''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About R. Stevie Moore But Were Afraid to Ask'' is the third official album by
R. Stevie Moore
Robert Steven Moore (born January 18, 1952) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who pioneered lo-fi (or "DIY") music. Often called the "godfather of home recording", he is one of the most recognized artists of the cas ...
, a
double album
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compilation issued on vinyl in 1984 by
New Rose Records
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of Paris, France. It was the first of four New Rose RSM albums to be released through the 1980s.
Background
It contains Moore's songs and sound experiments from Nashville TN and Montclair NJ sessions, all primarily recorded on 1/4 track 7½ ips
reel-to-reel
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stereo tape decks. The name of the album is a homage to the 1972 movie
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask). Its title in French is ''"TOUT CE QUE VOUS AVEZ TOUJOURS VOULU SAVOIR SUR R. STEVIE MOORE ET QUE VOUS N'AVEZ JAMAIS OSER DEMANDER"''.
Long out of print and never reissued on compact disc, it was reconstructed from original song master tapes for improved fidelity by the artist in 2002. The original vinyl issue had suffered in audio quality from improperly mastered compilation tapes and also by the process of squeezing so much material on each side of the records.
The album was the first R. Stevie Moore release that
Ariel Pink
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heard.
Track listing
North and South Sides (CD1)
# WORLD'S fair
# I just WANT TO feel YOU
# the HOLOCAUST parade
# EATING paper, DRINKING ink
# CHANTILLY lace (Richardson)
# SHOW biz IS dead
# the path OF JOY
# PUTTIN' up THE groceries
# ONE moore TIME
# FORECAST
# no TALKING
# WELCOME TO london
# I wanna hit YOU
# bloody KNUCKLES (Moore/Griffin/Price)
# JUMP out IN front OF a car
# TOPIC of SAME
# i hate PEOPLE
# HIS LATEST flame (Pomus/Shuman)
# RIGHT perfume WRONG mouthwash
# for VINI
# (some CD issues add Paris Diary audio filler)
East and West Sides (CD2)
# FIRST-hand
# teen ROUTINES
# NEW strings
# ONCE and for ALL
# adult TREE (Moore/Anderson)
# PASKETTI
# misplacement
# WHY can't i WRITE a HIT
# PLAY
# U.R. true
# backbone BREAK
# wayne WAYNE (go away)
# DEBBIE
# The meeting THAT COULDN'T be
# MAMA weer ALL CRAZEE now (Holder/Lea)
# i hope THAT YOU remember
# (some CD issues add still more Paris Diary audio filler)
References
External links
RSM's EVERYTHING webpage
R. Stevie Moore albums
1984 compilation albums
New Weird America albums
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