Sun Dial

Sun Dial

Discography of Sun Dial:

	#	Cover	Release title	Total tracks	Download release in mp3	Imprint date	Label
	1		Fazer	4	mp3	1992	UFO Records
	2		Overspill	4	mp3	1991	UFO Records
	3		Return Journey	7	mp3	1993	Acme
	4		Reflecter	8	mp3	1992-03-23	UFO Records
	5		Exploding In Your Mind	3	mp3	1990	UFO Records
	6		Libertine	10	mp3	1993	Beggars Banquet
	7		Acid Yantra	9	mp3	1995	Atlantic
	8		Fazer	4	mp3	1992	UFO Records
	9		Other Way Out	11	mp3	1993	Acme
	10		Acid Yantra	9	mp3	1995	Beggars Banquet
	11		Other Way Out	11	mp3	1993	Gallium Arsenide
	12		Reflecter	9	mp3	1992-03-23	UFO Records
	13		Other Way Out / Other Way In	23	mp3	2006-03-14	Relapse Records
	14		Return Journey	9	mp3	2006-03-07	Relapse Records
	15		Ghost Machine / Time Traveler	2	mp3	1997	Distortions Records
	16		Reflecter	9	mp3	1992-03-23	UFO Records
	17		Zen For Sale	9	mp3	2003	Acme
	18		Return Journey	7	mp3	1993	Gallium Arsenide
	19		Libertine	8	mp3	2007	Acme
	20		Overspill	4	mp3	1991	UFO Records
	21		Other Way Out	6	mp3	1990	Tangerine
	22		Pumpkinhead EP	5	mp3	2008	Acme
	23		Pumpkinhead EP	4	mp3	2008	Acme
	24		Pumpkinhead EP	5	mp3	2008	Acme
	25		Free Sitar	2	mp3	2002	Acme
	26		Live & Rehearsal 1991	5	mp3	2004	Prescription (UK)
	27		Afterlife EP	4	mp3	2009	Acme
	28		Equinox EP	4	mp3	2009	Acme
	29		Sun Dial	13	mp3	2010	Shrunken Head
	30		Live	118	mp3	2010-03-00	Acme
	31		Libertine	10	mp3	1993	Beggars Banquet
	32		Other Way Out [The Gold Edition]	6	mp3	1996	Tangerine
	33		Live Drug	7	mp3	1995	Acme
	34		Salem EP	5	mp3	2008	Acme
	35		Return Journey - The Lost Second Album Sessions 1991	33	mp3	2010-05-24	Shrunken Head
	36		Sun Dial	13	mp3	2010	Shrunken Head
	37		Exploding In Your Mind	3	mp3	1990	Tangerine
	38		Fireball	3	mp3	1991	Porky Acetate
	39		Fireball	2	mp3	1991	Transfermation
	40		Exploding In Your Mind	3	mp3	1991	UFO Records
	41		Dead At Dawn Acoustic EP	4	mp3	2010	Acme
	42		Reflecter Deluxe Edition	37	mp3	2010-06-14	Shrunken Head
	43		Other Way Out - Deluxe Edition	34	mp3	2010	Shrunken Head
	44		Exploding In Your Mind	109	mp3	2010	Acme
	45		Pumpkinhead	10	mp3	2010
	46		Other Way Out	7	mp3	1997	Lava Records (2)
	47		Libertine	10	mp3	1993	Beggars Banquet
	48		Reflecter Deluxe Edition	30	mp3	2010	Shrunken Head
49		Reflecter	8	mp3	1992-03-23	UFO Records
50		Sun Dial	13	mp3	2010-07-15	Headspin Records
51		Free Sitar	2	mp3		Not On Label
52		Out Of Space Out Of Time	2	mp3	2002-12-09	Ace Of Discs
53		Sun Dial	13	mp3	2010-07-15	Headspin Records
54		Sun Dial	13	mp3	2010-07-15	Headspin Records
55		Untitled	6	mp3	1990	Magic Mixture
56		Libertine	10	mp3	1993	Beggars Banquet
57		Fazer	4	mp3	1992-06-08	UFO Records
58		Reflecter	8	mp3	2013	Tangerine
59		Reflecter +1	9	mp3	1992-08-21	Midi Inc.
60		Exploding In Your Mind	2	mp3	1990	Tangerine
61		Pumpkinhead	9	mp3	2010	Shrunken Head
62		Acid Yantra	10	mp3	2007	Acme
63		Libertine	10	mp3	1993	Beggars Banquet
64		Shards Of God	15	mp3	2006	Acme
65		Let It Go (Live)	3	mp3	1992	UFO Records
66		Acid Yantra	9	mp3	1995	Beggars Banquet

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.

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