Thomas Robinson wrote:left handed Gibson SG plugged into Echoplex (early solid state model, loaded with 456) feeding MXR distortion box (old orange one) feeding Ampeg dual 12 guitar amp (old model, before SLM) I was the band soundman from 1978-1985 and worked on most records from that era. Thomas Robinson

The sort-of recent three-CD box set that came out a few years ago has a treated image on the cover, the image being a picture of this set up. Still, it's nice to know the model specifics. I thought the Echoplex was actually a Binson Echorec.

Have to bump this, and also woefully admit that I hadn't heard "Is this Real?" before today. For whatever reason, this one band slipped through my listening habits that have arguably included EVERYONE ELSE around this essential era in music in the US.

WHAT THE FUCK MAN!

These first two albums are fucking brilliant.

Slightly embarrassed, but hell, another incredible band to discover.