On June 9, 1977, “Atlantic” label released “Monkey Island”, the seventh J. Geils Band album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by Peter Wolf, J. Geils, Magic Dick, Seth Justan, Danny Klein and Stephen Bladd.
Personnel:
- Peter Wolf- lead vocals
- Geils- guitar
- Magic Dick- harmonica
- Seth Justman- keyboards
- Danny Klein- bass
- Stephen Bladd – drums
- Michael Brecker- tenor saxophone
- Randy Brecker– trumpet
- Ronnie Cuber– saxophone
- Lew Del Gatto – saxophone
- Arif Mardin- strings conductor
- Alan Rubin– trumpet
- Lew Soloff– trumpet
- Frank Vicari– saxophone
- Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals
- Evette Benton – backing vocals
- Cissy Houston- backing vocals
- Barbara Ingram- backing vocals
- Theresa Reed – backing vocals
- Diane Sumler – backing vocals
- Harriet Tharpe – backing vocals
- Luther Vandross- backing vocals
- David Thoener – engineer
- Jay Krugman, Rod O’Brien, Corky Stasiak – engineer assistant
- David Thoener – mixing
- George Marino – remastering
- Peter Corriston – design
- Alen MacWeeney – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Peter Wolf and Seth Justman except where noted.
- Surrender
- You’re the Only One
- I Do – Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Alfred Smith, Willie Stephenson
- Somebody
- I’m Falling
- Monkey Island
- I’m Not Rough
- So Good
- Wreckage
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