Steve Tibbetts (album)

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Steve Tibbetts
Studio album by Steve Tibbetts
Released	1976 (self)
Recorded	1976
Studio	Der Studio D'Muzak Elechtronik, St. Paul, Minnesota
Genre	jazz
Length	34:23
Label	Frammis
Steve Tibbetts chronology
Steve Tibbetts (1976) Yr (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide	[2]

Steve Tibbetts is the debut album by Steve Tibbetts, recorded in 1976.^[3][4][5] Eventually released by Frammis Records in 1979, the CD was reissued by Cuneiform in 1995.

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that Tibbets "uses a few too many cliches, [but] proves that he has the talent to make those cliches work."^[2] The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music called the album "a classic of instrumental psychedelic progressive music from the unlikely region of grassroots middle America."^[3]

All songs written by Steve Tibbetts

1. "Sunrise" - 4:14
2. "The Secret" - 4:49
3. "Desert" - 4:39
4. "The Wonderful Day" - 2:20
5. "Gong" - 1:43
6. "Jungle Rhythm" - 5:37
7. "Interlude" - 1:52
8. "Alvin Goes to Tibet" - 4:16
9. "How Do You Like My Buddha?" - 5:06

• Steve Tibbetts - Instruments, tape effects, vocals and engineering
• Tim Weinhold - percussion
• First released on Frammis Records 1977
• Photo by Walter Goldstein
• Art by Frammis

Reissue

• CD Mastering by SAE Digital Mastering
• CD Graphic Production by Paula Millett
• Reissue coordination by Steve Feigenbaum

• Cuneiform Bio for re-release of “First Album”
• Steve Tibbetts at Discogs