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Luna Offer Up Earliest Demos To Benefit A&R Man Who Signed Them

Ex-Galaxie 500 leader Dean Wareham’s dream-pop band Luna released their debut album, Lunapark, in 1992 on Elektra Records, and continued working with the label on their next four records. Terry Tolkin, the vice president of A&R at Elektra who originally signed Luna, is now living in New Orleans and is gravely ill due to an […]

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15:04 on June 29 2015

Luna Offer Up Earliest Demos To Benefit A&R Man Who Signed Them

Stereogum — Ex-Galaxie 500 leader Dean Wareham’s dream-pop band Luna released their debut album, Lunapark, in 1992 on Elektra Records, and continued working with the label on their... more info

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15:29 on June 29 2015

Luna released 1991 demos to help raise money for Terry Tolkin, the man who signed them (and is very ill)

Brooklyn Vegan — When Galaxie 500 broke up in 1991, Dean Wareham signed to Elektra where his friend Terry Tolkin was doing A&R. He made a five-song demo with Mercury Rev's Jimmy Chamberla... more info

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