In July 1976, “Philadelphia International Records” label released “Life on Mars”, the debut Dexter Wansel album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Sigma Sound Studios” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Dexter Wansel.

Personnel:

• Dexter Wansel – lead vocal, keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements
• Calvin Harris – guitar
• Derick Graves – bass
• Darryl Brown – drums, percussion
• Charles Collins – percussion
• Joe Johnson – percussion
• Bobby Malach – saxophone, flute
• Al Harrison – trumpet, flugelhorn
• MFSB – strings
• Terry Welles – vocal
• Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton – backing vocal
• Instant Funk
• Jack Faith – arrangement
• Jay Mark – engineer
• Jim Gallagher – engineer
• Jeffrey Stewart, Mike Hutchinson, Peter Humphreys – engineer assistant
• Ed Lee – art direction
• Chris Peterson – design
• Gerard Huerta – design
• Danny Wong, Eris Meola – photography
• Nimitr Sarikananda – lacquer cut

Track listing:

All tracks by Dexter Wansel, except where noted.

1. A Prophet Named K.G.
2. Life on Mars
3. Together Once Again – Vinnie Barrett
4. Stargazer
5. One Million Miles from the Ground
6. You Can Be What You Wanna Be
7. Theme from the Planets
8. Rings of Saturn