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Review

The Dwight Twilley Band's first album, Sincerely, suffered through a long, drawn-out gestation before Twilley and Phil Seymour simply holed up in an Oklahoma studio and cranked it out themselves, handling all the instruments through the wonders of overdubbing. By contrast, their follow-up, Twilley Don't Mind, came much faster and easier; Twilley and Seymour had already been playing most of the material that would make up Twilley Don't Mind on the road touring behind their debut LP, and while the sophomore album's technique is as unassailable as Sincerely, it sounds less like studio craftsmanship than a tight band knocking out their songs in real time. Twilley Don't Mind also pares back a bit of the eclecticism of Sincerely in favor of a more unified and energetic musical approach, embracing the joys of simple but hooky guitar-based rock on "Here She Comes," "Invasion," "Rock and Roll '47" and the title track, though the cool and moody "That I Remember," the neo-psychedelic "Sleeping" and the sparkling folk-rocker "Chance to Get Away" made it clear Twilley still had plenty of ideas left in his bag of tricks. He didn't opt to reveal as many of them on this album, however; featuring only nine tunes, the album feels unnecessarily short, one of the key reasons it feels a bit pale in comparison to Sincerely. However, what Twilley and Seymour did bring to the table on Twilley Don't Mind was first rate power pop every bit as satisfying as Badfinger and Big Star at their best, and anyone with a yen for a smart hook will revel in this. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Twilley Don't Mind Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (2:55)
Looking for the Magic Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (3:20)
That I Remember (Lyrics) Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (3:34)
Rock & Roll 47 Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (3:26)
Trying to Find My Baby Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (3:40)
Here She Comes Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (4:09)
Sleeping Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (6:20)
Chance to Get Away Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (2:39)
Invasion Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (3:34)
Fallin' in Love [*] Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (4:07)
Invasion [Noah Shark Mix][*] Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (3:26)
Rock & Roll 47 [Noah Shark Mix][*] Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (3:06)
Twilley Don't Mind [Noah Shark Mix][*] Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (2:56)

Credits

Dwight Twilley (Keyboards), Bob Schaper (Producer), Dwight Twilley (Guitar), Dwight Twilley (Vocals), James Newton Howard (Strings), Tom Sviano (?), Dwight Twilley (Piano), John Johnson (Bass), Tom Petty (Guitar), Phil Seymour (Vocals), Phil Seymour (Drums), Rev. Patrick Henderson (Piano), Dwight Twilley (Percussion), Tom Saviano (Horn Arrangements), Johnny "Tub" Johnson (Bass), Phil Seymour (Bass), Dwight Twilley Band (Performer), Bill Pitcock (Bass), Bill Pitcock (Guitar), Tom Sviano (Harmonica), Tom Saviano (Saxophone), Bob Schaper (Engineer), Oister (Producer)
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Twilley Don't Mind
Studio album by Dwight Twilley Band
Released September 7, 1977
Recorded 1977
Genre Rock
Label Shelter
Producer Dwight Twilley
Phil Seymour
Bob Schaper
Professional reviews
Dwight Twilley Band chronology
Sincerely
(1976)		 Twilley Don't Mind
(1977)		 The Great Lost Twilley Album
(1993)
Alternate album cover

Twilley Don't Mind is the second album from the Dwight Twilley Band, recorded and released in 1977 on Shelter Records, distributed at the time by Arista Records. The band consisted of Dwight Twilley (guitar, piano, lead and harmony vocals), Phil Seymour (drums, bass, percussion, lead and harmony vocals), and Bill Pitcock IV (lead guitar, bass). The original album credited production to Oister, which was the original name of the Dwight Twilley Band, and Bob Schaper; later reissues have credited production directly to Twilley, Seymour and Schaper.

Contents

Background

After the critical success (albeit commercial failure) of the Dwight Twilley Band's first album, Sincerely, hopes ran high for the second album. To capitalize on those hopes, Shelter Records reached a new distribution deal with Arista Records for the second album, which, unlike the first album, was demoed in advance. The band knew exactly which 10 songs that it wanted to record, and those were the only songs recorded in the final session. When the band experienced difficulty during its final production work on "Fallin' In Love", the album was released with only nine songs. The original cover was vetoed by Arista label head Clive Davis, who then chose the replacement cover that was ultimately used.[1]

Unfortunately, once again the Dwight Twilley Band was praised by the critics but failed to find success with the record buying public. Twilley Don't Mind peaked at #70 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The failure of the album proved particularly frustrating to Phil Seymour, especially when coupled with the success of their friend and label mate Tom Petty, on whose album Seymour and Twilley had appeared as harmony and backing vocalists. Ultimately, in early 1978, the Dwight Twilley Band broke up as a result.

Because of the shifting distributions of Shelter Records until it was acquired by EMI in 1993, Twilley Don't Mind went out of print on LP within a few years after release. It has been reissued on CD three times: by DCC Compact Classics in 1990, by The Right Stuff imprint of EMI in 1997 and by Australia's Raven Records in 2007, as part of a two-pack with the first Dwight Twilley Band album, Sincerely. Both of the first two reissues of Twilley Don't Mind contain the final version of "Fallin' In Love" as a bonus track, but the Raven "twofer" has no bonus tracks associated with this album. The Right Stuff reissue uses the alternate cover, which was the originally-planned cover.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Dwight Twilley.

  1. "Twilley Don't Mind" - 2:48
  2. "Looking For The Magic" - 3:10
  3. "That I Remember" - 3:22
  4. "Rock & Roll 47" - 3:10
  5. "Trying To Find My Baby" - 3:22
  6. "Here She Comes" - 4:02
  7. "Sleeping" - 6:06
  8. "Chance To Get Away' - 2:32
  9. "Invasion" - 3:22
1990 bonus track
  1. Fallin' In Love - 4:10
1997 bonus tracks
  1. "Fallin' In Love"
  2. "Invasion" (Noah Shark mix)
  3. "Rock & Roll 47" (Noah Shark mix)
  4. "Twilley Don't Mind" (Noah Shark mix)

Personnel

Producers

  • Dwight Twilley and Phil Seymour (also known as "Oister") and Bob Schaper.
  • Engineer: Bob Schaper
  • Additional recording: Jim Barth
  • Remix of "That I Remember": Val Garay

Musicians

  • Dwight Twilley: lead and harmony vocals, guitar, piano
  • Phil Seymour: lead and harmony vocals, drums, bass
  • Bill Pitcock IV: lead guitar, bass on "Twilley Don't Mind" and "Looking For The Magic"
  • Tom Petty: guitar on "Looking For The Magic"
  • Johnny Johnson: bass on "Chance To Get Away"
  • Patrick Henderson: piano on "Invasion"
  • James Newton Howard: strings on "Sleeping"
  • Tom Saviano: horns on "Twilley Don't Mind" and "Rock & Roll 47"

Notes

  1. ^ a b Benjamin, Kent H. "The Dwight Twilley Story". dwighttwilley.com. Retrieved 8-27-2007.

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