DIED PRETTY

Title: Free Dirt
Label: Citadel (Australia)
Catalogue No: (citcd504)
Format: CD (album)
Released: 1986
Price: $ 25.00

Free Dirt was of course Died Pretty's debut album and came hot on the heels of the acclaimed ep Next To Nothing. The initial vinyl release of this record allowed them for the first time to properly tour Australia and following this, embark on a world tour of four months that took in NZ, USA, and most of Europe.

Track Listing: (47:48 m:s)

Blue Sky Day (B Myers / R Peno) (3:25 m:s)
Round and Round (B Myers / R Peno) (2:36 m:s)
Wig Out (B Myers / R Peno) (3:05 m:s)
Laughing Boy (B Myers / R Peno) (3:34 m:s)
Through Another Door (B Myers) (3:16 m:s)
Life To Go (Landsakes) (B Myers / R Peno) (5:31 m:s)
Just Skin (B Myers) (6:35 m:s)
The 2000 Year Old Murder (B Myers / R Peno) (4:30 m:s)
Next To Nothing (B Myers / R Peno) (5:42 m:s)
Stoneage Cinderella (B Myers / R Peno/M Atkinson) (3:10 m:s)
Yesterday's Letters (B Myers) (4:48 m:s)

The Musicians:

Frank Brunetti - Keyboards • Mark Lock - Bass • Brett Myers - Guitar, B. Vocals & Lead Vocals on track 5 • Ronald S Peno - Lead Vocals • Chris Welsh - Drums & Percussion with (Louis Tillett - Piano on track 6 • Graham Lee - Pedal Steel on track 5 • John Papanis - Mandolin on track 1 • Julian Watchhorn - Violin on track s 1 & 3 • Tim Fagan - Sax on tracks 2, 5 & 9

Technical Details:

Produced by Rob Younger • Engineered by Alan Thorne • Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, November 1985

Of Interest:

The lineup that recorded this album is regarded by many as definitive, despite the fact following lineups could play a good deal better. The production team of Younger and Thorne captured them perfectly and many of the songs went on to become performance staples.