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(1952-19??) // NJ35 1981 C60 / CD
01. MY LIFE IS NOT A JOKE (3:47) & 02. RED RUBBER (2:46) & 03. BLOW IT AND FIND OUT (4:41) &
04. NO BODY (2:31) & 05. IS THIS GOODBYE? (4:57) & 06. CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU? (:46) & 07. LITTLE
MISS SOPHISTICATE (2:43) & 08. RUN TO HYMN (2:32) & 09. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING (3:25) &
10. I'M SO HORNY (3:07) & 11. LOVE HAS DOUBT (3:18) & 12. NO ONE IN THE WHOLE
FUCKING RACE CARES (1:52) & 13. EVERYONE KNOWS I CARE (1:55) & 14. BETTER KILL
IT (3:18) & 15. THE UNFINISHED (3:26) & 16. LISA MARSHALL'S DREAM (ABOUT R.S.)
(2:51) & 17. DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH (2:13) & 18. MARY MAE SINGS KANSAS (1:52) &
19-21. USABLE SCRAPS (NASHVILLE AND OTHERS) (7:26) & 22. HERE TODAY
(3:00)
Total Time = (62:37)
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK TICK
EARLY 1981?
lotsa drumdroppps, irwin, jim, bolger, margot, nelson riddle, ferguson, haywood stephanie, cudnik, hop, sandy on 21 made at 177 park st, montclair nj
new cover design 2002 by rich la bonte hollywood california
note: different than the 1987 UK LP of the same name!
AMG REVIEW: Not to be confused with the vinyl-only compilation that came out a few years later, the 1981 cassette release R. Stevie Moore (1952-19??) (later reissued on CD and available at www.rsteviemoore.com) is an appealingly wide-ranging mix of quirky instrumental experiments like "My Life Is Not A Joke" (a David Byrne-like avant-funk-pop jam self-effacingly decorated by spooky derisive laughter) and the smooth funk found-sound workout "I'm So Horny," more traditional pop songs like the synth-poppy "Love Has Doubt" (a fan favorite that would appear on several LP and CD compilations) and "The Unfinished," and three faithful and reverent '60s pop covers: the Cyrkle's "Red Rubber Ball," Bobby Vee's "Run To Him" and the Beach Boys classic "Here Today." Towards the end, the album has a run of bizarrely intriguing snatches of found tape, starting with the psychedelically-treated "Lisa Marshall's Dream (About R.S.)" (which prefigures the Olivia Tremor Control's very similar work as the Black Swan Network a decade and a half later) and continuing through "Days Before His Death" (a conversation between Moore and his friend Jim Price about John Lennon's then-new single "(Just Like) Starting Over"), the mysterious "Mary Mae Sings Kansas" (unknown teenage girl warbles her way through a '70s FM classic) and finally the three-part "Usable Scraps," which are simply bits of unfinished songs.
–Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
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