1986-07-21
21-07-1986 London - recording DON'T '86 (for 1-3 weeks) UK
1st day:
- Stewart already with arm in a sling
- by the end of the day a rudimentary drum pattern has been worked out (mainly Stewart)
- then it's Andy's guitar (probably on the 2nd day), Stewart's injury gets worse - hospital!
- next day: Sting's vocals; while Stewart's away Sting changes the rhythm
- next day - afternoon: Stewart's back - after Sting leaves, Stewart changes the drums again
- they try to record De Do Do Do , Stewart insults Sting by reading Sting's movie review
- Stewart watches THE BRIDE on VHS that night
- next day: Stewart working on drum tracks again - when it's ready, Sting is gone
- next two days: Stewart tinkering with drum tracks
- next day: still no sign of Sting at the studio - a messenger delivers a letter to Stewart, Stewart writes back while Sting is at his Hampstead home
- next morning: Stewart talks with Miles about calling Sting
- next day: Miles phones Stewart again at the studio - a deadline is worked out: mixing the DON'T 86 version next Friday at 10 pm.
- Friday, 9 pm: Miles and Sting appear at studio - Sting gives Stewart a yellow flower, then he shows him the 12-inch-switchblade which was in the other hand and flicks it under Stewart's chin. They both break into convulsive laughter.
Guitar World 04.2003, the date is from The Q Book Of Punk Legends 1996
