Q: Has Dwight Twilley ever released a bad record? [Archive]

Miss Tasty Princess

01-01-2007, 03:13 PM

You could go in chronological order, I suppose, and pick up Twilley Don't Mind next.

Raven, in Australia, has just released a two-fer of the two that followed those, Twilley and Scuba Divers, plus a non-LP single. It's not hard to find and both rex are spankin'.

There's also a couple of good collections that I think are still available: XXI and Between the Cracks, Vol. 1. The former is primarily previously released material while the latter is mostly the opposite. In addition, there's a great collection of unreleased and rare stuff called The Great Lost Twilley Album but it's OOP and, from what I recall, tends to go for big bucks (there's one on eBay right now with a Buy It Now price of $45.99).

His most recent stuff is still top-notch, IMO. 47 Moons is the most recent studio album but the previous one, Tulsa, is a bit better, IMO. The latest thing is a live album, All Access; the performances are great but it was apparently assembled with Roxio or something as there are two second gaps between every damn track! Grrrrrr . . .

There's also one from 2001 called The Luck but that's the title of one of his many legendary unreleased albums, so I have a feeling it's an archival release but there are no recording dates or anything anywhere on it.

If you like Christmas music, Have a Twilley Christmas is all original tunes and a lot of fun but make sure you get the expanded version.

Finally, his 5th and 6th albums have yet to be released on CD but both have good stuff, if you've got a t-table: Jungle and Wild Dogs.

Warning: You can buy stuff directly from him at www.DwightTwilley.com but he charges an arm-and-a-leg plus insane postage (I was gonna order a CD once but the postage alone was $7 and he's in the next state!).

Edit: I should add that Sincerely and Twilley Don't Mind have each been digitized to aluminum twice but with different bonus tracks each time.