Kathy Dalton
Kathy Dalton is a singer. She was contracted to record for DiscReet Records by Herb Cohen.
Dalton originally recorded as Kathy Yesse with Greg Dempsey in Gas Company, a band based in Los Angeles, who released Blow Your Mind in 1965 before signing with Reprise and releasing three more singles. In 1968 they reformed as Daughters Of Albion releasing one album, produced by Leon Russell, for Fontana.
In October 1973, as Kathy Dalton, she released the album Amazing on DiscReet (DS2168). This was reissued in November 1974 as Boogie Bands & One Night Stands, where the track Long Gone Charlie, Hit & Run was replaced by the title track Boogie Bands & One Night Stands (DS 2208). The album was produced by Greg Dempsey and engineered by Kerry McNabb. It featured the likes of Lowell George, Van Dyke Parks and Sneaky Pete Kleinow. Three singles were issued from the album: At The Tropicana / Long Gone Charlie, Hit & Run (DiscReet DIS 1191), Boogie Bands & One Night Stands / Pour Your Wine All Over Me (DiscReet DIS 1210) which was reissued as (DiscReet DSS 1300) and Justine / Midnight Creeper (DiscReet DSS 1313). The track Long Gone Charlie, Hit & Run was included on the All Singing All Talking All Rocking sampler. The Boogie Bands & One Night Stands track was used in the 1996 film Sleepers.
Dalton was the support act for Zappa at: New York 4th November 1973, Boston, 7th November 1973 and Syracuse, 9th November 1973. She was replaced by Tom Waits due to audience hostility towards her. Although Zappa was less than impressed with her as it was Cohen's decision to sign Kathy Dalton that caused him to feel he had lost control of DiscReet which led to Zappa negotiating a separate recording contact with Warners.[1]
During the course of operating DiscReet Records it became evident that the trust that I had placed in Herb Cohen was placed in the wrong location. Our agreement was that I was the one who was supposed to decide who was going to be on the label—I would concern myself with all the musical matters. But shortly after the signing of the contract, I was surprised to learn that an album by an artist named Kathy Dalton was not only recorded but pressed and ready to be released. This came as a surprise to me, since I never signed Kathy Dalton. Herb signed her, and he spent three times what the specified budget for a new artist on the label was supposed to be. I'd never heard anything about it, so I became very irate; I had a meeting with Herb and his brother Martin, the attorney who drew up the contracts, and I said, "Look, this can't go on, doing a label deal under these circumstances. My name is on the line, and I wouldn't have signed Kathy Dalton, but you already have, and you spent three times what you were supposed to on the record. What's the story?" The net result of that meeting was "Well, we won't do it again."[2]
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