Rare DIALOGUE (Self-Titled) 1974 Cold Studio DIA/-1 Rock Vinyl LP w/ LYRIC SHEET
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- Band's Only Release -
DIALOGUE
Record appears unplayed without issues; jacket with rubbing, shelf-wear, etc. with upper seam starting.
Rare DIALOGUE (Self-Titled) 1974 Cold Studio DIA/-1 ROCK VINYL LP w/ LYRIC SHEET
Artist: Dialogue (Kurt Shore, Jim Stanton)
Title: Dialogue (Self-Titled)
Label: Cold Studio – DIA/-1
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1974
Genre: Rock
Style: Soft Psych
Tracklist A1 Think Father Think 2:56 A2 Aslon The Lion 2:44 A3 I'm Not Coming Home 3:57 A4 Tell Me Mother 2:11 A5 Back In The Cold 3:18 B1 It Won't Happen Again 2:45 B2 You've Got Your Nerve 2:40 B3 The Ballad 2:00 B4 I Came So Near 3:10 B5 Sandbox 2:00 B6 On Every Shore 2:58 Companies, etc. Recorded At – New London Studios Credits Cello, Bass – Chris Kee (4) Guitar – Glenn Woods* (tracks: B2) Guitar, Bass – Mark Phillips (25) Producer – Dialogue (5) Producer, Engineer – Rick Matos Vocals, Keyboards – Kurt Shore Vocals, Percussion, Synthesizer [Moog] – Jim Stanton (4) Notes:
Privately pressed psych LP on Cold Studio Records, recorded at New London Studios, Barmingham Alabama, 1972, and originally released in 1972 in a run of 200 as a private press on Cold Studio Records DM-68425. This is the 1974 release of unknown pressing but still rare. Great psych album from Philadelphia band with fantastic songwriting with a strong 'Beatlesesque' feeling. Superb album.
One of those obscurities that's rather difficult to track down; let alone adequately describe. Interestingly we've seen various reviews that label the LP everything from "psychedelic masterpiece" to comparing it to The Beatles and Badfinger.
Kurt Shore and Jim Stanton were from the Philadelphia suburb of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. As the band Dialogue the pair recorded their 1972 debut "Dialogue" in Birmingham, Alabama's New London Studios. Co-produced by Rick Matos and the duo, the album featured a surprisingly commercial and polished set of pop ballads. Written by Shore, (Stanton arranging), tracks such as "Think Father Think", "Aslon the Lion" and "It Scares Me So" are largely keyboard-propelled ballads. Full of pretty melodies and gorgeous harmony work (the one notable exception being the cloying "Sandbox"), the overall effect is more "sunshine pop" than psych. That does nothing to diminish the album's appeal to our ears.
The short back story on the different cover versions is that after the initial small press run (reportedly only 200 copies), they realised that they failed to provide anyone with information about how or where to obtain additional copies of the record. So when they decided to reissue it a couple of years later, they added a mailing address to the back. This second cover version had a completely different rear than the original. First press in orange sleeve.
Shore was credited with writing all eleven tracks with Stanton providing the arrangements. Tracks like 'Think, Father, Think', 'I'm Not Coming Home' and 'I Came So Near' were good examples of the pair's, stark and highly personal narratives. Exemplified by the Brian Wilson-styled 'It Scares Me So' and the Crosby and Nash-styled 'Jim and His Friend' the melodies were pretty, as were their harmonies, but the subject matter could be very depressing
Unfortunately for the duo New London folded. Jamie Records acquired rights to the song 'Think, Father. Think', releasing it as a dead-on-arrival single. The pair continued to perform touring the college circuit with an early version of a multi-media performance for the next three years but called it quits in 1977.
After the break-up Shore opened up Kajem Studios, writing and producing with a focus on working with Philadelphia-based acts including Cinderella and Pretty Poison. He continued to write material including commercial ads, eventually joining the Philadelphia-based advertising firm of D4 Creative Group.
Stanton turned his attention to writing. He wrote the play Chatoyant; composed and scored a version of Shakespeare's The Tempest and in the 1980s started to write political articles for Philadelphia and international publications.
creditseleased July 1, 1981 All music by Storm Bugs, sleeve design by Yann Farcy of L'invitation au Suicide.
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