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The Proclaimers: Hit The Highway

On March 7, 1994, “Chrysalis” label released “Hit the Highway”, the third Proclaimers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Chipping North Studio” in Chipping North, Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Pete Wingfield, Charlie Reid and Craig Reid.

Personnel:

  • Craig Reid – vocals, tambourine
  • Charlie Reid – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar 
  • Stuart Nisbet – acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin
  • Tim Renwick – acoustic and electric guitar, electric slide guitar
  • Jerry Donahue – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobby Valentino – fiddle
  • Pete Wingfield – keyboards, piano, Hammond C3 
  • Pete Thomas – tenor and baritone saxophone 
  • Raul D’Oliveira – trumpet
  • Vince Sullivan – trombone
  • Iain Bruce – bass guitar
  • Phil Cranham – bass guitar, fretless bass guitar
  • Kevin Wilkinson – drums
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Barry Hammond – engineer
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering 

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie and Craig Reid, except where noted.

  1. Let’s Get Married
  2. The More I Believe
  3. What Makes You Cry?
  4. Follow the Money
  5. These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding
  6. Shout Shout
  7. The Light
  8. Hit the Highway
  9. A Long Long Long Time Ago
  10. I Want to Be a Christian – Sullivan S. Puch
  11. Your Childhood
  12. Don’t Turn Out Like Your Mother

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers: A Hard Road

Bluesbreakers

On February 17, 1967, “Decca” label released “A Hard Road”, the second John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers studio album. It was recorded October – November 1966, at” Decca Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Vernon.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall– vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, organ, covert art
  • Peter Green– vocals, guitar
  • John McVie– bass
  • Hughie Flint, Aynsley Dunbar– drums
  • John Almond, Alan Skidmore– saxophones
  • Ray Warleigh– wind instruments

Track listing:

All tracks by John Mayal,  except where noted

  1. A Hard Road
  2. It’s Over
  3. You Don’t Love Me – Willie Cobbs
  4. The Stumble – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
  5. Another Kinda Love
  6. Hit the Highway
  7. Leaping Christine
  8. Dust My Blues – Elmore James, Joe Josea
  9. There’s Always Work
  10. The Same Way – Peter Green
  11. The Supernatural – Peter Green
  12. Top of the Hill
  13. Someday After a While (You’ll Be Sorry) – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
  14. Living Alone