VALENTI, DINO - Get Together... The Lost Recordings
"Dino Valenti was one of the most fascinating figures of San Francisco's psychedelic scene of the 60s. He was the frontman of the Quicksilver Messenger Service, and became famous with his hippie anthem Get Together that reached the USA top-ten in the version of the Youngbloods. He made a solo album with Columbia, and recorded a lot of other material that he's been storing in various warehouses in the late 60s. This record comes from some of these tapes, which were recently found and delivered to Valenti's family. They are of superb sound quality, and of even greater musical value - excellent never before issued gems, as well as his own version of Get Together presented for the first time here on vinyl. It is unknown, who else is performing on these tapes, although both the sound and the great acid guitar parts in several tracks strongly remind of early QMS albums. Great totally unreleased tracks from 1965-1970 by the Quicksilver Messenger Service frontman. Fully authorized. Limited, deluxe 2LP extra heavy gatefold cover, 180g vinyl, expertly remastered from the original tapes." - Missing Vinyl.
After nearly a decade of false starts, multiple game plans veering off the rails, and a handful of shattered hopes and/or dreams, the odyssey is finally complete—the new Fusetron site is here.
This is the first phase of a multipart rollout that will span the next few months: the currently browsable stock includes miscellaneous new releases from the past 8+ months (we have a lot of catching up to do), plus approximately a third of our backstock. Note that we’ve reduced/slashed prices on many titles and will continue to do so in order to make room for new stock. We’ll also be expanding / tweaking / improving / debugging the site itself (for example, we still have work to do on the automated international postage system, not to mention the inevitable inventory discrepancies that come with transferring an ancient and massive database to a new system).
Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently “sold out” items are likely to resurface.
Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we’ll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.
Frequent/returning customers will be getting early access to these items. Details to follow on how this will work (a priority mailing list? a 'frequent flyer'-like program?), but it will not be based on dollars spent. We want to reward those who consistently support us, especially in the discogs marketplace era (to those who show up trying to poach five copies of a one-off rarity, and nothing else, ever… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
So—we suggest you take some time to dig through the site—even we’ve been surprised by what’s been turning up, and there’s much more to come.
