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TEXTONES BIOGRAPHY

Textones were a fixture in the Los Angeles music scene from the very late 70s through the 80s. The line-up changed often, but the one constant was the tall, sultry singer/songwriter/guiatrist Carla Olson. The early line-up (the one that produced their lone recording for the I.R.S. family of labels) included future Go-Go's bassist Kathy Valentine (Valentine's replacement was George Callins).


At right: The UK single (on
Chiswick Records) that
contained an early version
of Go-Go's hit "Vacation",
penned by Textone (and future
Go-Go) Kathy Valentine...		 Textones UK single

Although Textones evolved over time, it wasn't until 1984 that they produced their first LP, MIDNIGHT MISSION, released on Gold Mountain Records (a label distributed, like I.R.S., by A&M Records). Three more LPs on three different labels over the next ten years took their toll and Carla decided to become a solo artist. After all, she was by then practicaly the only consistent musician and any recording session anchored by her was essentially a Textones recording.

Besides solo work, Carla did a number of records with virtually a who's who of LA (and beyond) folk-rockers: Gene Clark (ex-Byrds), Mick Taylor, Ry Cooder, Don Henley, John Fogerty, Phil Seymour and others too numerous to mention...

TEXTONES I.R.S. DISCOGRAPHY

This discography will cover only TEXTONES' recordings for I.R.S. Records. Recordings for other labels, other recordings, solo recordings and guest appearances, may be mentioned in the biography or discography, but details can be found by visiting some of the cool links for TEXTONES, below...

Singles

FP01 "Some Other Girl"/"Reason To Leave"
Faulty Products FP01 (Released Nov 1980)

Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Roger Harris
Recorded at Wally Heider's, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Conway Recorders, Hollywood, CA

Photos by Gary Nichamin
Sleeve Design by Mimi King
Make Up by Christina Sullivan
Thanks To Steve Moore and Bob Saldana

Musicians:
Carla Olson Vocals & Guitars
Kathy Valentine Guitars & Vocals
David Provost Bass
Mark Cuff Drums

Review Coming Soon!

TEXTONES LINKS AND OTHER COOL STUFF

While websites devoted to TEXTONES are not exactly plentiful, one that we DID find is pretty good and important! There are a few other of note as well:

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