Dion McGregor

The Dream World of Dion McGregor Decca Records. 1964

Distinctively outlandishly, improbable. That’s what this record is. A man found by his roommate talking in his sleep and he finally gets him to agree to let it be recorded!

Overcame Mr. McGregor’s protestations in the service of art.

Exactly that. Never heard anything else like it. The poster child for eccentric.

But what talking it is. Theatrical, hyperbolic, outrageous, hilarious, bawdy, cheesy, surrealistic, richly detailed. Convincing. And somehow frenetically relaxing.

From the long out-of-print LP "The Dream World of Dion McGregor". This is track 4, entitled "The Diet".McGregor talked in his sleep. He articulated strange l...

No, not possible that it is somehow staged or acted. Nope, he’s asleep. Verified by a third party! An aspect of the human psyche never before captured. Well, maybe not captured. Maybe unleashed in all its uncensored glory. For when there is no muffler on our dream-story, there begins an unabashed glory.

You get to experience dream state in real time. Here’s another sample:

From the long out-of-print LP "The Dream World of Dion McGregor". This is track 8, entitled "The Mustard Battle".McGregor talked in his sleep. He articulated...

The illustrator for the cover is the famed Edward Gorey.