Steve Tibbetts (album)

Steve Tibbetts is the debut album by Steve Tibbetts, recorded in 1976.[3][4][5] Eventually released by Frammis Records in 1979, the CD was reissued by Cuneiform in 1995.

Steve Tibbetts
Studio album by Steve Tibbetts
Released	1976 (self)
Recorded	1976
Studio	Der Studio D'Muzak Elechtronik, St. Paul, Minnesota
Genre	jazz
Length	34:23
Label	Frammis
Steve Tibbetts chronology
Steve Tibbetts (1976) Yr (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide	[2]

Critical reception

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that Tibbets "uses a few too many cliches, [but] proves that he has the talent to make those cliches work."[2] The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music called the album "a classic of instrumental psychedelic progressive music from the unlikely region of grassroots middle America."[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Tibbetts

1. "Sunrise" - 4:14
2. "The Secret" - 4:49
3. "Desert" - 4:39
4. "The Wonderful Day" - 2:20
5. "Gong" - 1:43
6. "Jungle Rhythm" - 5:37
7. "Interlude" - 1:52
8. "Alvin Goes to Tibet" - 4:16
9. "How Do You Like My Buddha?" - 5:06

Personnel

• Steve Tibbetts - Instruments, tape effects, vocals and engineering
• Tim Weinhold - percussion
• First released on Frammis Records 1977
• Photo by Walter Goldstein
• Art by Frammis

Reissue

• CD Mastering by SAE Digital Mastering
• CD Graphic Production by Paula Millett
• Reissue coordination by Steve Feigenbaum

References

1. "Steve Tibbetts" Allmusic - Rob Caldwell Accessed 2012-09-29
2. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 512.
3. Smith, Bradley (1997). The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music. Billboard Books. p. 231.
4. "Perfect Sound Forever: Steve Tibbetts- overview and interview". www.furious.com.
5. "Steve Tibbetts | Biography & History". AllMusic.

External links

• Cuneiform Bio for re-release of “First Album”
• Steve Tibbetts at Discogs