Excerpt from the Liner Notes:
BOOTLEVEL is a collection of songs by artists who have been associated with AR over the years-the DA tracks are courtesy of STUNT.
The 77's tracks are all demos from the "All Fall Down" album. That is Mike Roe on all lead vocals..also of interest is that Steve Griffith is playing drums. Mark Proctor was still official drummer at the time, but was not present for these sessions. "Trust" is a very rough, four track demo that was never remade, but has always been a favorite of mine. Always loved this "dub mix" of "Emotional Tourist" by Steve Scott. The interview bit that precedes it was from an interview with Steve about the upcoming Rice project for Island Records, which never came out.
The RV songs included show that during the Exit period a lot of good material was winding up on the shelf, a trend the prolific artist continues today. "Beauty of Innocence" predates the Exit era, and was one of the songs that brought him to the attention of Exit and Mike Roe in particular. The two DA songs were recorded around 1979/1980. "I Get Around" sounds more like Cheap Trick than DA, but it's a lot of fun. "As Long As I Live" is a Brian-influenced ballad. A 24 track version also exists somewhere and perhaps that will be used on a future STUNT project.
Only 400 copies pressed.