Sincerely / Twilley Don't Mind (Reis) [Extra tracks]

Dwight Twilley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 17, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B000QFAF5Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,721 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm On Fire

2. Could Be Love

3. Feeling In The Dark

4. You Were So Warm

5. I'm Losing You

6. Sincerely

7. Tv

8. Release Me

9. Three Persons

10. Baby Let's Cruise

11. England

12. Just Like The Sun

13. Here She Comes

14. Looking For The Magic

15. That I Remember

16. Rock And Roll '47

17. Trying To Find My Baby

18. Twilley Don't Mind

19. Sleeping

20. Chance To Get Away

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Extras Make It Great, October 9, 2007

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Brian J. Greene "djbrian" (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sincerely / Twilley Don't Mind (Reis) (Audio CD)

Sincerely, the Dwight Twilley Band'd debut album from the late 70s, is simply a masterpiece, easily one of the best Power Pop records ever made. Twilley Don't Mind, the follow-up, maybe came up a little short when compared to Sincerely, but is still a great album. Both of these records stand up to anything made in that era or style, including Big Star, Badfinger, Cheap Trick, et al. Having those two albums on one CD is reason enough to get this release, but the real clincher is the bonus material: four extra tracks recorded in the same area. All four stand up to the best material on the two albums, and a couple of them, "You Never Listen to My Music," and "Didn't You Say" are actually better than many of the tracks on Twilley Don't Mind. Get this, then go and find that 2-CD collection of demos by the Shoes that came out this year, and you will have the best of this year's reissued Power Pop in your possession.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Price but the Hoffman/Inglot remasters sound better, December 28, 2011

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A Music Fan "jimmy wayne" (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sincerely / Twilley Don't Mind (Reis) (Audio CD)

It's nice to have these two classics in one place (I'm one of the few that prefers Twilley Don't Mind to Sincerely, but both are great.) But...I'm holding on to my individual copies, both remastered in '89 by Steve Hoffman (DCC/Shelter label) and in '97 by Bill Inglot (The Right Stuff/Shelter label). I haven't done an A/B comparison, but my initial impression is that this Raven reissue is not up to the Hoffman and Inglot remasterings. I was also disappointed with their Gram Parsons collection Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings, Bottled Blues several years ago...LOTS of hiss. Also, the DCC and Right Stuff editions have more bonus tracks (when combined) than the Raven CD. Apart from the sound quality, the Right Stuff reissues also include (in the booklet) Twilley's own recollection of the era and the recordings. The Great Lost Twilley Album (CD) from '93, also remastered by Hoffman, is another way to go, and has several really good previously unissued tracks from Dwight, Phil, Bill, and company.

5.0 out of 5 stars Two lost classics, September 1, 2011

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Fred Gladden "Fred" (Santa Rosa, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sincerely / Twilley Don't Mind (Reis) (Audio CD)

The first Twilley album, Sincerely, was a breath of fresh air at the time. I couldn't believe how good "I'm On Fire" was at the time, merging pop and Elvis. Then I heard "You Were So Warm" and "England", two pop masterpieces, so beautifully produced. The album holds up for a listen and they showed much promise. The second album was almost perfect, save two songs. "Looking For The Magic" and "Sleeping." Two more pop classics. And they had a unique quality, no one has captured since. I saw them live in 1979 and Phil Seymour was even better in person. They were a little awkward overall as a stage act, but it was hard to live up to the great production of these two albums. I think they were idled from progression, by over-involved record companies as the third album demos blew away the final LP. Phil made some great tracks afterward before he died and Dwight has struggled for consistency since. This is a must compilation for pop music lovers.