DINO VALENTE Dino Valente LP EPIC 1968 US orig+stereo QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERV
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DINO VALENTE
A fascinating enigma of the San Francisco psychedelic scene, Valente is most famed as the author of "Get Together."
This definitive '60s love-and-peace anthem was recorded on the Jefferson Airplane's first album, and taken
into the Top Ten by the Youngbloods. Valente was also an original member of Quicksilver Messenger Service,
although drug busts meant that he did not actually perform and record with the group for about five years,
by which time they were on the downside artistically. Prior to finally hooking up with Quicksilver, he also recorded
a strange but attractive folk-psychedelic album as a solo act that is a rare and legendary psychedelic cult item.
"DINO VALENTE"
1968 LP EPIC RECORDS STEREO BN 26335
PRINTED IN USA ORIGINAL PRESSING
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: EPIC - YELLOW LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: BN 26335
Catalog on labels: BN 26335 (XSB 119679) / BN 26335 (XSB 119680)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched & Stamped): p o XSB 119679-1C B3
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched & Stamped): p o XSB 119680-1C o ?5
On labels: *Produced by Bob Johnston
rim text reads: "Epic," Marcas Reg. T.M. Printed in U.S.A.
On spine: Printed in U.S.A.
On back cover: All selections, except "Me And My Uncle", written by Dino Valente
*Produced by Bob Johnston
All selections are BMI.
Manufactured by: Epic Records, CBS, Inc., 51 W. 52 Street, New York City.
®"Epic", Marca Reg. T.M. Printed in U.S.A.
tracklisting
Side A: TIME - SOMETHING NEW - *MY FRIEND - LISTEN TO ME - ME AND MY UNCLE
Side B: *TOMORROW - CHILDREN OF THE SUN
NEW WIND BLOWING - EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE OK - TEST
grading
RECORD VG(+) (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) (please, see pictures and read above description)
Dino Valente's sole album recalls the one issued by another San Francisco artist signed to CBS in the late '60s,
Skip Spence: quirky, lyrically vague, folky yet psychedelic, and nearly devoid of commercial potential in spite of its
largely pleasant (if moody) melodies and textures. Valente, however, was not as intriguing a lyricist as Spence,
nor as intensely soulful a vocalist, and overall much sunnier in tone. Valente had a rather whiny voice,
so it was wise to put so much echo on both his 12-string guitar (which accounts for most of the
instrumentation on the record) and vocals, which both covered up some of his vocal deficiencies
and added a sheath of mystery. Listening to his songs is like listening to some hippie trying to talk a
vulnerable, confused, attractive girl, on the rebound from a failed romance, into taking up with him
as a panacea to her problems: phrases are uttered and rejoinders offered, but one can't be sure exactly
what the situation is or where it's leading...(AllMusic)
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