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Little River Band: First Under the Wire

On July 9, 1979, “Capitol” label released “First Under the Wire”, the fifth Little River Band studio album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by John Boylan, Glenn Shorrock, David Briggs, Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble, Clive Harrison and Derek Pellicci.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals
  • David Briggs – lead guitars, Roland synthesizer guitars, electric sitar
  • Beeb Birtles – lead and co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars guitar
  • Graham Goble – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Clive Harrison – bass guitar
  • Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
  • John Boylan – acoustic guitar
  • Peter Sullivan – piano
  • Peter Jones – piano, keyboards, orchestrations
  • Mike Clarke – bass
  • Bill Harrower – saxophones

Track listing:

  1. Lonesome Loser – David Briggs
  2. The Rumour – Glenn Shorrock
  3. By My Side – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  4. Cool Change – Glenn Shorrock
  5. It’s Not a Wonder – Graham Goble
  6. Hard Life (prelude) – David Briggs
  7. Hard Life – Graham Goble
  8. Middle Man – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  9. Man on the Run – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  10. Mistress of Mine – Graham Goble

Little River Band: First Under the Wire

In July 1979, “Capitol” label released “First Under the Wire”, the fifth Little River Band album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by John Boylan. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIIA”.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Shorrock – lead vocals
  • David Briggs – lead guitars, Roland synthesizer guitars, electric sitar
  • Beeb Birtles – vocals, electric and acoustic
  • Graham Goble – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars,  arrangements
  • John Boylan- acoustic guitar
  • Peter Sullivan – piano
  • Peter Jones – piano, keyboards, orchestrations
  • Clive Harrison – bass guitar
  • Mike Clarke – bass
  • Derek Pellicci – drums, percussion
  • Bill Harrower – saxophones

Track listing:

  1. Lonesome Loser – David Briggs
  2. The Rumour – Glenn Shorrock
  3. By My Side – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  4. Cool Change – Glenn Shorrock
  5. It’s Not a Wonder – Graham Goble
  6. Hard Life (Prelude) – David Briggs
  7. Hard Life – Graham Goble
  8. Middle Man – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  9. Man on the Run – Beeb Birtles, Graham Goble
  10. Mistress of Mine – Graham Goble

Boz Scaggs: Middle Man

In April 1980, “Columbia” label released “Middle Man”, the ninth Boz Scaggs album. It was recorded in 1979, and was produced by Bill Schnee.

Personnel:

  • Boz Scaggs – vocals, guitars
  • Carlos Santana- guitar
  • Steve Lukather- guitars
  • Ray Parker, Jr.- guitars
  • David Foster- synthesizer, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Don Grolnick- piano, keyboards
  • David Paich- organ, synthesizer, keyboards
  • James Newton Howard- keyboards, clavinet
  • Larry Fast, Michael Boddicker, Steve Porcaro- synthesizer programming
  • David Hungate- bass
  • John Pierce – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro- drums
  • Joe Vitale- drums
  • Rick Marotta- drums
  • Lenny Castro- percussion
  • Adrian Tapia – saxophone
  • Bill Thedford – backing vocals
  • Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
  • Oren Waters- backing vocals
  • Paulette Brown – backing vocals
  • Rosemary Butler- backing vocals
  • Chuck “Fingers” Irwin – backing vocals
  • David Lasley- backing vocals
  • Bill Champlin- backing vocals
  • Charlotte Crossley – backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields- backing vocals
  • Sharon Redd- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Foster and Boz Scaggs, except where noted.

  1. Jojo – David Foster, David Lasley, Boz Scaggs
  2. Breakdown Dead Ahead
  3. Simone
  4. You Can Have Me Anytime
  5. Middle Man
  6. Do Like You Do in New York – Boz Scaggs
  7. Angel You
  8. Isn’t It Time – Boz Scaggs
  9. You Got Some Imagination – Steve Lukather, Scaggs, Bill Schnee

Jack Johnson: Brushfire Fairytales

Brush fire Fairy tales

On February 1, 2001, “Everloving Recordings” released “Brushfire Fairytales”, the debut Jack Johnson album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by JP Plunier.

Personnel:

  • Jack Johnson – vocals, guitars, piano
  • Christopher Yeoh – mandolin
  • Ben Harper – slide guitar
  • Merlo Podlewski – bass
  • Adam Topol – drums, percussion
  • Tommy Jordan – steel drums
  • Sam Beam – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack Johnson.

  1. Inaudible Melodies
  2. Middle Man
  3. Posters
  4. Sexy Plexi
  5. Flake
  6. Bubble Toes
  7. Fortunate Fool
  8. The News
  9. Drink the Water
  10. Mudfootball (for Moe Lerner)
  11. F-Stop Blues
  12. Losing Hope
  13. It’s All Understood