On April 11, 1976, “Treshold” label released “The Promise”, the debut Mike Pinder album. It was recorded 1974 – 1976, at Pinder’s studio at Malibu, Indigo Ranch, and was produced by Mike Pinder and Bob Margouleff.
Personnel:
- Mike Pinder– vocals, synthesizer, acoustic guitar and 12 string guitar, piano, mellotron
- Jim Dillon – vocals, acoustic, electric and slide guitar, sitar
- Steve Beckmeier – acoustic and electric guitar
- William D. “Smitty” Smith – organ
- Fred Beckmeier – bass guitar
- Joel DiBartolo – bass guitar
- Jimmy Johnson– bass guitar
- Bill Berg– drums, percussion
- Jeanne King – vocals
- Julia Tillman Waters – vocals
- Maxine Willard Waters – vocals
- Bobby Keys– tenor saxophone
- Steve Madalo – trumpet
- Susan McDonald – harp
- Dean Olch – flute, shakuhachi
- Tom Peterson – flute, tenor saxophone
Track listing:
All tracks by Mike Pinder except where noted.
- Free As A Dove
- You’ll Make It Through – Mike Pinder, Jim Dillon
- I Only Want To Love You
- Someone To Believe In
- Carry On
- Air
- Message
- The Seed
- The Promise
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