Phonography (album)

Infobox Album | Name = PHONOGRAPHY
Type = Album
Artist = R. Stevie Moore


Released = April 26, 1976
Recorded = 1973 - 1976
Genre = Psych-Pop, Acid Rock, Plo-Fi, DIY
Length = 73:02
Label = Vital Records, H.P. Music, Flamingo (CD)
Producer = R. Stevie Moore
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A4h9sa9tgu23a link]
Last album =
This album = "Phonography" (1976)
Next album = "Stance e.p." (1978)

"Phonography" was the 1976 debut 12" vinyl record album by outsider musician and one-man band R. Stevie Moore.

The album was originally privately pressed in a limited edition of 100 copies on the artist's private Vital Records "label" in Nashville Tennessee. It contains Moore's earliest songs and sound experiments, all recorded on 1/4 track 7 1/2 ips reel-to-reel stereo tape decks. A 7" e.p. was issued in 1977 called Four From Phonography, which was the debut release by Moore's uncle Harry Palmer's H.P. Music label.

The album was reissued in a larger general pressing on H.P. Music in late 1978. It had a different front cover image.

"Phonography" was included in "Alt-Rock-A-Rama" as being among "The Fifty Most Significant Indie Records".

"Phonography" was reissued on compact disc in 1998 by Flamingo Records in Albuquerque NM. It included 8 non-LP bonus tracks, as well as many photos and an informative interview/essay by Dennis Diken.

Track listing

# Melbourne (3:24)
# Explanation of Artist - :31
# Goodbye Piano - 2:37
# Explanation of Listener - :49
# California Rhythm - 3:42
# I've Begun to Fall in Love - 2:03
# The Spot - 1:19
# I Want You in My Life - 2:25
# I Wish I Could Sing - 4:12 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMF2VRnT7vE video]
# Theme From A.G. - 1:24
# The Voice - :44
# Showing Shadows - 3:02 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAJGd2uLxXs video]
# She Don't Know What To Do With Herself - 3:17
# The Lariat Wressed Posing Hour - 3:53 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdfwzBKnufU video]
# I Not Listening - 3:13
# Mr. Nashville - 1:34
# Moon - 5:57
# Welcome to London - :57
# You and Me - 2:29
# Wayne Wayne (Go Away) - 4:46
# Forecast - 2:00
# Why Should I Love You - 3:53
# Dates - 5:09
# Hobbies Galore - 4:13
# Because We're the Dig - 5:17

External links

* [http://www.rsteviemoore.com/cd/phonog1.html RSM's PHONOGRAPHY webpage]
* [http://www.myspace.com/4fromphonography Four From Phonography on MySpace]