I get a bit confused with Crossroad and These Days recording sessions. From what I quickly read here - Always and Saturday Night were recorded after These Days as its last recording session? And that was in March of 1994. Sorry, I might not have understood it correctly or just skipped something but it doesn't make sense. It's not a surprise for me that it was Hugh playing the bass but I thought Alec was fired/left after Crossroad was released, so it couldn't be mentioned in the article that Hugh replaced him. Why would they wait from March 1994 to June 1995 to release the album? March 1994 also doesn't make sense in terms of writing and recording for 11 months when KTF tour ended in fall of 1993. And it also couldn't be March 1995 because Always and Saturday Night had already been released by then.
Sorry too confused. Id there anyone who can retell the story with a proper timeline?
Btw, I love those stories, I love reading those old interviews where you can still feel the passion music. No mention of politics and crap like this. Just music. Awesome music.
Boxset - I wouldn't be surpised if it was tweaked in the studio. I still like even though there are many Jon's solo songs. I'd love to learn more about the whole process of preparation for release. Or would I? Knowing too much sometimes kills the fun. When I thought that Jon is the best singer in the world, the boys are a family where everyone loved each other and I had a few amazing live shows, I was much happier with music and the band itself than I'm now
And it's being slowly revealed (for me) that there always were some issued between them or at least Richie and Jon, some of the fanclub magazines prove it. It hasn't always been so idyllic.