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If: Not Just Another Bunch Of Pretty Face

In October 1974, “Gull” label released “Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces” the seventh If studio album. It was recorded October 1973 – February 1974 at: “Sleepy Hollow Recording” in Ithaca, N.Y., “Majestic Sound” in London, “The Sound Pit” in Atlanta, “Allen-Martin Studios” in Louisville, and was produced by Lew Futterman, Jon Child and Cliff Davies.

Personnel:

  • Dick Morrissey– lead vocals, saxes and flute
  • Geoff Whitehorn– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Gabriel Magno – Hammond organ, acoustic and electric pianos, electric harpsichord
  • Walt Monaghan– lead and backing vocals, bass,
  • Mike Tomich – bass
  • Cliff Davies– lead vocals, drums, congas, vibes

Track listing:

  1. In the Winter of Your Life – Geoff Whitehorn, Cliff Davies
  2. Stormy Every Weekday Blues – Cliff Davies
  3. Follow That with Your Performing Seals – Dick Morrissey
  4. Still Alive – Dick Morrissey, Brigitta Morrissey
  5. Borrowed Time – Cliff Davies
  6. Chiswick High Road Blues – Cliff Davies
  7. I Believe in Rock & Roll – Geoff Whitehorn, Walt Monaghan, Cliff Davies

Ted Nugent And The Amboy Dukes: Tooth Fang & Claw

In September 1974, “DiscReet” label released “Tooth Fang & Claw”the seventh and final Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes album. It was recorded in June 1974, and was produced by Jon Child, Lew Futterman and Ted Nugent.

Personnel:

  • Ted Nugent– vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Rob Grange – vocals, bass, arrangements
  • Vic Mastrianni – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent, except where noted.

  1. Lady Luck
  2. Living in the Woods
  3. Hibernation
  4. Free Flight
  5. Maybellene – Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto, Alan Freed
  6. Great White Buffalo
  7. Sasha
  8. No Holds Barred

If: 2

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In December 1970, “Island” label released “If 2”, the second If album. It was recorded in 1970, at “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • W. Hodkinson– lead vocals, percussion
  • Dick Morrissey– tenor and soprano saxophone, flute
  • Dave Quincy– tenor and alto saxophones, flute
  • Terry Smith– guitar
  • John Mealing– organ, backing vocals, electric piano
  • Jim Richardson– bass
  • Dennis Elliott– drums
  • Frank Owen, Jon Child – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Your City Is Falling – Dave Quincy
  2. Sunday Sad – Dick Morrissey
  3. Tarmac T. Pirate and the Lonesome Nymphomaniac – John Mealing, Trevor Preston
  4. I Couldn’t Write and Tell You – Dave Quincy
  5. Shadows and Echoes – Margaret Busby, Lionel Grigson
  6. Song for Elsa, Three Days Before Her 25th Birthday – W. Hodkinson