Escape From Domination

Personnel: Moon Martin (vocals, guitar); Jude Cole (vocals, guitar); Craig Leon (keyboards); Dennis Croy (bass guitar); Rick Croy (drums).Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Suntreader Studios, Sharon, VE.Photographers: Brian McLaughlin; Ron Slenzak.Craig Leon produced the Ramones, Lisa Burns, Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band, and other groups in the mid-'70s during the new wave movement. This album by Moon Martin was recorded mostly at Suntreader Studios in Sharon, VT, as was the work Leon did with Alexander and Burns. Eleven originals and one cover all fall within the two minutes and 40 seconds to three-and-a-half minute compact range for the singer's essays. "Rolene" and "Dreamer" have charm, and Martin keeps things interesting with a Henry Gross-type vocal which falls somewhere between John Denver and Elvis Costello. Craig Leon's production is thin, but it works well enough for Moon Martin to get his point across. "No Chance"