“My all-time favorite recording trope (excepting the ole' hidden trackeroo) has to be the album-opening staged rehearsal routine. The drummer practices some rolls, a buzzing input jack is plugged in, a firecracker goes off, and then somebody shouts "1, 2, 3, 4!", miraculously transmuting this rambunctious rehearsal into a clean-cut, impeccably sequenced full-length. Nearly every rock band's done it”
