Dale Carnagie

More a Legend Than a Band Review by Stewart Mason
In any other circumstance, that title would be hyperbole, but in the case of the Flatlanders, it's the simple truth. Although their only commercial release during their nearly four-year existence was an eight track on the tacky Plantation label, bandleaders Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock went on to become pioneers in alternative country, directly influencing bands ranging from Uncle Tupelo to Ely disciples the Clash. This 1990 reissue gives that eight track a proper digital release for the first time ever (minus two weaker tracks, covers of the country standards "Hello Stranger" and "Waiting for a Train"), plus four previously unreleased tracks recorded during the same March 1972 sessions.

Perhaps more than any other person who ever lived, Dale Carnegie changed the human relations movement. His world-famous course has influenced millions of people. Looking back on his life, Carnegie saw that worry and fear were the forces that held him back. Conquering worry and fear gave him a new hold on life. He developed the Dale Carnegie Course as a forum for overcoming worry and fear and developing human relations and leadership skills.

It is a usual working day in Dale's study. Suddenly, his daughter Daisy rushes in, holding a piece of old papyrus with strange inscriptions. She needs it for her archaeological exhibition, but she can't translate it. Intrigued by the papyrus, Dale checks his archaeological network and finds out that the inscription is the belonging of an ancient brotherhood from Egypt, and the only key to the translation is the mysterious Bloomstone. However, the secret is hidden in the Big Pyramid, guarded by Anubis, ancient Egyptian deity. Now, Dale has to solve 100 puzzles that Anubis set for him, and to collect all the missing pieces of the Bloomstone. But he will soon discover that there is much more to this challenge…