Nov '79. I was a student at The Recording Workshop; it was my turn to be the "producer", and we had a WG2 to record. The instructor was the bass player in the hottest band in the one of the big cities (~25,000) near my hometown (~800), the drummer for whom I had drifted into and out of (singing badly) and humped gear for the same bands - so I knew he was good. Asked him if he'd lay something down. "Sure" says he, and comes back with an Alembic. I'd heard of them, of course, and heard them on record - but that was the first time I experienced one.
It was a fun session.
Peter