Disc One "DON'T TREAD ON ME" (72:11) 1976
- 01. Melbourne (3:32) 2/4
- 02. I Wish I Could Sing (3:53) 2/4 VIDEO
- 03. Magnusifence (1:39) 1/16
- 04. Frank Jones Interview (5:25)
- 05. Louie Louie (2:07) 1/20
- 06. I Want You In My Life (3:00) 1/3
- 07. Ready Set Grow (disco ver.) (6:12) 1/11
- 08. Once In A Lifetime/This Is My Life (2:45) 2/11
- 09. Boy Is Running (2:18) 1/24
- 10. Maraschino Valley (4:40) 1/27
- 11. Little Man (4:57) 2/9 VIDEO
- 12. Heaven On Earth (2:48)
Bonus Tracks:
- 13. Chief Life Ambition (5:05)
- 14. Quo Pah (2:52) VIDEO
- 15. Linda & Gary (:31)
- 16. Lake Inferior (8:51)
- 17. Help! (2:20) 12/21/75
- 18. Here There And Everywhere (3:28) 1/5
- 19. She Said She Said (2:40) 12/12
- 20. Being A Kid (4:17)
Disc Two "RETURNS" (72:02) 1975
- 01. Milk Shake (3:04) 10/29
- 02. Sort Of Way (2:20) 9/24
- 03. Love Is The Way To My Heart (2:52) 9/19
- 04. Everybody Is So Ignorant (4:22) 9/22
- 05. Lonely Teardrops (4:08) 10/11
- 06. Just Another Sigh (1:46) 10/24
- 07. For T.S. (4:22) 10/11
- 08. Mason Jar (4:26) 10/18 VIDEO
- 09. The Winner (3:25) 10/24 VIDEO
- 10. Come My Way (3:02) 10/20
- 11. Goodbye Piano (2:36) 11/5 VIDEO
- 12. The Kids With Daddy (6:56) 10/23
Bonus Track:
- 13. The Voice (27:57) jan/feb 76
CREDITS:
DISC ONE / Mastered 7½ips ¼track stereo into the Bicentennial All tunes by Moore, except 5 (Richard Berry), 8 (Newell-Canfora), 17-19 (Maclen) Recorded and perfected at Mom's Apt. 180, 510 Heritage Drive in Madison TN. Varous basic tracks and/or overdubs at Hop's Mom's on Berkley or Billy A's new mansion on Pennington Bend.
Manufactured December 1975-February 1976 16 - recorded/assembled at 913 N.12 St. '75
DISC TWO / |
AMG REVIEW: A key album in R. Stevie Moore's early career, 1976's Stevie Moore Returns is an effortlessly eclectic set ranging from prog rock-influenced instrumentals (like the melodic, almost jazzy "Melbourne," and the colder, electronic "Magnusifence"), to scrappy little pop songs (an interesting new version of Moore's early standard, "Sort of Way," with a peculiar bongo-like drum track, or the joyous, Modern Lovers-like "Milk Shake") with plenty of Moore's patented experimentalism on display. This time out, the experiments involve an interest in funk and disco (in particular, the powerful "Everybody Is So Ignorant" works up a good wah-wah-powered head of steam), and the hilarious "Frank Jones Interview," where Stevie takes a radio station promo disc from Monument Records (the label his father, Nashville session legend Bob Moore, both co-owned and recorded for) and inserts his own increasingly daffy and desperate answers to Frank Jones' unctuous questions in place of his Dad's. The CD version of Stevie Moore Returns includes one of the more delightfully odd items in R. Stevie Moore's early catalog, The Voice/Lake Inferior, a mostly spoken word collection of surreal stories, stream of consciousness autobiography, found sounds, and tape loop experiments, like the gorgeous, mysterious "Quo Pah." Segments from the three-part "The Voice" would eventually appear on Moore's first LP, Phonography (under the titles "Explanation of Artist," "The Voice," and "Mr. Nashville"), as would "Melbourne," the soon-to-be-legendary "Goodbye Piano," and two of Moore's finest early pop songs, "I Wish I Could Sing" and "I Want You In My Life." –Stewart Mason, All Music Guide |
Also available on 2CDR $20
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