Over And Over was written by Veg and has incarnations with both the Jam Buddies and now the Rickets.
The backing tracks were one of the first studio recordings made by the reunited Rickets with Veg on guitar, Bobby on drums, Alan singing a guide vocal, and Ed on bass. The song then languished for most of the project until Ed added an organ part.
Not satisfied with where Over And Over was going, Ed brought Veg, Bobby, and Alan back during the mix sessions to add tracks and rearrange bits of the song. It was like watching and episode of "Extreme Song Makeover".
Ed redid the original bass track to liven it up. Veg added harmonica, 12-string guitar, and blues guitar to the instrumental part, The bridge was filled out with a string pad and maracas. And Ed and Bobby came up with the ping-pong tambourines part.
The guys laid down a host of backing vocals (ooh-ooh!) and then launched into drum jam with djembe, dhumbek, bongos, maracas, guiro, claves, and various shakers including a baby rattle. Oh yes, they also used a vintage V-8 Juice can.
The final mix was done at 5AM and had everyone dancing around.