Toto XX: 1977-1997 is a compilation album by Toto to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The album features rare original demos, outtakes, previously unreleased recordings and live tracks from the band’s 20-year career. Although not technically a studio album, Toto XX is counted as being a part of the band’s core catalog of albums. Thus, despite […]
Boats Against the Current is a 1977 album by Eric Carmen. The title is taken from a line in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past.” It was Carmen’s second solo LP, after the Raspberries disbanded. It peaked at #45 […]
First In Line is an album by Randy Sharp, released in 1976. Tracks 1 First in Line (Randy Sharp) 03:07 2 Who’ Ya Gonna Blame It On (Randy Sharp) 03:50 3 You Were the Light (Randy Sharp) 03:44 4 Begin without Me (Randy Sharp) 03:46 5 The Womanizer (Randy Sharp) 03:21 6 Gonna Leave It […]
Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people’s work, and on this album she covered songs written or played by Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Allman Brothers, and Jackson Browne. But Diamonds & Rust also contained a number of her own compositions, including […]
Messina is a solo album from Jim Messina. In 1981, Jim Messina signed with Warner Bros. Records and recorded and released his second solo effort, Messina, which included folk, rock, latin and light jazz elements. The album featured singer Pauline Wilson, who sang a duet with Messina on “Stay the Night”. Tracks 1 Money Alone […]
Put Out The Light is a single by Joe Cocker from the album I Can Stand a Little Rain. It was released in 1974 Musicians Bass Dave McDaniel Drums Ollie E. Brown Guitar Ray Parker Jr Guitar Ralph Hammer Piano David Paich Sax Jim Horn Sax Trevor Lawrence Trumpet Stuart Blumberg Trumpet Steve Madaio Trombone Mayo Taina Trombone […]
Appetizers is the third solo album from Alan O’Day. It was released in 1977 (Pacific Records). Warner Bros Records formed Pacific Records as a label for their composers who also performed. O’Day was the first and only artist signed to the label, and its first release was “Undercover Angel.” The song, which he described as a […]
I Can Stand a Little Rain is the fourth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1974. It features the single “You Are So Beautiful”, which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, proving this album to eventually become a hit. Tracks 1 Put Out The Light (Daniel Moore) 4:122 I Can Stand A […]
“Pamela“ is a pop rock song written by David Paich and Joseph Williams for the 1988 Toto album The Seventh One. It was the first single from the album, and it peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart becoming their final US hit to date. The song was written by David Paich and […]
You Might Need Somebody is a single from Randy Crawford’s album Secret Combination, released in 1981. Musicians Bass Abraham Laboriel Sr Drums Jeffrey Porcaro Guitar (solo) Steve Lukather Guitar Dean Parks Keyboard Leon Pendarvis Horns Larry Williams Horns Bill Reichenbach Horns Gary Herbig Horns Jim Horn Horns Chuck Findley Percussion Lenny Castro Background Vocals Phyllis […]