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Spanning
25 years I've written around 75 songs, maybe more. Back in the early
70's
many were recorded on a reel-to-reel tape player with just me on
mostly
guitar and
some piano and my vocals, but over the years I lost the
reel-to-reel tapes in
one of my many moves, and most of those
songs I can only remember parts of a
few from that
era that were lost. Later I wrote songs singing into a
cassette
player, and
about 30 of those I do have saved. Following are the
songs that I was able to record in full
production or a few practice
tapes and I also added some acapella versions of me
just singing into a
recorder or the computer of the melody. The rest of my lost
songs
have vaporized back into the
aether. I did find a few sheets of written music
of a few songs I
had stored away in a box dating back to 1975. However,
I do not
read or write a note of music, and I paid people to write out the
music
sheets for me on a handful of my songs.
(my apologies to a few collaborators over the years I forgot their names) |
Michael's Song Recorded 1978 (Sharon Shane acoustic guitar/vocals Lance Tan-electric guitar Chris ? - bass, recorder) c 1975 Sharon Karp-Shane This was my very first song ever recorded on 4-track.  Sharon Shane - 1978 BlaBla Cafe, Studio City, CA  BlaBla Cafe, Studio City, CA - 2nd location - I performed at both locations on Ventura Blvd. |
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| Give Love a Try Recorded 1980 (Sharon Shane-vocals Produced by a guy who played guitar with Seals & Crofts) c 1977 Sharon Karp-Shane Far Away Recorded 1980 (Sharon Shane-vocals Produced by a guy who played guitar with Seals & Crofts) c 1979 Sharon Karp-Shane Finders Keepers Recorded 1983 (Sharon Shane-vocals) Written for movie Finders Keepers (not used) c 1983 Sharon Shane Finders Keepers (Piano instrumental-I can't remember the pianist's name but she played session piano for Elvis Presley back in her day. She played keyboards on both versions of my song) Written for movie Finders Keepers (not used) c 1983 Sharon Shane Child (1983-unproduced practice tape a cappella) c 1983 Sharon Shane |
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in the Night 1986-unproduced rehearsal session (Sharon Shane-vocals Buddy Mix-piano) c 1986 Sharon Shane  Buddy Mix |
| Lost
in the Night Recorded 1986 (Sharon Shane-vocals Steffen Presley-production) Written but unused for an unfinished documentary about runaway teens called Lost in the Night c 1986 Sharon Shane  Steffen Presley |
| Walls
Tumble Down Recorded 1986 (Sharon Shane-vocals Buddy Mix, Maximum Mix-background vocals) c 1985 Sharon Shane  Sharon Shane, Buddy Mix, Maximum Mix Enter The Vocal Zone TV Show - 1988 See VIDEO PAGE for live TV performance of this song |
Messin' With the Ozone Recorded 1986 (Sharon Shane-vocals Steffen Presley-production) c 1985 Sharon Shane Encounters Recorded 1986 (Sharon Shane-vocals Steffen Presley-production) c 1985 Sharon Shane Party Line (Quirky) Recorded 1986 (Sharon Shane-vocals Steffen Presley-production) c 1985 Sharon Shane I always referred to this version as Cyndi Lauper meets Ricky Ricardo. |
Party Line (Dance) Recorded 1987 (Sharon Shane-vocals Jarrett Michaels-production) c 1985 Sharon Shane  Sharon Shane Enter the Vocal Zone TV Show -1988 See VIDEO PAGE for live TV performance of this song |
Wishing For Love Recorded 1987 (Sharon Shane-vocals Steffen Presley-production) c 1987 Sharon Shane I love the solo musical break on this one because I wrote those notes that Steffen played. Walk Away 1986-87-unproduced practice (Sharon Shane-vocals/acoustic guitar) c 1986 Sharon Shane Wish You Were Here Recorded 1987 (Sharon Shane-vocals David Chester/Jarrett Michaels-production) c 1987 Sharon Shane-David Chester Takin' It Back Recorded 1988-unproduced rehearsal (Sharon Shane-vocals, Jamie Smith-acoustic guitar) c 1987 Sharon Shane Take Me Down Recorded 1988-unproduced rehearsal (Sharon Shane-vocals Jamie Smith-acoustic guitar) c 1988 Sharon Shane-Jamie Smith It's Only a Game Recorded 1988-unproduced rehearsal (Sharon Shane-vocals Jamie Smith-acoustic guitar) c 1988 Sharon Shane What I Wouldn't Give Recorded 1990 (Sharon Shane-vocals Steffen Presley-production) c 1990 Sharon Shane-David Chester |
Radio Recorded 1993 (Erina-Vocals/Japanese Lyrics) Japanese published release of "Party Line" from CD "Peter Panic" c 1985 Sharon Shane/music  Japanese artist, Erina-CD cover |
The Love Inside of You Recorded 1994 (Bobby Hardy-vocals David Chester/Lindsay Tomasic-production) c 1994 Sharon Shane-DavidChester We hired Bobby to sing this demo as I passed it on to Peabo Bryson's A&R guy The Love Inside of You Recorded 1995 (Sharon Shane-vocals Steffen Presley-production) c 1994 Sharon Shane-DavidChester Dance in the Light Recorded 1995 (Sharon Shane-vocals Steffen Presley-production) c 1995 Sharon Shane Rewritten lyrics and reproduction of Lost in the Night |
Below is a really rough version, the original practice tape of this song when Paul was teaching it to me and I started changing a bit of the melody with his permission. After I learned the song and rehearsals, we performed this acoustic version at BlaBla Cafe in Los Angeles in 1978 People Rise and Shine Practice Session - circa 1976 c 1975 Paul Sirmons   Sharon Shane and Paul Sirmons - 1978 - BlaBla Cafe, L.A., CA |
| Because
I always loved the song and loved singing it, 20 years after my friend
Paul Sirmons wrote it...I called Paul in Florida and asked for his
permission to professionally record it. Christian Osborne did
the
production and played all the instruments. Although different
than the original acoustic version, I liked how it came out...but Paul
didn't like it. People Rise and Shine Recorded 1995 (Sharon Shane-vocals/ Christian Osborne-production) c 1975 Paul Sirmons  Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Christian Osborne on stage in NYC when Christian was 17 or 18. |
Phantom Romance/Acoustic Unmixed Recorded 1997 (Sharon Shane- vocals/Celtic bodhran/maracas Rob ?-acoustic guitar) c 1996 Sharon Shane  Rob and Sharon Shane - 1997 |
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Romance/Dance Remix Remix-2000 (Sharon Shane- vocals Adam Shane-production) c 1996 Sharon Shane  |
| A few songs
I remember I recently sang into mp3 files on my computer since I no
longer play the guitar or even remember how I played these songs in the
70's and 80's. The Course Unproduced a cappella - 2011 c 1974 Sharon Karp-Shane In Silence Unproduced a cappella - 2011 c 1974 Sharon Karp-Shane Bring Me Love Recorded mid 1980s - practice tape (Sharon Shane - vocals/piano) c 1976 - D. Chell The Sound of Thunder Unproduced a capella - 2011 c 1978 Sharon Karp-Shane This song I wrote for a cartoon about the slaughter of seal pups. A friend of mine connected me with the producer but production was halted on the cartoon because the producer's wife had gotten cancer. At the time there was talk about trying to get Burl Ives to sing this, since I wrote it in the "folk music " genre. I performed it just me singing with my guitar at a party in the Hollywood Hills of the producer. Unproduced a capella - 2011 c 1978 Sharon Karp-Shane |
| Mesmerized Unproduced a cappella - 2011 c 1975 Sharon Karp-Shane |
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Reach Out Recorded 1984 (Sharon Shane - Acoustic Guitar/Vocals, Lance Tan- Electric Guitar, other players unknown) c 1978 Sharon Karp-Shane I recently found the reel to reel master tape of this recording in my closet and had it transferred to digital. Working at CBS Records I knew the guy that ran the recording studio for the publishing division. Ron was nice enough to give me a free recording session after company hours to record this song. But it was such a rushed project due to lack of time and musicians just showed up that evening to learn their part with no rehearsals. I don't remember all the guys that played but I think my friend Lance brought some friends of his. I haven't heard this since it was recorded 1984 and I didn't let anyone hear it back then because I thought it was pretty bad. It's not mixed properly and sounds like a recorded rehearsal. But it's the only recorded version I have of this song.  1984 - Reel to Reel box cover from the defunct recording studio of CBS Songs. |
Too Soon to Tell Recorded 1980 - practice tape (Sharon Shane - vocals + guitar -out of tune! I only had part of this song on a practice tape) c 1979 - Sharon Karp-Shane I Want to See You Again Unproduced practice tape a cappella c 1986 Sharon Shane You Got a Hold on Me Recorded 1987 (Sharon Shane-vocals Steffen Presley-production) c 1987 Sharon Shane OK...I'm baring all now. I never let anyone hear this recording....until now. The perfectionist in me retired a while ago, so I'm able to put this out in the world now. I wasn't sure if I didn't like the production or if I didn't like the song back in 1987. On most of the recordings I did with Steffen producing, I had input on some of the arrangement. But on this one I didn't have any input on the instrumentation and just showed up to add my vocals. I think Steffen got carried away with the "quasar and pulsar" space sounds....boing, twang! Without the outer space effects the rest of it reminds me of something from the early 60's...like I don't know. Leslie Gore or maybe Neil Sedaka pops into my mind. But I wrote the song, so I take responsibility for it. Listening to it currently it sounds rather catchy and I don't dislike it as much as I once did. I must be getting really old! |
Running Unproduced practice tape a capella c 1987 Sharon Shane  |
| Tenderly Recorded 1987 - Practice tape (Sharon Shane-vocals + guitar) c 1987 Sharon Shane Let Love Begin Again Unproduced practice tape a cappella c 1987 Sharon Shane The Story Goes Unproduced practice tape a cappella c 1987 Sharon Shane One by One Unfinished song/a capella c 2001 Sharon Shane It Calls Me Home Unfinished song/a cappella c 2002 Sharon Shane |
| Other Music Projects |
| Besides being a very good friend of almost 30 years now, Buddy Mix, has been one of my favorite singers and songwriters. He is prolific at the scope of styles he's able to compose. I first met Buddy when he worked at CBS Records for a short time back in the early 1980's. And over the years following we worked on many music projects together, one of which I sang backup vocals on 5 of the songs below from his CD a little Meditation, the musical. The CD was followed by the live musical play in Los Angeles. I started out as production assistant and was involved in auditioning the cast. I then helped in coaching the cast members with the vocals at which time the director heard me sing and asked me to be in the chorus. I was reluctant to commit to the schedule of performances but gave in to his pleas. He even gave me a line of dialogue but I begged him to give it to one of the other actors, as I didn't feel comfortable acting. So, I performed in the chorus singing and dancing 4 shows a weekend while my 12-year old son was the prop master and worked the smoke machine, all while he was in school and I was still working at Sony Music. When we weren't on stage as the chorus members we were singing backup vocals backstage into mikes. I also helped with sewing some of the costumes. The full CD or any of the songs are available at Amazon.com. Steffen Presley is an amazing musician and producer and he did all the production work on the following, as well as many of my recordings. Steffen always invited our input into the sounds and production aspects, but he always added so much of his own creativity to the mix. SEE VIDEO PAGE for some clips from A Little Meditation, the musical. |
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