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Sun Dial

Real Name:Gary Ramon, Russell Barrett, Joolie Woods
Profile:Sun Dial is the vehicle of guitarist and singer Gary Ramon, who started recording in the eighties as The Modern Art. He changed the name to Sun Dial when forming his live band. As Ramon’s cohorts came and went, Sun Dial’s style changed, yet it remained rooted in late sixties psychedelia and often focused on the guitar work. Many of the band’s indie label releases came as collectable limited editions and were re-released over the years; they also recorded and released multiple version of several songs.
The first Sun Dial album, “Other Way Out” (1990), copied the sound of the late sixties perfectly and is still celebrated as one of the best examples of neo-psychedelia. After that, Sun Dial recorded some simpler, harder, noisier tunes, which only saw a belated release on the Album “Return Journey” (1993). On the “Overspill EP” (1991) the band came up with dreamier sounds which connected them to the current indie trends. Shoegaze- and space rock-influences shaped the album “Reflecter” (1992), which also had a track based on a drumloop; Sun Dial further delved into electronics for the “Fazer EP” of the same year. They moved to Beggar’s Banquet and had their most commercial outing with “Libertine” (1993), built upon dance grooves and catchy rock riffs, yet not completely abondoning psychedelia. “Acid Yantra” (1995) was an attempt to return to the band’s roots, yet it lacked the outstanding tunes and underground charm of their early records. Gary Ramon brought Sun Dial to a halt but started releasing records again with a new line-up in 2002.
URLs:http://www.sundial.org.uk
http://www.myspace.com/sundial001
Members:Anthony Clough, Chris Dalley, Craig Adrienne, Gary Ramon, Jake Honeywill, John Pelech, Joolie Wood, Lee Moon, Nigel Carpenter, Russell Barrett
Name Variations: All | Sun Dial | Sun Dial, The | Sundial
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Releases:
Exploding In Your Mind (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   UFO Records 1990
Other Way Out (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   UFO Records ... 1990
Fireball (7", Promo)   UFO Records 1991
One Track Mind / Loose / Visitation (7", Promo)   Bucketfull Of Brains Magazine 1991
Overspill (Maxi, EP) ◄ (3 versions)   UFO Records 1991
Fazer (EP) ◄ (4 versions)   UFO Records ... 1992
Reflecter (CD, Maxi, Promo)   UFO Records 1992
Reflecter (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   UFO Records ... 1992
Going Down (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Beggars Banquet 1993
Libertine (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Beggars Banquet ... 1993
Return Journey (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Acme ... 1993
Acid Yantra (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Beggars Banquet ... 1995
Apollo (7", Single)   Munster Records 1995
Bad Drug (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Beggars Banquet 1995
Live Drug (LP)   Acme 1995
Ghost Machine / Time Traveler (7")   Distortions Records 1997
Free Sitar (7", Red)   Acme 2002
Out Of Space Out Of Time (7", Single)   Ace Of Discs 2002
Zen For Sale (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Acme ... 2003
Live & Rehearsal 1991 (CD, Album, Ltd)   Prescription (UK) 2004
Other Way In (LP)   Third Eye Studios 2005
Other Way Out / Other Way In (2xCD)   Relapse Records 2006
Pumpkinhead EP (EP) ◄ (3 versions)   Acme 2008
Afterlife (In Celebration Of Beltane) (CDr, EP, Ltd)   Acme 2009
Equinox (In Celebration Of The Spring Equinox) (CDr, EP)   Acme 2009
Tracks Appear On:
A Psychedelic Psauna (In Four Parts) (CD) Mind Train Jam Delerium Records 1991
Deafening Divinities With Aural Affinities - The Beggars Banquet Collection (CD) Watch You Smile Atlantic 1993
Deafening Divinities With Aural Affinities - The Beggars Banquet Collection (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Star Baby Beggars Banquet ... 1993
Play Free Music (CD) Going Down Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1993
RCD July Collection 13 (CD, Comp, Promo) Send RCD Magazine 1993
The Beggars Banquet Collection (CD) Star Baby Tokuma Japan Communications 1993
Free At Last 4 (Cass) Watch You Smile PolyGram Group Canada Inc. 1994
Listen Now! - Volume 2 (CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr) Bad Drug Labels 1995
Meat Pie Toe Cloth Scraper EP (7", EP) Fairground (Demo) Ptolemaic Terrascope 1996
Succour (The Terrascope Benefit Album) ◄ (2 versions) Red Sky Ptolemaic Terrascope ... 1996
Pspyched! (CD) 3000 Miles Beggars Banquet 1999
Children Of Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996 (Box + 4xCD, Comp) Plains Of Nazca (Singl... Rhino Entertainment Company 2005
Music From Time And Space Vol. 19 (CD, Comp) Slow Motion Sysyphus Records 2006
Not Alone (5xCD, Comp) Crazy Horses Durtro, Jnana Records 2006
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