It’s Time 2013 Re-issue
150g vinyl LP w/download card here
MP3 downloads on iTunes and Amazon
CD here
Re-issue announcements on Vimeo and YouTube
From Flannelgraph Records:
Originally self-released in 1977, synthesizer pioneer Don Muro’s It’s Time is the singular work of one man combining his skills as a trained musician with a truly creative spirit and the somewhat unmarketable insistence that all of these different styles of music would make up his debut album. While this kind of genre hopping can often take away from an album’s coherence, “It’s Time” works as a whole because these are such well-crafted and interesting songs. At times playfully fun, at times beautifully earnest, It’s Time is consistently engaging for its entire 42 minutes. Muro’s sincere love of what he is creating shines through whether it’s a catchy, triumphant rock anthem, a subtly emotive instrumental synthesizer piece or an intense fusion dance jam.
““This album was released 36 years ago. Listening to it now brings fond memories of an intensely creative period in my life. There was time to explore many styles of music, and there was time to experiment with new instruments and equipment. No computers, no MIDI – only a room crammed with guitars, drums, keyboards, and an 8-track tape recorder. I didn’t have a specific audience for the album, hence the variety of styles. Back then people would actually sit and listen to albums as a total experience. I started and ended the album with aggressive synthesizer music, but in between those songs I was inviting listeners to go for a ride. Looking back, I would say that the variety of styles is both the strongest and weakest aspect of the album. But that’s who I was and, to a degree, who I still am. “
– Don Muro, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgrJZmqmnww
Reviews
“Most lost-classic reissues fit snugly into genre ghettos, but Don Muro’s 1977 masterpiece It’s Time defies even our precise 21st-century methods of classification. Rock, funk, synth-pop, disco, ambient, space-age: nothing suffices. It’s funny, it’s solemn, it’s light, it’s shady, it’s sly, it’s earnest, and it’s none and all of the above. Enjoy it ironically and suddenly it gets sublime; take it seriously and soon enough it’s having fun at your expense. I dare you to try to file this one away – chances are it’ll keep poking its head out of your collection, challenging you to figure it all out before it even attracts a speck of dust.”
– Marc Masters (Pitchfork, The Wire)
http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/949061-129/pickerel-music-com-hobosexual-album-electronic
http://permarex.blogspot.com/2013/10/permanent-records-update-10813.html
http://welistenforyou.blogspot.com/2013/10/review-don-muro-its-time.html
http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/11/14/best-song-ever-this-week-don-muros-squash