David Roback - 1988 solo radio performance+interview,OPAL tour

David Roback - Radio performance + interview, Rome, Italy, 1988-03-23, during a European tour of his band Opal. Hope Sandoval was Opal's singer by this time. Songs: 1) Soon Be Home [cover of a song by The Who]. David included it on his 1984 Rainy Album project of covers he recorded with a variety of musician friends from L.A.'s Paisley Underground bands. David sang Soon Be Home on that album. Opal played it at some 1988 gigs with Hope singing it. 2) A Falling Star [An Opal song by Roback/Smith found on the Happy Nightmare Baby album, but this version has completely different lyrics. Hope sings these alternate lyrics onstage on the 1988 Opal tour] 3) [Unknown song about a "sailor boy" returning home] Opal was in Rome to do a concert & David stopped by a local radio station for this radio appearance. The 1988 European Opal tour was Hope-era as Hope had already replaced Kendra Smith as Opal singer as of November, 1987. There are conflicting stories as to when & where Kendra quit & Hope joined, including one erroneous tale too often repeated that claims Kendra stormed off stage mid-set at a London gig & quit then & there. But in a 2013 Uncut Mag. Mazzy Star interview, Hope says QUOTE: "It was during a tour that they were doing with The Jesus And Mary Chain, so I got a call from David asking me if I would fly out to New York and finish the tour. That’s what it was. That’s how I started working with his band." Opal was touring the North Eastern U.S. with JAMC in November 1987. Opal's/Mazzy Star's drummer, Keith Mitchell, left a helpful comment at my youtube upload of a video of an entire 1988 Italy Opal concert, here: http://youtu.be/fIWhLwJ-kyY , saying Kendra did not quit by storming off stage, & that the last Opal show she sang for was a Providence, RI gig (Nov. 12, 1987). Someone else who worked for the band during 1987 also confirmed Kendra quit during the 1987 tour of North Eastern States, & not in Europe. Touring in Opal in 1988, Hope was singing mostly Roback & Roback/Smith penned Opal songs, plus some covers, plus one or two songs she'd brought to Opal from her own duo, Going Home. In 1989, the name of the band was changed from Opal to Mazzy Star when David & Hope began focusing on writing new songs together for the band. -David sounds more open & enthusiastic in this interview than on other interview recordings I've heard (there are four others I know), as he speaks about his 1984 Rainy Day album project; how appreciative Italian fans are; & how he likes Italy's old buildings.