1992.XX.XX – The Sylvia Massey Outtakes
Recorded inside and out at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA. USA

”Guitar & Drum”

Source: Sound Board Studio Recording or high quality in-studio microphone
Transfer: DAT-M > UXL 2496 > Tascam DA 20 MKII
Gen: CU.ORG Master
Transferred by: Galen

Notes on The Sylvia Massey Outtakes:
In November 2020, Sylvia Massey, the recording engineer for Tool on both Opiate and Undertow, offered a bunch of old memorabilia of Tool for sale on her website with a solid focus seemingly on audio cassettes, DATs and even reel-to-reel consisting of studio outtakes. These items were not remotely cheap as in thousands and thousands of dollars. Unsurprisingly, her store quickly sold out of most everything rather quickly. Unsure of the legality of selling something like that but she did have a note specifying that the only thing for sale were the physical tapes and not the information contained on them. To be clear and without a shadow of a doubt: Sylvia Massey has transfers of every single thing she sold but it is also true that there is no incentive for her to release anything pertaining to Tool in the short or long term.

Notes: Not a lot to say other than this DAT is what it is. No vocals, no outtakes, no insight simply a spattering of strange noises but it is what it is. It is a historical document, if you will, highlighting two core members experimenting. The guitar by Adam Jones is unsettling, at best, as it is an ominous distorted tone somewhat sounding like a box fan is directly next to the recorder.

Time: 22:00

Adam Jones
Sort of playing guitar, lots of feedback and a little bit of noise

Danny Carey
Practicing / experimenting