The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Keith Levene Sessions Tape, April 1986

The earliest studio sessions for "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" album (working title "Freaks With a Cause" back then), produced by Keith Levene from PiL. In April 1986 The Red Hot Chili Peppers did an unsuccessful attempt to record their new stuff for the next lp, but the sessions became an endless party. Soon after those sessions the drummer Cliff Martinez left the band. Flea wrote about those sessions in a booklet for 2003 "Uplift Mofo" re-issue, Anthony Kiedis wrote about sessions in his book "Scar Tissue". The tape was never officially released, some of the tracks from it were released in 1995 on "Outtakes & Demos 1985-1988" CD bootleg. Here's the full version. As a bonus - several nice photos from the period between February 1986 and April 1986 of the actual lineup and era. The band: Michael Balzary - bass, Hillel Slovak - guitar, Cliff Martinez - drums. Producer - Keith Levene Engineered by Steve Catania & Dan Nebenzal Master Control Studios, 3401 W Burbank Blvd., Burbank CA. 0:00 - Backwoods 3:25 - Instrumental #1 (Early take) 5:13 - Instrumental #1 (Successful take) 8:23 - Instrumental #2 (Mistakenly known as "How Many Baby Kangaroos Can Fit in a Teaspoon") 11:13 - Instrumental #3 13:33 - Instrumental #4 14:35 - Me & My Friends (Chorus part) 16:41 - Me & My Friends (Verses part) 17:37 - Special Secret Song Inside (Party on Your Pussy) 22:01 - Behind the Sun