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YOU AND YOUR EMPLOYEES //
01. The Struggling Artist (1.33) video
Guitar duels performed as live radio transmission during WFMU fundraising marathon (FF on acoustic, RS on electric) ... drums on 3 by Irwin Chusid ... track on 5 stolen from Calamity Jane, who mighta stole it from Rubber Soul ... drums and vox on 6, 10 & 20 by Jim Price ... for more information about Jim Reeves' "But You Love Me Daddy", go here ... piece 9 recorded at Sam Goody's Livingston Mall ... 16 written by Donovan ... the remainder is the responsibility of artist. Cover model kissing boy is John Ferguson, Nashville TN.
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AMG REVIEW: 1982's You and Your Employees is an offhand collection of curious but most often entertaining experiments. Although it's not one of R. Stevie Moore's more pop-oriented records, these 21 songs remain accessible even at their weirdest; although "Who Deserves It" starts with an extended near-silent opening marked only by oddly-pitched cries, it eventually coalesces into a sort of warped Beach Boys homage, which leads into the even more chilling and oddly beautiful "Time To Leave." After that one-two punch, the echoing acoustic tune "Summer Day Reflection Song" sounds almost normal, even though it sounds rather like a lost collaboration between Syd Barrett and Robert Wyatt. Besides the terrific "I've Just Faced My Sister," a trippy dub-style remix of a single by Calamity Jane, the Nashville country-pop band led by Moore's bass-playing sister Linda Moore, other highlights include "Salesmanshit," an amusing tape collage featuring a condescending sales clerk explaining about different kinds of cassette tapes, "You in the Chair," a psychedelic etude for backwards guitar and falsetto vocals, two similarly-titled multi-tracked guitar experiments and a pair of tracks related to the annual pledge drive at WMFU, "Marathon Time 2667911" and "We Need Your Help." Although not one of R. Stevie Moore's best-known albums, You and Your Employees is well worth seeking out.
