Special thanks to the following bands, venues, artists and radio personalities for funding the mastering and manufacturing of this album to support our friend!

The 1984 Draft            
Age Nowhere              
Mike Bankhead             
The Boxcar Suite             
Brat Curse                        
Bribing Senators             
Seth Canan & the Carriers     
Dead Rider                      
Dip Spit                             
Dirty/Clean                      
Dirty Socialites                  
Great Northern String Band          
The Guilty Pleasures          
Hexadiode                           
Human Cannonball            
Jasper the Colossal              
The Kyle Sowashes             
Lioness                                   
Magnaphone Records          
Me & Mountains                  
Moira                                        
Neo American Pioneers           
The New Old Fashioned          
Nicky Kay Orchestra                 
Nightbeast                              
Oh Condor                             
Poptek Records                   
Quemado                                
The Jayne Sachs Band               
Shrug                 
SKRT                   
Speaking Suns                
Swearing At Motorists                  
Jennifer Taylor Photography     
Yardboss                         
The Yellow Cab Tavern                     
Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative            
 

The Motel Beds were a phenomenon of Dayton DIY creativity and one of the city’s most compelling acts. The band emerged in the early aughts as a songwriting duo of PJ Paslosky and Tommy Cooper, who had performed with numerous bands during their formative years and under several monikers as a pair…Manana, Camerojuana come to mind. The Motel Beds quickly fleshed out an initial lineup and started making recordings. Brilliant recordings, to say the least. The band’s personnel and sound evolved over the years, but landed with the lasting lineup around 2010 with producer Darryl Robbins at the recording helm and on lead guitar. Drummer Ian Kaplan and bassist Tod Weidner formed a solid rhythm section often compared to that of Moon and Entwistle. By the release of Dumb Gold, the band had distilled everything about their previous releases into a very distinctive, recognizable sound characterized by strong melodic sense, swirling guitars, mid-fi recordings and of course, Pasloasky’s signature croon.

It was a winning formula and the band began attracting national attention, eventually inking a deal with Misra Records. Lengthy van touring across the states ensued, festivals were rocked, and ‘The Beds’ pressed on until they were thoroughly burnt. The years with Misra resulted in an official best of back catalog These Are the Days Gone By, and an uber ambitious venture into the realm of hi-fi with Mind Glitter.

Dumb Gold, the 2012 classic, remains one of the band’s most enduring works and is a favorite among many fans. The Magnaphone staff are no exception - we wanted this on vinyl since the day it was released. In 2018 we made this a reality and used the effort to support a very worthy cause. Ian Kaplan of ‘The Beds’ was in need of a liver transplant and facing an enormous round of medical bills. The bands listed on the left of this page all stepped up to help fund the record being pressed and all proceeds went to Ian, and still do. We’re happy to report that the man survived his procedure and has been making a remarkable recovery. Still, he will always face extraordinary medical costs and we commit all sales of this excellent record to his benefit.