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Sleep Alone Tonight!

by Dino DiMuro

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Landphil 04:25
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1001 Socks 03:04
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Lagerkvist 06:40
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This is where my modern-day catalogue starts. Is it the first tape I ever made or released? Absolutely not!

My earliest recordings were at age 7 on a tiny reel to reel machine. My first group was at age 12 with John Gibson (BERTH, which still exists); we "released" many cassettes over many different eras.

What marks SLEEP ALONE as a new beginning is the arrival of the Teac 4-track Reel to Reel machine I had dreamed of owning since 1976. I had been making many albums at this time using a primitive speaker-to-microphone system with two cassette decks, and in fact had already recorded some of these songs when the Teac arrived. It made most sense to use those existing songs as a blueprint for my first four-track album.

Along with the recording hardware, I also purchased a used Moog-like synthesizer sold by the Lagerkvist Company.

There is no way I could have pulled off a great work of Art my first time at the plate, but I plowed ahead, knowing that I had to start SOMEWHERE. Clearly these songs are only half-finished, but there's a freshness to these tracks that hasn't always been apparent... in fact, I have long planned to rerecord LANDPHIL for my upcoming ELMWOOD CD.

I actually gave out quite a few of these tapes with brazen self-confidence; luckily the opening track, using tape snippets of Hitler with a musical background, caught everyone off guard and even wound up on a couple radio stations and compilation tapes. Of course the sentiments of a pretentious, overactive 26-year-old have not aged well!

Also included on this upload are three bonus tracks, including my very first test recording on the 4-track, and an alternate mix of SLEEP ALONE TONIGHT.

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released September 1, 1982

Written and Performed by Dino DiMuro.

Thanks, Stuck!

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Dino DiMuro Los Angeles, California

Dino has been self-producing CDs and cassettes since the mid-80’s. After a short career as a rock guitarist in a band for hire (once opening for Van Halen), Dino released a series of albums in the 80’s and 90’s, while also reviewing for Option magazine. Dino’s music has been described as “Walt Disney on Acid” and is most often compared to Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, & They Might Be Giants. ... more

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