Distortion of Glory
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| Compilation album by Game Theory | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1982–1990 | |||
| Genre | Power pop | |||
| Length | 1:14:09 | |||
| Label | Alias | |||
| Producer |
Scott Miller (tracks 1–17) Michael Quercio (tracks 18–22) |
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Distortion of Glory is a 1993 compilation album from the band Game Theory, a California power pop band fronted by guitarist and singer-songwriter Scott Miller. Issued on CD by Alias Records, it anthologizes the band's debut album, most of the songs from two subsequent EPs, and one rare single.
By mid-1982, Scott Miller had assembled the first iteration of Game Theory, which consisted of Miller (lead guitar, vocals), Nancy Becker (keyboards, vocals), Fred Juhos (bass, guitar, vocals), and Michael Irwin (drums).
The first Game Theory album was the Blaze of Glory LP, released on Rational Records in 1982. Due to a lack of funds to both press the album and print a jacket, a thousand copies of the LP were packaged in white plastic trash bags with Xeroxed cover art glued to each bag.
With Dave Gill replacing Michael Irwin on drums, two 12-inch EPs followed. In 1983, the group released the six-song EP Pointed Accounts of People You Know, recorded at Samurai Sound Studio, which was co-owned by Gill. The group then recorded the five-song Distortion EP in December 1983 (released 1984), with The Three O'Clock's Michael Quercio producing.
The song "Dead Center," a rare promotional single, was recorded in 1983 as a 7-inch flexidisc for distribution with the music magazine Option.
Distortion of Glory was remastered and released by Alias Records in 1993.
All of the material from Blaze of Glory and Pointed Accounts, except for "The Young Drug" and "Stupid Heart," was remixed in 1990 by Miller and Dave Wellhausen. For the song "It Gives Me Chills," the original recording's bass and backing vocals by Donnette Thayer were removed and replaced with newly recorded contributions by Shalini Chatterjee.
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