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Serious

from The Mahaffey Sessions 1999

January 12th, 2023
10 tracks
32:35
The Mahaffey Sessions 1999
The Mahaffey Sessions 1999
Serious
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Serious
The Features
Oh, I was once a sailor back in 1982 Sailed around the world inside a fiberglass canoe Searching for the antidote that my poor heart could use I was only 7 but it’s what I had to do And everybody says.. You can’t be serious You can’t be serious No You can’t be serious You can’t be serious Oh I set out to find my girl and, my girl, I found you I would do it all again just to tie your shoe Serious, I’m serious, every word is true I would do it all again, just to tie her shoe And everybody says… You can’t be serious You can’t be serious No You can’t be serious You can’t be serious Oh And everybody says… You can’t be serious You can’t be serious No You can’t be serious You can’t be serious Oh And everybody says… You can’t be serious You can’t be serious No You can’t be serious You can’t be serious Oh And everybody says… You can’t be serious You can’t be serious No You can’t be serious You can’t be serious Oh
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In 1999, The Features recorded an album with producer Matt Mahaffey (Self) but the album never saw the light of day. The band regrouped and eventually signed to Universal Records, toured with Kings of Leon and found a healthy career of independent success but this album was never heard... until now!

The Mahaffey Sessions 1999 were sourced from the original ADAT tapes at Matt Mahaffey's studio and remastered for digital and vinyl by John Baldwin. Artwork was created by renowned artist Sam Smith based on the band's real equipment and the record was pressed in Smyrna, TN... as close to the bands hometown of Murfreesboro as you can get.

Credits

Produced by Matt Mahaffey and The Features
Mixed by Matt Mahaffey
All songs by Matthew Pelham
Arrangements by The Features and Matt Mahaffey
Tracks 3, 6 and 10 arranged by Dabbs, Haas, Pelham, Sergio, Taylor and Yaw

Bass Guitar - Roger Dabbs
Drums - Rollum Haas
Guitar and Vocals - Matthew Pelham
Keyboards - Parrish Yaw
Additional keyboards by Matt Mahaffey
Strings - Chris Carmichael

Recorded at Mahaffey’s House in Murfreesboro
Mixed at Mahaffey’s House in Laurel Canyon

Artwork by Sam Smith
Mastered by John Baldwin at Infrasonic Sound

YK-100 - ykrecords.com - thefeatures.com