On June 18, 1976, “Riva” label released “A Night on the Town”, the seventh Rod Stewart album. It was recorded December 1975 – April 1976, at “Cherokee Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Muscle Shoals Sound” in Sheffield, “Criteria” in Miami” in Nederland, CO, and was produced by Tom Dowd. The cover art is based on Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s painting “Bal du moulin de la Galette”.
Personnel:
- Rod Stewart – vocals
- Steve Cropper, Billy Peek, Joe Walsh, Jesse Ed Davis, David Lindley, Fred Tackett– guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis, David Foster, Barry Beckett, J. Smith – keyboards
- Donald Dunn, Bob Glaub, David Hood, Willie Weeks, Lee Sklar– bass guitar
- Roger Hawkins, Andy Newmark, Al Jackson Jr., Rick Shlosser– drums
- Tommy Vig, Joe Lala– percussion
- Jerry Jumonville, Plas Johnson– tenor saxophone
- Tower of Power Horn section – French horn
- Jimmy Horowitz, Mel Lewis, Arif Mardin– string arrangements
Track listing:
All tracks by Rod Stewart, except where noted.
Slow Side
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest – Cat Stevens
- Fool for You
- The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)
Fast Side
- The Balltrap
- Pretty Flamingo – Mark Barkan
- Big Bayou – Gib Guilbeau
- The Wild Side of Life – Arlie Carter, William Warren
- Trade Winds – Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
musicalphabet 