"everybody's in a hurry but me" came about from a jam session between the who's former bassist, john entwistle, drummer and percussionist ray cooper and also cream's former guitarist, eric clapton. "as far as we can go", was originally recorded at sweet silence studios, in copenhagen, denmark, on 23 july 1978. from that original rendition, only the vocal was used. walsh re-recorded an entirely new track utilizing one of the latest technology synthesizers.