LIGHT FUSE AND GET AWAY! 3 prog rock fans that don't care for later DREAM THEATER releases listen to their first album WHEN DREAM AND DAY UNITE (1989) featuring OG singer CHARLIE DOMINICI & OG keyboardist KEVIN MOORE

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When Dream and Day Unite is the debut studio album by American progressive metalband Dream Theater, released on March 6, 1989, through Mechanic/MCA Records.[1] The album is composed mostly of material that originally surfaced during the band's early years as Majesty, and it is the only Dream Theater album to be recorded with their full original lineup. James LaBrie replaced Charlie Dominici as the lead vocalist on all subsequent albums.
With the relatively warm reception of their original demos, the band expected their debut album to be received with much fanfare and buzz, but the album went largely unnoticed by the music industry, and eventually led to Mechanic/MCA cutting their contract ties with the band, resulting in a small club tour for the album exclusively in the New York area. They also produced two promotional singles, "Status Seeker" and "Afterlife", whose remixesand single edits for radio were done by Terry Brown of Rush production fame. Due to tensions within the band and creative differences, Dominici was fired from the band, and they were without a lead singer until late 1990.

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