.
- Coverdesign by G. Faber en P. Batink.
