R. Stevie Moore "Delicate Tension" orig.78' LP SIGNED

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R. Stevie Moore on HP Music hps30735.  "Delicate Tension"
Cover is in VG- condition.  (on the back cover there is a slice?
that runs the length of the back from the opening to the side seam.
see picture.  and the top seam has a 1 1/2" seam split in the middle
of it.  and there is some shelf wear on the seams also.  besides that
looks good.  the slice only affects the back cover. front cover looks
good)   On the back of the LP it is autographed by the artist :
"To Gary  R Stevie"   includes lyric sheet.

Record is in VG++ condition.

This is the ORIGINAL PRESSING of this rare LP from 1978
and not a reissue!

R. Stevie Moore is an underground cult figure who is known
for unique recordings that are usually home recorded and privately
released.  This is his second album.  He also was the son of Elvis Presley's
favorite session bass guitarist Bob Moore.   google his name for more
information.  below is some info on this LP from his website.

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I apologize for the high cost of my shipping prices, but it is unfortunately necessary so that I can be certain that international buyers are, in fact, receiving their records.                                              

Record will be shipped OUTSIDE of the cover to avoid damaging the
cover and will be packed in a cardboard mailer. 
 
I accept PAYPAL only!

I'll gladly combine records and save you on shipping charges.

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I grade NM, VG++, VG+, VG. and VG-

I use a system close to but slightly different from Goldmine standards.
I grade records by examining them visually under a BRIGHT

light generally.   I also play records much of the time to check

the condition as well.  And sometimes I just play a sample

of the record to get an idea.  Records play differently on different

systems  though and the buyer should keep this in mind.

 

(Near Mint)  Record shows virtually no signs of use or play, or very, very little, and still has a “like new” gloss to it.  Flawless or very close to it!

(VG++)  Record has some very minor surface marks preventing it from being NM.  Record shows signs that it has been played, but has not been played a lot, and has been well taken care of.

(VG+)  Record has more than a few surface marks, and shows signs that it has been played, but is still in relatively good condition.  Some surface marks are visible, but there are no scratches that can be felt, and record should still play fairly well.

(VG)  Record usually shows many surface marks and perhaps some small scratches that can be felt. Record usually shows a loss of luster.  Record has been stored without a sleeve and has generally not been handled very carefully. VG records generally play with compromised sound but not always.

(VG-)  Record has practically none of its original luster and has surface marks and scratches throughout its playing area.

Many 45 rpm records fall into the VG and VG+ categories. Many 45 rpm records are stored without paper sleeves and this prevents many 45s from being in VG++
and Near Mint conditions. LP records can generally be found in better condition
due to the fact that the cover protects the records better generally. Most LP
covers, without the shrink wrap on them, fall into the VG+ and VG categories generally but not always.

Accurately describing the condition of a record is the most crucial element in selling records. I strive to grade in a very strict and consistent manner.
I generally do not list records that grade low or lower then VG- condition unless they are collectible records. Sometimes many different factors need to be regarded when grading records, and the list above can you give you a fairly good idea as to how a grade, but in many ways it only serves as a general guideline.

 

I pack records very well yet sometimes, but luckily very rarely, records do get broken and damaged at the post office.  Please consider adding insurance to your order just in case.  I will not be responsible for records that are damaged by the United States Postal system.

 

 

 

 

DELICATE TENSION


R. Stevie Moore's
~Second Album~
H.P. Music HPS-30735
Issued November 1978

Lyrics

• 01. COOL DADDIO (2:40) 6/78  VIDEO
• 02. DELICATE TENSION (3:55) 6/78
• 03. SCHOOLGIRL (2:00) 6/78
• 04. DON'T BLAME THE KNICKERS (3:29) 6/78
• 05. ZEBRA STANDARDS 29 (4:31) 6/78 VIDEO
• 06. YOU ARE TOO FAR FROM ME (5:13) 8/77*

• 07. OH PAT (1:20) 1/78*
• 08. APROPOS JOE (3:10) 1/78*
• 09. FUNNY CHILD (2:04) 1/77*
• 10. NORWAY (2:40) 4/78
• 11. THIS WEDNESDAY (1:33) 8/78
• 12. SOME VOICES (:25)
• 13. I GO INTO YOUR MIND (2:10) 9/78
• 14. HORIZONTAL HIDEAWAY (1:05) 9/78
• 15. DON'T LET ME GO TO THE DOGS (5:13) 6/77*

  
  

Composed RSM
All tracks rec. 1978 (177 Park St. 3rd Floor, Montclair NJ),
except where noted * (Nashville TN homes)

Mark Cudnik = mailed TN drum tracks (1-5, 14, 20-22, 25)
Irwin Chusid = drums (11)
Mike Hopper = flute (6)
Billy Anderson & Roger Ferguson = shoop-shoops (6)
Nelson Riddler Orchestra Record = (19, 24)
All other performances singlehandedly by Moore.

Tailored for lathe in NYC = JON CHILD at Clack Studio.
Front cover design = RSM
Doll photo = IC.

Thanx to Szzn G, Margaux, Erica, Max Wermuth, Ira, Jim Price, George Flores, WFMU, Charlie Stoddard, Johna Lynn, Bob Moore, Victor Lovera, Mike Burroughs, Gene Lazo (WMSC), Mel Cheplowitz (KALX), Chris Bolger and Jimmy & Dawn Coffman.

Dedicated to Harry Palmer forever.

 



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ON THE ORIGINAL FRONT JACKET,
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KURT LODER's
original Trouser Press review:
TP41 August 1979 issue    

I suppose it's not really kosher my review-
ing Delicate Tension, seeing's how my name
appears on the album cover. But since Ira
Robbins, J.D. Salinger, Don Knotts and
Sonny's Chevrolet are similarly disqualified,
who's left? Besides, I was an admirer of R.
Stevie Moore's fractured pop stylings way
before he was aware of my existence, and am
not likely to revise that estimation.

I can only urge some latently adventurous
Major Label to bestow a few of those hot dogs
in the satin baseball jackets up off their A&R
asses and out to Verona, New Jersey, for a
reminder of what actual talent sounds like. I
mean, here's R. Stevie, bereft of the requisite
beans to book himself some stretch-out time
in a legit studio, and Fleetwood Mac's been
dicking around with their "long awaited"
next album for what, two, three years? Is
there no fucking justice?

Until the Verona Visionary's turned loose
in a real studio, though, we can be truly
satisfied with Delicate Tension, a broadly
eclectic album unified by a seductive pop-
rock logic, and distinguished by some of the
most accurate and animated overdubbing
you're likely to hear coming from any
quarter. Vocally, Moore--who played
virtually all of the instruments here--most
closely resembles Syd Barrett during his
Madcap Laughs phase, especially on
"Norway," with its lilting acoustic guitar
strums, Beatle-ish oohing and delicately
catchy refrain, and the gloopy-voiced "I Go
Into Your Mind," which sounds like it was
sung at the bottom of a vatful of jello. But
the witty "Apropos Joe"--even though taken
at a pace that might leave the Ramones
winded--recalls the lead wheezler with the
Residents, while "Oh Pat" is pure folk rock,
complete with ringing guitars, Byrdsy bass
and, for spice, a sourly whimsical lyric fil-
tered through an Enoesque limey slur. On the
other hand, "Cool Daddio"'s thick mix and
drolly detached vocal captures perfectly the
spirit of early-'70s English art rock.

I could go on, particularly about the lyrics
(You like Debby Boone/He likes the Ra-
mones/I don't understand/Why you two
have a phone"). But why sit still for any
further babble when you can scamper out
and score a copy of this thoroughly idio-
syncratic disc for your very own? For what
few slumming mainstreamers may be
reading this, suffice it to say that Toto will
never sound the same after a few rounds
with the redoubtable R. Stevie.

COLLEGE MEDIA JOURNAL
CMJ Review
July 20, 1979 Who is R. Stevie Moore and why is he destined to obscurity -- or, what great force in the universe will shape this raw genius into a commercially viable success? Wthe the release of Delicate Tension (a most intriguing album), we become ever more aware of an incredible talent rising up from the pits pf mediocrity. His vocal style is similar to that of Kevin Ayers (very much so). His technical prowess is as creative as Zappa or Rundgren. The self-produced quality of this album and his two previous releases, Stance (EP) and Phonography (LP), amuses and enlightens us to R. Stevie Moore's private world of sharp-witted cynicism. The music explores everything from improvisational jazz/pop to romantic folk ballads. It is essentially upbeat, a cross-weave of musical textures. If nothing else, R. Stevie Moore will be an important figure in the pop/rock annals of obscurity, but I would encourage all discerning ears to listen to Delicate Tension at least ten times. Can you take this maniacal intelligence? This is entertainment. All songs are great; however, my favorites are "Cool Daddio," "Delicate Tension," "Don't Blame The Niggers," "Funny Child," and "You Are Too Far From Me." Will someone take R. Stevie Moore from the obscurity of New Jersey and give him control of the world?(P.S. Who is H.P. Music, and are you reading this?) (Write: H.P. Music, 101 Harrison St., Verona, N.J. 07044).

––Quazimodo

AMG REVIEW: R. Stevie Moore's first album upon moving to New Jersey and immersing himself in the burgeoning New York new wave scene, 1978's Delicate Tension is quite a leap from 1976's Phonography, both in style and execution. Where Phonography has a definite progressive rock feel, Delicate Tension is dominated by short, punchy power pop rockers like the breathless, witty opener "Cool Daddio," the sly McCartney-like bounce of "Schoolgirl" and the sarcastic Ramones blur of "Apropos Joe." Elsewhere, Moore's instrumental arsenal (as before, he plays every instrument himself with the exception of about half a dozen drum parts and the flutes on the anguished "You Are Too Far From Me") expands to include an adorably rinky-dink electric piano on "Funny Child" (which sounds as if the Residents had suddenly decided to write a late-era Monkees song) and more synthesizers, which underpin forward-looking early synth-pop experiments as varied as the ghostly "I Go Into Your Mind" and the frantic voice-modified robo-bop "Horizontal Hideaway." However, even with all these modern accoutrements, Moore still isn't interested in making it easy for himself. In 1978, when the "disco sucks" backlash was making casual racism fashionable, Moore wrote an explicitly anti-racist faux-disco song, muddying the waters (and possibly obfuscating his honorable intent) for listeners by deliberately giving the song the shock title "Don't Blame the Niggers." That piece of social commentary aside, Delicate Tension is an album of surprising emotional depth. Most of the songs were written in the aftermath of a particularly bad breakup, and along with Moore's usual surrealism and snarky one-liners, songs like the acoustic ballad "Norway" and the simply lovely, Todd Rundgren-like "Zebra Standards 29" have the startling immediacy and plainspoken beauty of a late-night conversation over several empty wine bottles. Best of all, the album's sound is an enormous improvement over the extremely lo-fi Phonography; it stands next to Roy Wood's Boulders, Something/Anything? and McCartney as one of the best one-man-band albums of the '70s. The album has been out of print since its original vinyl issue and has never been commercially reissued. However, a remastered version, adding the three songs from the 1977 EP Stance (the eight-minute ambient guitar instrumental "Ist Or Mas" and the quirky synth-rock "Manufacturers" and "Dance Man"), is available from www.rsteviemoore.com.

–Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

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Alfred Boland POSTCARD (2002)

Employee RSM's orig LP bag at Sam Goody's, Livingston Mall, early 1979

This stereophonic microgroove recording cannot become obsolete. It has been carefully engineered to provide the finest monophonic performance from any phonograph -- old or new, monophonic or stereophonic. Like all high-fidelity albums from H.P. Music, it is a top-quality product of the recording art, and will continue to be a source of outstanding reproduction, now and on the future.

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