LP-Dwight Twilley- Wild Dogs

Description –

Dwight Twilleys fourth solo album, and sixth release overall,Wild Dogsis a brilliant pop/rock album that never got a fair chance until now. Twilley achieved a long-awaited breakthrough in 1984 when his single Girls (featuring his one-time Shelter labelmate and friend Tom Petty on support vocals) hit the Top 20. Parent albumJunglewent Top 40. The stage was set for Twilleys next album to put him over the top. Filled with inspiration and confidence, Dwight wrote one of his strongest, most commercial and most consistent batches of new songs for the album that would becomeWild Dogs. Hit producer Val Garay (Linda Ronstadt, Kim Carnes, The Motels) was onboard, along with Twilley regulars Bill Pitcock IV (guitar), Susan Cowsill (harmony vocals) and a guest appearance from his Dwight Twilley Band partner Phil Seymour (backing vocals).

Twilley even had a new label strongly behind him, helmed by one of the top indie radio promoters of the era. But it all came crashing down when his label head was implicated in a major payola scandal (read Fredric Dannens bookHit Men) and the label collapsed on the eve ofWild Dogs 1986 release. As Dwight ruefully put it, He was later cleared from charges.Wild Dogswasnt. Twilley was punted over to CBS Associated Records andWild Dogsgiven a token release. But there was no music video, little promotion, not even a CD pressing, andWild Dogssank without a trace.

If ever an artist and album deserved better, its this one. For its first-ever CD release, Iconoclassic Records presents the originalWild Dogsalbum remastered, plus 9 bonus tracks that not only double the discs length but present Dwights original demos for the album. Longtime Twilley art director Zox has contributed never-before-seen photos from the cover shoot, and power pop authority Ken Sharps liner notes are based on 2022 interviews with Dwight Twilley, Val Garay, Susan Cowsill and Zox.

36 years after its botched original release,Wild Dogsfinally gets the treatment it has always deserved. If you enjoy melodic, lush, dreamy, heartfelt, fun and playful pop/rock songwriting, any of Dwight Twilleys previous records, or the mid-80s music of Tom Petty, Lindsey Buckingham, Jeff Lynne or Marshall Crenshaw, youre going to LOVEWild Dogs.

Media Condition – (G+)

Sleeve Condition – (G-)

Track List-

• 1. Sexual
• 2. Wild Dogs
• 3. You Don’t Care
• 4. Hold On
• 5. Shooting Stars
• 6. Baby Girl
• 7. Ticket to My Dream
• 8. Secret Place
• 9. Radio
• 10. Spider & The Fly

BONUS TRACKS

• 11. Sexual (‘New Edit’ 7″ version)
• 12. You Don’t Care (demo)
• 13. Wild Dogs (demo)
• 14. Ticket to My Dream (demo)
• 15. Baby Girl (demo)
• 16. Radio (demo)
• 17. Secret Place (demo)
• 18. Spider & the Fly (demo)
• 19. Sexual (demo)