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Counting Crows together, it worked really well. Once it was pretty clear that we were getting signed as Counting Crows, it wasn’t possible to do both anymore.”
216:, recorded in one December 1991 session at Russian Hill Studios in San Francisco (previously released on CD as She Likes the Weather with snippets of KALX and KUSF radio interviews intercut between tracks), was digitally remastered for streaming platforms with an improved track order and the interviews removed. The album, recorded immediately after the band's last show at Berkeley Square, featured a new five-piece lineup with Marty “Mr. Jones” Jones replacing Dave Janusko on bass guitar—Janusko rounded out the band's sound by joining Dan Jewett on guitar.
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