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Y Kant Tori Read

  • Genre: Rock
  • Main Artist: Tori Amos
  • Active: '80s
  • Major Members: Tori Amos

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Y Kant Tori Read is a band founded by singer/songwriter Tori Amos before she achieved success as a sensitive alternative songstress. The name refers to Amos' days at the Peabody conservatory, where she played songs on her piano after hearing them once, but never mastered reading sheet music. The band performed around California before landing a contract with Atlantic, who commissioned different musicians. The resultant Y Kant Tori Read LP showcases several big-name players, including Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick and future Guns N' Roses pounder Matt Sorum. Guitarist Steve Caton and percussionist Paulinho Da Costa worked with Amos beyond Y Kant Tori Read. Renowned keyboard sessionman Kim Bullard co-wrote many of the songs with Amos, who is known only as Tori in the liner notes which strangely thank an executive for "letting me make the record I wanted to make." Amos graces the cover clad in tight bustier and sporting Vixen-ish hair. A video promoting lead track and first single "Big Picture" disappeared upon release; second single "Cool on Your Island" also sank. Amos persevered with Atlantic and became a compassionate celebrity in the '90s. In interviews, Amos disavows Y Kant Tori Read, claiming that, while she doesn't hate the material, the album hardly represents what she is now doing musically. She also stated that Y Kant Tori Read resurrects her struggles in California and other incidents (some addressed in "Me and a Gun") she'd rather forget. Naturally, copies from the original pressing became collector's items, selling at exorbitant prices and triggering a rash of bootlegs, the most popular of which (from Pacific rather than Atlantic) even tacks on bonus Tori cuts. Like Wicked Lester or Fuse, this bit of arcana is of use to completists only. ~ Doug Stone, All Music Guide

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Y Kant Tori Read was a 1980s synthpop band, fronted by then unknown singer-songwriter Tori Amos. The band released one album, also called Y Kant Tori Read, which bombed miserably. The band originally consisted of Amos, Steve Caton, and several musicians that they worked with at the time. When they were signed to Atlantic Records through record producer Joe Chicarelli the other musicians were dropped. Kim Bullard, later of Kajagoogoo, and Matt Sorum, later of Guns N' Roses, were brought in to flesh out the band for the album. The name comes from an incident in Tori's childhood where she was asked to leave the Peabody Conservatory because she refused to read sheet music.[1]

As a result of Amos' later success, early in her career copies of the album in its various formats would sell for thousands of dollars, particularly an unopened copy on compact disc in its original longbox. Soon after its release, however, cut-out copies on vinyl were placed on sale for ninety-nine cents. A music video for their song "The Big Picture" was made, but the only member of the band featured was Amos. As of 2006, the decline in music collectible sales and the increase in pirated distribution of the music, vinyl copies of the original record frequently sell on ebay for between $50-100.

Two singles were released. The first, "The Big Picture," was commercially issued exclusively as a 7" vinyl single (and without a picture sleeve.) A 12" vinyl promo did have a picture sleeve, however. The second single, "Cool on Your Island," was issued as a cassette single and 7" vinyl single, this time with a picture sleeve; and in various promo 7" vinyl singles. Neither single was successful.

Atlantic Records fully abandoned promoting the record after only two months of release. The company has since honored Amos' request that no Y Kant Tori Read material be re-released, although bootleg copies do exist.

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References

  1. ^ *David Wallechinsky & Amy Wallace: The New Book of Lists, p.9. Canongate, 2005. ISBN 1-84195-719-4.

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