Denny Bridges about the three unrealised "Macbeth" tracks.

News from our friend Denny Bridges, the guitar player of TEB on "Macbeth" and for "The Dragon Wakes" sessions, now coming back to live in Somerset, England.

Discussing again the idea to release the unrealised tracks recorded at Balham in February 1971, he writes to me about the three unrealised tracks the TEB recorded at the Trident Studios on December 5th, 1970, months before the beginning of the recordings at the Air Studios for the Polanski's soundtrack.

With his proverbial precision and clearness, he reveals:

Polanski shooting the movie

"The tracks "Court Dance", "Groom's Dance" and "Fleance" needed to be recorded in advance of the filming of Macbeth. The dances needed to be choreographed and taught to the actors. Also, the role of Fleance was decided, at least in part, by how well the boy sang the song. Well done young Keith Chegwin!

A departure from the way TEB functioned of course; the song I wrote and I presented the defined melody and chords to the band so that was all set in stone. Its not surprising that all and any takes of the song sound the same although probably, after some run-throughs, there was just the one take. As for the dances, in advance of the recording date, we improvised at the rehearsal studio in Balham until we came up with a framework that fitted the description of the dances. We then went into the studio and, as per usual, improvised the pieces afresh using the framework we had from the rehearsals until we got the best take. So that's what the Trident recordings probably are - us trying different approaches. All three pieces are used in the movie and on the album."

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