Initially the White House reaction was that the bitter exchanges with Moscow over Cuba and the conflict in Laos had dampened prospects for a meeting.

Initially, Hamrick's reaction to A-Z going into the passenger car market was discouraging.

Initially the festival was held in October, but due to the inclement weather and local heavy clay soil ( like the battle ) making the festival difficult it was moved to July.

Initially in a literary revival Renaissance was determined to move away from the religion-dominated Middle Ages and to turn its attention to the plight of the individual man in society.

Initially it was conceived as a difference engine curved back upon itself, in a generally circular layout, with the long store exiting off to one side.

Initially led by Canovas del Castillo as moderate prime minister, what was thought at one time as a coup aimed at placing the military in the political-administrative positions of power, in reality ushered in a permanent civilian regime tat lasted until the 1931 Second Republic.

Initially Aster computer b. v. was called MCP ( Music print Computer Product ), because it was specialized in producing computer assisted printing of sheet music.

Initially the work was not well received, due, in part, to the many gaps in arguments and complicated equations.

Initially, it was " Thürer ," meaning doormaker, which is " ajtós " in Hungarian ( from " ajtó ", meaning door ).

Initially, Raimi invited Scott Spiegel to co-write Army of Darkness because he had done a good job on Evil Dead II, but he was busy on rewrites for the Clint Eastwood film The Rookie.

Initially built from wood, the fort was eventually rebuilt in stone.

Initially the source was Latin, later Gascon ( a branch of Occitan ) in the northeast, Navarro-Aragonese in the southeast and Spanish in the southwest.

Initially, a wireless room was established at Bletchley Park.

Initially bronze was made out of copper and arsenic to form arsenic bronze.

Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England.

Initially his mother was reluctant to let him commit to an insecure football career, so he began an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer ; however he went on to turn professional in October 1954.

Initially, ice on the wings was blamed, but a later inquiry declared that slush on the runway had made a safe take-off almost impossible.

Initially he was counting the tempo with a metronome and looking for records with the same tempo.

Initially, the plan was also to include a rail connection between Boston's two major train terminals.

Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

Initially the frigate squadron was mistaken for French warships and chased away by Swiftsure, returning the following day once the error had been realised.

Initially it was difficult to obtain a digital satellite or terrestrial receiver without a subscription to Sky or ONdigital respectively, but now the channel forms an important part of the Freeview package of channels.

Initially designed to run on AT & T Hobbit-based hardware, BeOS was later modified to run on PowerPC-based processors: first Be's own systems, later Apple Inc .' s PowerPC Reference Platform and Common Hardware Reference Platform, with the hope that Apple would purchase or license BeOS as a replacement for its then aging Mac OS.

Initially, instrumental roles were flexible, with Boon Gould also playing bass guitar and saxophone and Lindup doubling on keyboards and drums.

Initially Santana's San Francisco-based band blended Latin salsa, rock, blues, and jazz, featuring Santana's clean guitar lines set against Latin instrumentation such as timbales and congas.

Initially he played slide guitar using a pocket knife and then a slide made from a beef rib bone, later switching to a glass slide for its clearer sound.

Initially, the band was composed of Gallagher and two Cork musicians, Norman Damery and Eric Kitteringham, however, by 1968, they were replaced with two musicians from Belfast, featuring Gallagher on guitar and vocals, drummer John Wilson, and bassist Richard McCracken.

Initially there were other members on guitar, bass and drums playing support gigs for various bands including Primal Scream.

Initially Cocks switched to bass guitar to cover Rilen's departure, then Chris Turner ( ex-Buffalo ) was brought in.

Initially Seagroatt and Staples experimented extensively with tape multi-tracking, using a combination of standard instruments, toys, percussion, voices, violin and prepared electric guitar.

Initially known in Australia for their pub rock style, they later achieved mainstream success playing New Wave and synthpop style music and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the U. S. The mainstay of both Flowers and Icehouse has been Iva Davies ( singer-songwriter, record producer, guitar, bass, keyboards, oboe ) supplying additional musicians as required.

Initially recording with the line-up of Bannister ( guitar ), David Pine ( guitar ), Kat Tyrie ( bass ) and Martin Durrant ( drums ), Tyrie was replaced by John Kelcher early in the band's career.

Initially led by purist blues followers such as Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies, it reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.

Initially as full time bass guitarist for his early sessions, later he added guitar work ( acoustic and melodic ).

Initially a trio of O ' Hare, his ( now ex ) wife Cerwyss ( bass ) and Russell McEwan ( drums-left to concentrate on his other band, Black Sun ), they were latterly a quartet adding Keith Beacom ( drums ) and Gordon Brady ( guitar ), both of whom were former members of heavy psyche outfit Bangtwister.

Initially, " Eruption " was not considered as a song for the Van Halen album as it was just a guitar solo Eddie performed live in the clubs but Ted Templeman overheard it in the studio as Eddie was rehearsing it for a club date at the Whisky a Go Go and decided to include it on the album.

Initially produced as an electric bass and later as a guitar, the instrument was made entirely of the Steinberger Blend, a proprietary graphite and carbon fiber mix in two pieces: the main body and a faceplate.

Initially dividing critics upon its release, the record runs the gamut from blues-styled guitar workouts (" Birthday Carol ", " Broke Down and Busted ") to power pop (" Devil's Bite ", " Don't Tie My Hands ") to Laura Nyro-styled piano pop (" We Gotta Get You a Woman ", " Baby Let's Swing ", " The Last Thing You Said ") to rock ' n ' roll (" Who's That Man ") to piano ballads (" Believe in Me ", " Once Burned ", the middle section of " Birthday Carol "), as well as including more experimental numbers ( the sarcastic, prog-rock tinged " I'm in the Clique ", " There Are No Words ").

Initially, the music of Pouppée Fabrikk ( PF ) borrowed heavily from minimalistic electronic acts such as Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft and Nitzer Ebb, but with the addition of Jouni Olilla and Jonas Aneheim on guitar PF moved towards a more Die Krupps-style electronic / metal mix.

Initially Hebden played guitar, Ilhan bass, and Jeffers drums, but Hebden and Ilhan soon adopted a variety of other instruments, and by 1999's Eph the sampler was playing an increasingly important role in the group's music.

Initially, Acher's contract was that of a wild card, so to speak: he stepped in for Les Luthiers ' pianist Carlos Núñez Cortés during the songs he was required to sing or do a more theatrical or comical performance ; he also replaced Mundstock as emcee, and took over Gerardo Masana's role composing for informal instruments and playing the contrachitarrone ( a hybrid of guitar and cello ).

Initially, the band also included Kath Beach ( bass guitar ) and Rocker ( drums ).

Initially, it was composed of John Dittrich ( drums ) ( born April 7, 1951 ), Paul Gregg ( bass guitar, vocals ) ( born December 3, 1954 ), Dave Innis ( keyboards, vocals ) ( born April 9, 1959 ), Greg Jennings ( guitar, vocals ) ( born October 2, 1954 ), and Verlon Thompson ( lead vocals ).

Initially developing a classic, guitar based rock sound to highlight Couse's frank but often bitter-tongued lyrics the band put in all the appropriate rites of passage for an Irish group in the mid 1980s, honing their live skills in the pubs of Dublin, performing in McGonagle's club ( best known internationally as the venue where U2 cut their teeth in the late seventies ), at free gigs in the Phoenix Park, and turns on RTÉ's TV GaGa and Dave Fanning's radio sessions.

Initially, Humming Bird had only two official members: Yoshiki Fukuyama on guitar and vocals and Toshiyuki Furuya on bass and vocals.