XXI (1996) - Dwight Twilley

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Dwight Twilley Band, Bill Pitcock(, IV), Phil Seymour, Dwight Twilley, Dwight Twilley

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RECORDED AT THE CHURCH STUDIO, TULSA, OK. FROM THE ALBUM "SINCERELY" SHELTER RECORDS RELEASED APRIL 1975 Dwight Twilley: "THIS SONG WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST SONG WE RECORDED FOR A RECORD LABEL. WE HAD JUST BEEN SIGNED TO SHELTER RECORDS IN HOLLYWOOD. IT HAD BEEN DECIDED THAT WE WOULD RETURN HOME TO TULSA TO RECORD SOME TRACKS AT THE CHURCH STUDIO. ONE AFTERNOON JUST DAYS BEFORE WE WERE TO LEAVE, I WANDERED OVER TO AN OBSCURE LITTLE PARK AND WROTE THIS SONG I CALLED I'M ON FIRE, EVEN THOUGH THE HOOK LINE OF THE CHORUS WAS YOU AIN'T, YOU AIN'T, YOU AIN'T, GOT NO LOVER. SINCE THE APARTMENT WHERE WE HAD BEEN STAYING HAD NO FURNITURE, I REMEMBER PHIL AND I SITTING ON THE FLOOR WORKING OUT THE HARMONIES. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS AN OLD RADIO THAT BILL WAS ABLE TO PLUG HIS GUITAR INTO. I THINK THAT THE SOUND OF HIS GUITAR THROUGH THAT OLD RADIO PLAYED A ROLE IN HOW WE TREATED THE SONG IN THE STUDIO. I'M ON FIRE PEAKED AT # 16 ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. PHIL AND I HAD ALWAYS USED THE NAME OISTER FOR OUR PRODUCTION CREDIT, BECAUSE IT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF OUR BAND. BEFORE PHIL PASSED AWAY, WE DECIDED TO KILL THE DAMN OISTER, AND JUST PUT OUR NAMES ON THE RECORDS. HOPE THIS ELIMINATES ANY CONFUSION." Sincerely   Date Performance: 1974, Running Time: 2:40   Comments: by Dwight Twilley Band. RECORDED AT LEON RUSSELL'S HOME STUDIO, TULSA, OK. FROM THE ALBUM "SINCERELY" SHELTER RECORDS RELEASED: JULY 1976 Dwight Twilley: "I ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT THIS RECORD. PERHAPS BECAUSE THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN, RECORDED AND MIXED ON THE SAME DAY. NOT THAT MANY MONTHS HAD PASSED SINCE WE FACED THE DILEMMA OF HOW TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH ONLY FOUR TRACKS TO WORK WITH. WORKING AT LEON'S STUDIO WITH 40 TRACKS ALLOWED US THE FREEDOM TO TRY THINGS THAT REALLY DID SEEM LIKE MAGIC. ON THIS TRACK I WAS ABLE TO CREATE A MINI CHOIR OF DWIGHT TWILLEYS AND WHY SHOULDN'T THE GUITAR SOLO CONSIST OF NINE GUITARS? IT WAS IN THE MIDST OF THIS 40 TRACK FRENZY THAT WE MET ROGER LYNN. WE CALLED HIM SPACE CHICKEN. LONG BEFORE HIS FAMOUS DRUM, I THOUGHT THAT ROGER WAS A GREAT GUITAR PLAYER AND A REAL STUDIO WIZ. THROUGH THE YEARS, I ASKED ROGER TO PRY HIMSELF AWAY FROM HIS GADGETS AND GIZMOS TO PLAY ON A NUMBER OF MY RECORDS." TV   Date Performance: 1974, Running Time: 2:14   Comments: by Dwight Twilley Band. RECORDED AT SUNSET SOUND, LOS ANGELES, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "SINCERELY" SHELTER RECORDS RELEASED: JULY 1976 Dwight Twilley: "AS TEENAGERS, PHIL AND I STUMBLED INTO SUN RECORDS IN MEMPHIS WHICH LED TO US BEING TAKEN UNDER THE WING OF RAY HARRIS, AN EARLY SUN RECORDING ARTIST TURNED PRODUCER. HE INVITED US TO COME TO TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI TO CUT SOME SIDES AT HIS STUDIO. I HAD GROWN UP THINKING THAT THE BEATLES INVENTED ROCK AND ROLL, AND THAT ELVIS WAS JUST A GUY IN THE MOVIES. THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH RAY WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GROWN SIDEBURNS ON MY MOP TOP OUTLOOK. TV HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS TO PERFORM ON STAGE. HOWEVER, THROUGH THE YEARS I'VE HAD TO UPGRADE THE LYRICS TO ALLOW FOR VCRs AND CABLE." Shark   Date Performance: 1975, Running Time: 2:36   Comments: by Dwight Twilley Band. RECORDED AT LEON RUSSELL'S HOME STUDIO, TULSA, OK. FROM THE ALBUM "THE GREAT LOST TWILLEY ALBUM" SHELTER RECORDS. ALSO PRODUCED BY THE MASTER OF SPACE AND TIME. Dwight Twilley: "SINCE WE WERE FROM TULSA AND WERE ON SHELTER RECORDS, A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WE MUST HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH LEON RUSSELL. ACTUALLY, WE DIDN'T MEET LEON UNTIL AFTER I'M ON FIRE WAS A HIT. EVENTUALLY, LEON CALLED ME AND INVITED US TO RECORD A FEW TRACKS WITH HIM. FIRST WE CUT FEELING IN THE DARK AND THEN SHARK. WE INTRODUCED SHARK ON AMERICAN BANDSTAND AS OUR NEXT SINGLE. LATER WE HEARD THAT SOME RECORD EXECUTIVES HAD DECIDED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE SUITABLE AS A SINGLE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE VIEWED AS AN EFFORT TO MONOPOLIZE ON THE SUCCESS OF THE CURRENT HIT MOVIE JAWS. AFTER THIS DISAPPOINTMENT, SHARK FELL BETWEEN THE CRACKS AND WE DROPPED IT FROM THE SINCERELY LP." Looking For The Magic   Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 3:16   Comments: by Dwight Twilley Band. RECORDED AT SHELTER STUDIO & THE SOUND LAB, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "TWILLEY DON'T MIND" ARISTA/SHELTER RELEASED: AUGUST 1, 1977. Dwight Twilley: "I HAVE TO CHUCKLE TO MYSELF WHEN I THINK BACK ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES BILL PITCOCK IV WOULD WALK INTO THE STUDIO LOOKING LIKE HE HAD SLEPT IN THE CLOTHES HE WAS WEARING. THERE WOULD BE SOME BIG TIME RECORD PRODUCER OR ENGINEER, WITH MANICURED FINGER-NAILS, SUSPICIOUSLY WATCHING. BILL WOULD QUIETLY PLUG IN AND SIMPLY DUMBFOUND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM WITH HIS DOGGED PRECISION, LIGHTNING SPEED AND RELENTLESS TALENT. FOR ME LOOKING FOR THE MAGIC WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS PHENOMENON. ORIGINALLY, I HAD A SCRATCH VOCAL ON THE BASIC TRACK. IT WAS A LITTLE FUNKY, SOME OF THE WORDS WERE HARD TO UNDERSTAND, AND THERE WERE A LOT Of DISCREPANCIES. NATURALLY, I LATER RECORDED A LEAD VOCAL TRACK THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY PRECISE AND PROFESSIONAL. BUT HEY, SOMETIMES FUNKY RULES, I USED THE SCRATCH VOCAL ON THE RECORD." That I Remember   Date Performance: 1977, Running Time: 3:30   Comments: by Dwight Twilley Band. RECORDED AT THE SOUND LAB, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "TWILLEY DON'T MIND" ARISTA/SHELTER RECORDS RELEASED: AUGUST 1, 1977. Dwight Twilley: "I WROTE THIS SONG WHILE WE WERE ON OUR FIRST TOUR. WE STOPPED IN NASHVILLE AT A LITTLE 8 TRACK STUDIO AND RECORDED IT AS A DEMO. MORE THAN A DECADE LATER, PHIL WOULD CONVINCINGLY PREACH THAT THE SEVEN MINUTE DEMO WAS BETTER THAN THE RECORD. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DEMO HAS VANISHED FROM MY ARCHIVES, BUT IT'S EASY TO RESPECT THE INSTINCTS OF A MUSICIAN OF THE CALIBER OF PHIL SEYMOUR. IT'S GENERALLY CONSIDERED IMPORTANT FOR THE DRUMMER AND A BASS PLAYER TO WORK WELL TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE A GOOD RECORD. IT'S KIND OF HANDY WHEN THEY HAPPEN TO BE THE SAME PERSON. I THINK THIS CUT SHOWCASES THE EFFORTLESS COMMAND PHIL POSSESSED OVER ANYTHING VAGUELY RESEMBLING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND THE RIDICULOUS EASE AND LUXURY I ENJOYED SHARING A MIC WITH HIM." Out Of My Hands   Date Performance: 1978-01-15, Running Time: 5:31   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT SHELTER STUDIO, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "TWILLEY" ARISTA/SHELTER RECORDS. Dwight Twilley: "IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH NOAH SHARK AND MAX. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS TO COVER THE ENTIRE STUDIO IN ALUMINUM FOIL AND HANG 150 STRANDS OF TWINKLING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. NEXT I WAS INTRODUCED TO JIM LEWIS, ALIAS CAPTAIN SLIME. OUT OF MY HANDS SEEMED AN APPROPRIATE STARTING PLACE FOR MY FIRST SOLO ALBUM. WHEN WE STARTED RECORDING, BILL WAS IN TULSA AND NOAH INSISTED THAT I PLAY LEAD GUITAR. THIS MIGHT HAVE SPELLED DISASTER. HOWEVER, CAMOUFLAGED BY A TWENTY TWO PIECE ORCHESTRA AND JIMMY HASKELL'S HAUNTING ARRANGEMENT, I THINK I JUST SKATED BY. LOOKING FOR THE MAGIC INVITED THE LISTENER TO STAY A WHILE TIL' THE CITY IS A DESERT. OUT OF MY HANDS SEQUELED MY NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST THEME, EXPLAINING THAT WHEN THE WALLS AROUND YOU MELT YOU CAN'T PRETEND. I THINK ONLY A HANDFUL OF FANS NOTICED THE TINY WORDS ETCHED ON THE VINYL OF THE TWILLEY LP: RECORDED BEFORE THE NUCLEAR WAR." Darlin'   Date Performance: 1978-03-12, Running Time: 3:13   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT SHELTER STUDIO, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "TWILLEY" ARISTA/SHELTER RECORDS. Dwight Twilley: "THIS WAS MY FAVORITE TRACK ON THE TWILLEY ALBUM. I PARTICULARLY LIKED THE SOUND OF THE LEAD VOCAL. IT WAS RECORDED WITH A MICROPHONE THAT WAS GENERALLY USED TO RECORD A BASS DRUM. NOAH HAD A GREAT RESPECT FOR ECHO, WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. SOME ENGINEERS WOULD SIMPLY TURN THE ECHO ON AND SET IT TO A LEVEL THEY THOUGHT SOUNDED GOOD AND THEN JUST LET THE TAPE ROLL. NOAH WOULD ALWAYS RIDE THE ECHO SO THAT EACH WORD RECEIVED ITS OWN UNIQUE TREATMENT. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT I MET ZOX, PHOTOGRAPHER, GRAPHIC ARTIST EXTRORDINAIRE. THROUGHOUT THE SESSIONS ZOX WAS SNAPPING AWAY ROLLS AND ROLLS OF BLACK AND WHITE FILM. THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE A KIND OF MOTIF OF PHOTOS INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR A SINGLE COVER SHOT. AS A RESULT, EVEN THOUGH THE LP WAS TITLED TWILLEY, MOST PEOPLE CALLED IT THE CHECKER BOARD ALBUM. ZOX REMAINS A VALUED MEMBER OF THE TWILLEY CAMP TO THIS DAY." Somebody To Love   Date Performance: 1979-07-21, Running Time: 3:46   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT CHEROKEE STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD AND VARIOUS OTHERS FROM "THE GREAT LOST TWILLEY ALBUM" SHELTER RECORDS. Dwight Twilley: "IT'S IRONIC HOW A SONG CAN TAKE ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN. IN THE BEGINNING, I THOUGHT OF THIS AS MY OWN PERSONAL PROJECT. I REMEMBER LITERALLY CARRYING THE 24 TRACK MASTER UNDER MY ARM TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT STUDIOS, PUTTING A BASS ON HERE AND A VOCAL ON THERE. BY THE TIME IT WAS FINISHED, IT APPEARED THAT EVERY ONE AND THEIR PARAKEET HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RECORD. EVEN AFTER IT HAD BEEN RELEASED BY ARISTA AS A 12" SINGLE, SEVERAL YEARS LATER IT WAS RELEASED AGAIN AS A SINGLE BY EMI. FOR THE EMI VERSION, AN ADDITIONAL VERSE WAS ADDED AND THE LIST OF NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH MY PERSONAL PROJECT GREW EVEN LONGER. IT WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH JERRY NAIFEH, ANOTHER TULSAN WHO HAD PLAYED WITH BILL AND I IN ONE OF OUR EARLY BANDS, 1950. JERRY GARNERED THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY DRUMMER PHIL ALLOWED TO TAKE HIS PLACE ON A TWILLEY BAND RECORD. WITH THE INTENSITY AND ENERGY FOR A SONG LIKE TV, AND THE SENSITIVITY REQUIRED FOR SOMEBODY TO LOVE, JERRY WAS A MUST FOR MY LIVE SHOW." Sky Blue   Date Performance: 1981-03-20, Running Time: 3:32   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT CLOVER RECORDERS, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM "THE GREAT LOST TWILLEY ALBUM" SHELTER RECORDS. Dwight Twilley: "IN 1972, PHIL GAVE A COPY OF AN EARLY VERSION OF THIS TUNE TO HIS COUSIN, A DISC JOCKEY ON KGOU IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. AS A RESULT, SKY BLUE BECAME THE FIRST DWIGHT TWILLEY SONG TO BE PLAYED ON THE RADIO. WHICH SEEMS FITTING SINCE PHIL & I HAD SUCH A MYSTERIOUS INFATUATION WITH RECORDING IT. WE CUT SKY BLUE MORE TIMES AND IN MORE PLACES, THAN ANY OTHER SONG. BUT FROM LONDON TO TUPELO, NONE OF THE TRACKS MET OUR EXPECTATIONS. PERHAPS IT WAS HARD TO SEE BLUE THROUGH OUR ROSE COLORED GLASSES. I SELECTED THIS VERSION THAT I RECORDED BECAUSE I THINK IT CAPTURES THE BEST TWILISTIC AND SEYMOURIC ELEMENTS OF THE PACK." 10,000 American Scuba Divers Dancin'   Date Performance: 1981-10-04, Running Time: 3:15   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT CLOVER RECORDERS, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "SCUBA DIVERS" EMI AMERICA. Dwight Twilley: "SOMETIMES THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE CAN BE STRANGER THAN ANYTHING THE IMAGINATION CAN CONJURE. THAT WAS THE IDEA BEHIND THIS SONG. I TRIED TO USE LYRICS THAT WOULD CREATE VISUAL IMAGES THAT WERE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PSYCHEDELIC AND COMICAL. I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT HUMOR WAS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF ROCK N' ROLL THAT'S SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED. I RECALL RECORDING THE DEMO OF THE SONG AT A STUDIO CALLED SHANGRI LA. AT THE END OF THE SESSION WE WERE RUNNING A ROUGH MIX. THE ENGINEER WAS BLASTING THE TUNE AND SWINGING HIS HEAD BACK AND FORTH WITH THE BEAT. JUST AS THE SONG ENDED, HE SLUMPED OVER THE CONSOLE AND PASSED OUT COLD. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMEONE WAS LITERALLY KNOCKED OUT BY ONE OF MY SONGS." Touchin' The Wind   Date Performance: 1981-07-16, Running Time: 3:42   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT CLOVER RECORDERS, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "SCUBA DIVERS" EMI AMERICA. Dwight Twilley: "AS I WAS SELECTING THE MATERIAL FOR THIS RETROSPECTIVE, I REALIZED THAT SOME FANS MIGHT BE DISAPPOINTED THAT I WOULD CHOOSE A MID TEMPO ACOUSTIC SONG LIKE TOUCHIN' THE WIND AND NEGLECT A ROCKER LIKE CRYIN' OVER ME. THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE: TOUCHIN' THE WIND HAS THE WORD HALLOWEEN IN IT AND I GOT TO SAY DAMN IN THE BRIDGE." Dion Baby   Date Performance: 1981-07-06, Running Time: 2:54   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT CLOVER RECORDERS, HOLLYWOOD, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "SCUBA DIVERS" EMI AMERICA. Dwight Twilley: "I PURPOSELY ALLOWED PEOPLE TO THINK THIS SONG WAS ABOUT A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP. ACTUALLY, IT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT MY DAUGHTER DION. SHE WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD AT THE TIME AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT PUTTING A SPOTLIGHT ON HER WOULD BE WISE. I HAVE NEVER LIVED WITH MY DAUGHTER AND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SEPARATED BY QUITE A DISTANCE. IN FACT, I RECENTLY WROTE A BOOK TO AID OTHERS IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS CALLED QUESTIONS FROM DAD (A Very Cool Way to Communicate with Kids Introdudion by Dr. Susan Forward)." Little Bit Of Love   Date Performance: 1983, Running Time: 3:52   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT SOUND CITY STUDIOS, VAN NUYS, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "JUNGLE" EMI AMERICA. Dwight Twilley: "I WROTE THIS SONG FOR KIM CARNES, BUT THE PERFORMANCE BY THE GIRL THAT SANG THE DEMO WAS SO GOOD I THINK IT MAY HAVE LED KIM TO SHY AWAY FROM THE SONG. BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF GENDER, I HAD TO REPLACE WHAT I THOUGHT WERE SOME GOOD LYRICS FOR MY VERSION. WHEN PHIL AND I SEPARATED, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HARD TO FIND A HARMONIST WITH THE VOICE AND SKILL TO CREATE A BLEND THAT CAN TAKE YEARS TO DEVELOP. BUT I DID FIND SUCH A PERSON... SHE WAS IN THE KITCHEN MAKING A MEATLOAF. IT WAS SUSAN COWSILL WHO SANG THE DEMO AND HARMONIES ON SO MANY OF MY RECORDS. IT WAS A PRIVLIGE WORKING WITH SOMEONE WITH HER TALENT." Girls   Date Performance: 1983, Running Time: 3:30   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT SOUND CITY STUDIOS, VAN NUYS, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "JUNGLE" EMI AMERICA. MIXED NOVEMBER 8, 1983. RELEASED FEBRUARY 3, 1984 Dwight Twilley: "I THINK IT WAS NOAH'S IDEA TO ASK TOM PETTY TO COME DOWN AND SING ON A FEW TRACKS FOR THE JUNGLE LP. WE DID TWO SONGS, FORGET ABOUT IT BABY, AND GIRLS. I THOUGHT GIRLS WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE IT HAD THESE COUNTERPART VOCAL LINES THAT MIGHT WORK WELL WITH TOM'S VOICE. THE FACT IS, PROBABLY ANYTHING WOULD HAVE WORKED WITH HIS VOICE. ANYWAY IT WAS ALWAYS GREAT WORKING WITH TOM. I TOLD BILL I THOUGHT THE SONG REQUIRED A GUITAR SOLO THAT WAS AS FAST AND BUSY AS HE COULD MUSTER. I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE TAPE MIGHT MELT WHEN HE LAID THIS ONE DOWN. MY DAD GOT A KICK OUT OF THE FACT THAT I HAD USED THE LINE, WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY DADDY SAT DOWN WITH ME. MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN 1984, BUT HE LIVED TO SEE THE SONG BECOME A HIT. GIRLS PEAKED ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS AT #16 AND HAS BEEN IN TWO MOTION PICTURES, LADYBUGS AND WORTH WINNING." Why You Wanna Break My Heart   Date Performance: 1983-07-06, Running Time: 3:36   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT SOUND CITY STUDIOS, VAN NUYS, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "JUNGLE" EMI AMERICA. Dwight Twilley: "THIS SONG FIRST APPEARED ON MY JUNGLE ALBUM. LATER, IT WAS REMIXED BY PHIL RAMONE AND RELEASED AS A SINGLE FROM THE SOUNDTRACK OF A FILM CALLED BODY ROCK, WHICH QUICKLY DIED IN THE THEATERS, YEARS LATER, I WAS TOLD THAT THE SONG THIS TIME WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PERFORMED IN A NEW MOTION PICTURE BY ACTRESS TIA CARRERE. THE FILM TURNED OUT TO BE WAYNE'S WORLD AND THE SOUNDTRACK WENT TO #1...EXCELLENT." Don't You Love Her   Date Performance: 1983, Running Time: 3:44   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT SOUND CITY STUDIOS, VAN NUYS, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "JUNGLE" EMI AMERICA. Dwight Twilley: "I'VE ALWAYS HAD A SOFT SPOT FOR ROCK SONGS WITH AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR FOUNDATION. WE EVEN USED A BACKWARDS ACOUSTIC GUITAR ON THE INTRO. I LIKED THE ATTITUDE OF THE PERCUSSION AND INCESSANT GUITAR RIFF. THIS SONG, LIKE MOST OF THE OTHERS ON THIS ALBUM, WAS WRITTEN AND DEMOED AT A MAKESHIFT STUDIO WE CALLED STUDIO NO. WAS IT A GOOD STUDIO? NO. DID THE EQUIPMENT WORK ALL RIGHT? NO. DID WE GET MUCH DONE THERE? NO. THE GREAT THING ABOUT STUDIO NO WAS THAT YOU ALWAYS KNEW THE SONG WOULD SOUND BETTER WHEN YOU TOOK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE." Wild Dogs   Date Performance: 1986, Running Time: 4:17   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT RECORD ONE, LOS ANGELES, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "WILD DOGS" CBS ASSOCIATED RELEASED 1986. Dwight Twilley: "I THINK THAT ONE OF THE MOST MUSICALLY REWARDING TIMES OF MY LIFE WAS WORKING AT THE SHOP. IT WAS OUR FUNKY LITTLE 4 TRACK STUDIO IN TULSA, ABOVE PITCOCK ELECTRIC CO. BILL'S GRANDFATHER ALLOWED US TO CAMP THERE. WE WERE BROKE AND UNKNOWN BUT WE WERE RECORDING LIKE THE WORLD WAS GOING TO END TOMORROW. WILD DOGS WAS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE EARLY DAYS. I USED THE NAMES OF TWO OF MY CHILDHOOD PALS, BILLY BADINE AND RONNIE REVARD, BECAUSE THEY JUST SOUNDED SO GOOD. AND YES, THERE REALLY WAS A SERIOUS CIGAR SMOKING INCIDENT." Shooting Stars   Date Performance: 1986, Running Time: 4:14   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT RECORD ONE, LOS ANGELES, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "WILD DOGS" CBS ASSOCIATED RELEASED 1986. Dwight Twilley: "WHEN PHIL FIRST TOLD ME THAT HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL CANCER IT INSPIRED ME TO WRITE THIS SONG. I ASKED HIM TO COME TO THE SESSION AND SING ON THE RECORD. I NEVER TOLD HIM OR ANYONE ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE TUNE. IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, PHIL AND I BOTH WANTED TO RE-UNITE IN THE STUDIO BUT THE LOGISTICS AND PHIL'S HEALTH NEVER PERMITTED IT. SHOOTING STARS WAS THE LAST REAL RECORD THAT PHIL AND I WORKED ON TOGETHER." Grey Buildings   Date Performance: 1994-01-00, Running Time: 4:19   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT AMERICAN RECORDERS, CALABASAS, CA. FROM THE ALBUM "THE LUCK". UNRELEASED. MIKE THRASHER APPEARS COURTESY OF HOLLYWOOD RECORDS. Dwight Twilley: "IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WE HAD JUST FINISHED UP BACKING VOCAL TRACKS ON THIS RECORD. I HAD USED A GROUP OF FRIENDS SINGING MOSTLY IN UNISON IN ORDER TO CREATE A DARK ATMOSPHERE FOR THE CHORUSES. I WAS PRETTY TIRED OF TOEIN' THE LINE WHEN ROCKY DROPPED ME OFF AT MY HOUSE. I RECALL TURNING ON THE TV AND CRACKING A BEER WHEN THE NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE HIT. CRAWLING THROUGH THE DEBRIS IN THE DARKNESS, IT STRUCK ME AS STRANGE THAT SO MANY OF THOSE GREY STRUCTURES THAT WE HAD JUST BEEN SINGING ABOUT WERE NOW NO LONGER STANDING. TODAY I LIVE IN TULSA WHERE I WAIT FOR A TORNADO." When "The Luck" was releaased in 2001, this track did not appear on it. That Thing You Do   Date Performance: 1995-10-16, Running Time: 4:19   Comments: by Dwight Twilley. RECORDED AT RAINBOW TROUT STUDIO (8 TRK) TULSA, OK. Dwight Twilley: "JUST WEEKS BEFORE I WAS TO RETURN TO L.A. FOR THE FINAL MASTERING OF THIS PROJECT, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM AN INSIDE THE BIZ FRIEND. I WAS TOLD THAT MOVIE EXECS WERE LOOKING FOR A TITLE SONG FOR A NEW TOM HANKS FILM CALLED THAT THING YOU DO. IT WASN'T THAT I REALLY EXPECTED TO NIP THE FILM, IT WAS JUST TOO GOOD AN EXCUSE TO WHIP INTO A STUDIO AND KNOCK SOMETHING OUT. UPON ARRIVING IN L.A., I WAS INFORMED THAT ANOTHER SONG HAD ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN. HOWEVER, THE SPONTANEOUS AURA SURROUNDING THE TRACK COMPELLED ALL INVOLVED TO VIEw IT AS THE OBVIOUS COMPLETION OF THE CIRCLE FOR THIS CD. OSCAR OR NOT, THANKS TOM."

Guest Appearances »

Jan Allison/Allison Rose, Guy Babylon, Michael/Mike (Pooh Bear) Baird, Billy Burnette, Rocky Burnette, Susan Cowsill, John Cowsill, (David) Marc/Mark Dur(h)am, Steve For(e)man, Bob(by) Gianetti, Steve (Golde) Goldstein, John (Leslie) Hug, Danny Johnson, Johnny (Tub) Johnson, Craig Krampf, Jim Lewis, Kenny (Lee) Lewis, Roger Lynn, Jimmy May, Jerry Naifeh, Bill Padgett, Alan Pasqua, Tom Petty, Bill Pitcock(, IV), David Provost, Leon Russell (Claude Bridges), Jerry Obern Scheff, Phil Seymour, Peter (Lambert) Smith, Mike Thrasher, Waddy (Robert) Wachtel, David/Dave White

Released »

1996-03-19

Format »

Domestic Vinyl/CD Album

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Dwight Twilley (Songwriter), Dwight Twilley (Songwriter), Marlene Bergman's Firesign Design (Design), Alicia Bergman (Cover Photography), Tom Cartwright (Executive Producer), Cheryl Pawelski (Executive Producer), Val Garay (Produced By), John (Leslie) Hug (Produced By), Bill Inglot (Produced By), Jack Nitzsche (Produced By), Chuck Plotkin (Produced By), Richard Podolor (Produced By), Bob Schaper (Produced By), Phil Seymour (Produced By), Phil Seymour (Produced By), Noah Shark (Produced By), Mark Smith (Produced By), Dwight Twilley (Produced By), Max Twilley (Produced By), Dwight Twilley (Produced By), Jim Barth (Engineered By), Richard Bosworth (Engineered By), Bill Cooper (Engineered By), Val Garay (Engineered By), Roger Harris (Engineered By), Joe Klein (Engineered By), Roger Lynn (Engineered By), Clay Rose (Engineered By), Bob Schaper (Engineered By), Noah Shark (Engineered By), Mark Smith (Engineered By), Max Twilley (Engineered By), David/Dave White (Engineered By), Jimmy Iovine (Mixed By), Bob Schaper (Mixed By), Geoff Workman (Mixed By), Dan Hersch Sound (Mastered By), Jimmy/Jimmie (The Great) Haskell (Strings Conducted By), Lynda Burdick (Additional Photography), Don Dickerson (Additional Photography), Tom Hanly (Additional Photography), Gary Heery (Additional Photography), Ron Wolfson (Additional Photography), Zox (Additional Photography), Dwight Twilley (Liner Notes By), Dwight Twilley (Liner Notes By), Zox (Inside Layout), Keith Chagnon (Creative Consultant), Noah Shark (Basic Track Engineered By), Max Twilley (Basic Track Engineered By), Jan Allison/Allison Rose (Liners Edited By), Pete Welding (Liners Edited By), Bernadette Fauver (Production Team), Margaret Goldfarb (Production Team), Chase Johnson (Production Team), Charles Levan (Production Team), Terry Minogue (Production Team), Frank Lopez (Licensing), Bill Pitcock(, IV) (Word Processing Consultant), Bill Pitcock(, IV) (Word Processing Consultant), Dwight Twilley (Song Selection By), Dwight Twilley (Song Selection By), Dwight Twilley (Song Sequencing By), Dwight Twilley (Song Sequencing By)

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The Right Stuff

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7243-8-34659-2-7

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71:45

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LINER NOTES, SONG SELECTION AND SEQUENCING AT THE BIG OAK STUDIO, TULSA, OK. SEQUENCING ENGINEER: THE ERN MASTERED AT DIGIPREP, HOLLYWOOD, CA. PRODUCED WITH D.T. PROVIDING MUCH PACING AND CONFUSION. LINERS EDITED WITH MR. VACHLEY SPECIAL THANKS: CARY BAKER, JON BURK, AMY CASTENS, BRAD FISHER ALSO TONI PROFERA, KAREN GLAUBER, TAMI PACKLEY, JULIA TRAINOR AT HITS MAGAZINE, BRUCE HARRIS, LIZ HELLER, MALIA KLEPPINGER, MATT MACHAFFIE AT HOOPLA MGT. ELI OKUN, MICHAEL RODEN, LES SCHWARTZ, ADAM VARON, MARCIA WAYTE CREATIVE CONSULTANT FOR D.T. KEITH CHAGNON 310-392-0848 DWIGHT TWILLEY FAN CLUB P.O. BOX 33151 TULSA, OK 74153 ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS JAN ALLISON, ANNIE, LARRY BARNES AND FAMILY, DAN BURGOISE, RONNIE BRIDGES, MARTY BROWN, COCO, DENNY CORDELL, GLEN & KATHY CURRY, CLIVE DAVIS, JOHN DUVA, ERN, SHAWN FOY, PAUL FRANK, GARY GERSH, HARLEN GOODMAN, BRUCE GRAKEL, JOHN HARTMAN, JOHN HEY, BILL HOLDSHIP, TOM HOPE, JIM HUTCHENS, LARRY & ELAINE KORTKAMP, TOM LANHAM, DAVID LEVY & THE CHILDRENS RIGHTS COUNSIL, JERRY McCULLEY, STEVE MOORE, KAREN MOMME, MOW, MIKE & GRETCHEN MULLEN, THE MYSTERY BAND, GRAHAM NASH, BERNIE PERSHEY, MARTIN PETERS, BILL PITCOCK JR., GREG ROBERSON, SUE ROSE, MEREDITH RUTLEDGE, BOB SALDANA, MELINDA SALMETO, BUD SCOPPA, BILL SEYMOUR, JACKLEEN SEYMOUR, LEA SEYMOUR, SPARKY "THE FUGITIVE DOG" GEORGE W. & ALBERTA TWILLEY, DIONNE TWILLEY, YODELER...YOU, AND SO MANY OTHERS. Shelter Records (P) (C) 1996 Manufactured by The Right Stuff, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. 1750 North Vine Street Hollywood, CA 90028 All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Printed in the U.S.A. Compact Disc Digital Audio

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Add your review here. Eye opening hits & rarities collection Review written by John Fitzgerald, July 18th, 2005 This may not be true in other areas of the world but where I grew up, Dwight Twilley had always been spoken of in more of a Country music vein, I don't know why, as this impressive collection of Greatest hits & rarities proves this was not so. Of main interest to us here, the song "Grey buildings" probably would've been the best song on the record anyways as it's straightforward, no nonsense rock approach couldn't have been a fresher breath of air and it's still a wonder as to why this recording was unreleased until the unleashing of this CD, you can hear Billy pretty good on the backing vocals and though the liner notes do state that this was from an unreleased Twilley album called "The luck", as we now know, Twilley has since released an album with this title and it does have Billy guesting on vocals on a song from that released version of the album called "Gave it all up for rock n' roll" but "Grey buildings" is still only available here as of this date and this is the best place to get to know Twilley's recordings anyways. The CD is well packaged and contains very useful liner notes by DT as he gives us some notes on each of the 21 tracks along with the musician listings and where/when the recording was done and what album it's from originally and even where it was supposed to be from in the rarities cases (like "Grey buildings"). After hearing this CD, it's not surprising to see why Tom Petty apparently also thinks highly of Twilley as to me, there is a strong Jeff Lynne influence here on songs like "Out of my hands" (has the slow "Can't get it out of my head" feel), "Darlin'" (sounds like up beat Lynne here) & "Touchin' the wind" (check out the reverb & echo happy vocals here, remind you of someone?!). The down time in this CD is the 80's period where Dwight's more rocking material really hurts not being supported by a stripped down nature as his earliest material was but by a more glossy 80's sound, the worst offenders being "Little bit of love" (synth led, still has good guitars but the bubblegum style sounds banal with this production over it), "Girls" (which has Petty on guest vocals, strange that he would be on this one and not something more suited to his own style like the closing "That thing you do" (funny story behind that one in the liner notes too). Still better than the other 80's tracks here but doesn't stand up well against the rest of the CD), "Why you wanna break my heart" (fair emotion comes through the 80's sheen on this "made famous via the "Wayne's world" movie" tune), "Don't you love her" (fast jangle but can't escape that confining 80's sound), "Wild dogs" (a would've been good shuffle ruined by the 80's gloss) & "Shooting stars" (fair ballad but plinky 80's keys are intrusive). All of these (except the last 2 which are from the "Wild dogs" album) are from his "Jungle" album so I'm guessing that this was a successful album for him but I think the choices from his other albums here are more inspired like "Dion baby" which is piano led and chugs along nicely, "10,000 American scuba divers dancin'" is a well done crashing rock song while "Somebody to love" is a good ballad with a similar garage sound. The opening rocker "I'm on fire" has a great jangly acoustic guitar part that comes in later on which mixes good with the chanting vocal style. There's also other highlights like "Looking for the magic" which is a catchy quick clipper and "That I remember" has a strumming ballad feel which really works mainly because it's a good change of pace from the previous song's tempos. There are some duds though like "Sincerely" which tries to be haunting but drags, an Elvis ham up called "TV" which is almost laughably campy, "Shark" which sounds to me like a take off of an early Todd Rundgren bubblegum number and the forced sounding bouncy pop of "Sky blue", but all in all a great collection of what Dwight Twilley REALLY has to offer us musically.

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2011-09-01

Tracklisting »

Discography entry submitted by Jeff Kenney.