Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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00:00:00 1. Once Upon A Time
00:02:37 2. Hello

Lead Vocals - Meat Loaf
Bass, Vocals - Rick Bozzo
Guitar, Vocals - Michael Jean
Drums, Percussion - Peter Woodman
Keyboards, Vocals - Susan Kaine

Produced and engineered by Art Schiell.
Recorded at Art Schiell Recording Studio, 1968.

It's been a while since I've given this recording much attention, and after a recent suggestion to use AI to do some remixing I thought I'd use such technology to tackle this recording from 1968. Popcorn Blizzard (originally 'Meat Loaf Soul' and later 'The Floating Circus') was the first band Meat Loaf formed after leaving Dallas. This was their only release and was recorded in mid to late 1968, and is a precious glimpse into Meat Loaf's development as a singer (and indeed as a writer...)

I've made a sort of faux/composite stereo mix using the isolated instrumental and vocals, and have added some effects at certain parts to the vocal track and have generally tried to clean up and restore the audio as much as I can. I'm in no way going to claim that this is the definitive way to enjoy this single, this is really just a fun project for me, but if you'd be interested in me doing some more restorations of studio tracks like this then by all means let me know!

The second song is a cover of the Lee Michaels song 'Hello', which was released on his second album 'Carnival of Life' (an album I highly recommend you check out!) which debuted in the West Coast in late 1967, and was released more generally in January 1968. The first track, as mentioned 'Once Upon A Time', is thought to have been co-written by Meat Loaf and Rick Bozzo, with contributions from the rest of the band.

There were actually earlier studio recordings of Meat Loaf done in 1967 although these are thought to be lost entirely and will likely never surface even if they still exist somewhere... With all that out of the way, enjoy and let me know what you think of this little remix experiment.