Updated April 2008
This is a brief chronology of the studio sessions
and recordings by the members of Josefus.
Even though the original band broke up in 1970, they've
continued to be drawn back together through the years.
There are a number of unauthorized releases
and bootleg copies not included in this list.
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1969
Josefus went into a studio for the
first time in Phoenix for producer
Jim Musil. They recorded material
for an entire album, but the only
immediate product was a 45 single
put out on Musil's Dandelion label.
But he'd renamed the band Come.
(Dandelion DAN 1216)
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1970
When Musil failed to sign them with
a record label, the band went back
to the same studio and recorded the
independent release on Hookah. It
was a slightly different version of
the original sessions, and they
reclaimed the name Josefus.
(Dead Man - Hookah H-330)
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1970
Later that year they signed a national
recording contract and went to Miami
where they recorded a second album,
but under circumstances that doomed
the band by the end of the year.
(Josefus - Mainstream 6127)
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1971
Pete and Ray continued playing
together for about a year in the
group StoneAxe. They released a
45 single of 'Slave of Fear' and
'Snakebite' on Rampart Street
Records, playing with guitarist
Mike 'Wolf' Long and drummer
Jerry Ontiberoz, who became
part of Josefus in 1978.
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1976
Dave recorded as The Guitar Orchestra
on a multi-artist compilation EP. It
was for Cooperative Entertainment, a
musicians co-op trying to establish
itself in Houston. CE ran a series
of local concerts, one of which
led to the reforming of Josefus.
(CE M-77001)
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1978
Josefus regrouped with Jerry
again on drums and played for
a couple of years around the
Houston area. They released
two 45 singles in early 1979.
(Hard Luck - Hookah 78009)
(Let Me Move You - Hookah 78010)
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1983
Eva Records in France released
the first well-distributed bootleg
edition of the Dead Man album.
(Eva 12010)
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1989
Josefus reunited once more and
played for a few local events,
but mainly worked on recording
their Son of Dead Man album,
which was released in 1990.
(Paradise Lost PLR-002)
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1993
The original 1969 master recording
was released as Get Off My Case on
vinyl. Just before the company was
ready to put it out on CD, bootleg
CDs appeared all over Europe.
(Epilogue 1002)
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1999
The Hookah Dead Man album
and Get Off My Case were
combined into one CD on the
the Sundazed label. This is
still available at many record
stores and at Amazon.com
(Sundazed SC 11066)
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2002
An hour of previously unreleased
recordings, both live and studio,
were put out on the band's
original Hookah label.
(MVT 15023)
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2003
Akarma Records in Italy produced
a box set of Josefus recordings,
combining the original Hookah
release, the Mainstream album,
and Dead Man aLive on 3 CDs.
(AK 235/3)
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2005
The band reformed in 2004 for a
live performance at Dan Electro's
in Houston for the Halloween /
Day of the Dead Psych Fest.
Only 250 copies of this live
concert CD were produced.
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2007
Dave released a short-run CD
for the holiday season with
four Christmas classics and
four preview tracks from his
long anticipated solo CD.
Audio samples and a complete
MP3 download are available
at Dave Mitchell at CD Baby.
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2007
Pete's many years of songwriting
were brought to fruition in this
solo project featuring several
styles and moods. Pete brought a
variety of Texas musicians
together for this project.
More information and clips are
at Pete Bailey at CD Baby.
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