Berkeley Cat is pleased to share Eric Din’s new remix of the UpTones’ original 1986 recording of Burning Sky. This remix is from the session from their OUTBACK 6-song release, which became a hit on Live 105 when “alternative” commercial radio was a baby. The 24-track tape was transferred to digital oh a mere 40 years after, and here it is mixed by the songwriter himself. Also on the streaming places, have at it and share.
Recorded in August of 1987, these are the last studio tracks made by the UpTones during their original run. Three 24-track analog reels were transferred to digital and mixed down in 2025, a mere 38 years later.
Released on Bandcamp, February 1, 2026
https://theuptones.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-studio-1987
Charles Stella – Vocals and Guitars
Eric Dinwiddie – Vocals and Guitars
Paul Jackson – Vocals, Keyboards, and various percussion
Ben Eastwood – Bass
John Mader – Drums
Adam Beach – Baritone Sax
Scott Jensen – Trumpet
Josh Miller – Tenor Sax
Original recordings produced and engineered by Jim Dean at the Music Annex in Menlo Park, California, in August of 1987
Transferred to digital by Russell Bond,
and mixed by Eric Dinwiddie for Berkeley Cat Records, in late 2025
Mastered by Myles Boisen
Artwork by Paul Jackson with a photo by David Kerner
Now live on Bandcamp!
Hits the streaming services on March 16.
One more from this tape before we release the whole skaboodle! This is the full, long, live, dub version of Girl On The Avenue, which often closed our set during this period. The studio version is on our OUTBACK EP which came out right around the time of this show.
Cool Vibe is an instrumental horn section feature, composed by UpTones’ trumpet player Scott “Ska-T” Jensen. This was a favorite in our live set at the time, and here it is as recorded live, at the Rheem Theater in Moraga, CA in Nov. 1986.
Another one from The UpTones live at the Rheem Theater in Moraga, California on November 8, 1986. Captured on Paul Jackson’s cassette recorder next to the sound board, Footprints In The Sand has never been released previously in any format! Now on Bandcamp:
..and select streaming services, here’s a link to links to some of ’em!->
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/theuptones/footprints-in-the-sand-live-rheem-theater-1986-2
More to come from this set in coming weeks (we promise!)
Recorded live at the Rheem Theater in Moraga, California on November 8, 1986 on Paul Jackson’s cassette recorder next to the sound board, Step Down was never recorded in the studio, and this is its first digital release. More to come from this set in coming weeks!
