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| Ready or Not |
| Ray Russell |
| első megjelenés éve: 2007 |
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| (2007)
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| 4.500 Ft
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| 1. | Ready Or Not
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| 2. | The Whole Of Tomorrow
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| 3. | Amy In May
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| 4. | Slave
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| 5. | Liberty Caps From The Coast
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| 6. | Living For The City
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| 7. | The Clapping Song
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| 8. | Teaser For Lisa
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| 9. | Sweet Surrender
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| 10. | Eighth House
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| 11. | What Trousers Are These
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| 12. | Q
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| 13. | Sweet Surrender
Bonus - backing track
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| 14. | The Clapping Song
Bonus - backing track
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| 15. | The Pain Of Love
Bonus
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| 16. | I Need Your Love
Bonus
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| 17. | Clapping Song, The
Bonus - outtake
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Jazz
Recorded at Island and Air Studios, London, England in 1976-77
Ray Russell - Guitar
Alan Greed - Vocals
Andy Mackay - Saxophone
Annie Kavanagh - Vocals
Chris Parren - Keyboards
Denny McCaffrey - Vocals
Gavyn Wright - Violin
Helen Wright - Cello
John Punter - Percussion
Kaplan Kaye - Percussion
Levine Andrade - Viola
Liz Edwards - Violin
Malcolm Griffiths - Trombone
Martin Drover - Trumpet
Mo Foster - Bass
Moon Williams - Vocals
Peter Van Hooke - Drums
Simon Phillips - Drums
Tim Whitehead - Saxophone
Tony Hymas - Keyboards
Tony Roberts - Saxophone
This is 1977 and RAY RUSSELL having started his musical career playing with George Fame & Blue Fames then appeared in the musical HAIR where he met ALEX HARVEY, formed with Alex ROCK WORKSHOP and released two ground breaking albums. He was then working as an arranger and producer at DJM Records. Ray then got the opportunity to record his solo album "Ready Or Not" which is now re-released on CD for the first time with bonus tracks.
Today Ray composes music for Film and TV (Touch Of Frost) but his musical career has meant that along with his friends MO FOSTER and SIMON PHILLIPS, both of whom appear on this CD, that between them they have worked with major artists as diverse as JEFF BECK, GIL EVANS, The WHO, TINA TURNER, PHIL COLLINS, GERRY RAFERTY, CAT STEVENS, JOAN ARMATRADING and JUDIE TZUKE.
KAPLAN KAYE who was A&R Manger at DJM in 1977 said recently "I am delighted this CD is being released as it as stood the test of time and is a testament to Ray's undoubted talents as a Guitarist, Arranger and Writer"
Ray Russell
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Fusion
Guitarist Ray Russell may be the most successful member of the final line-up of the John Barry Seven, having gone on to a serious and highly regarded career in jazz and rock in England over the ensuing decades. Russell's introduction to the John Barry Seven came when he read in the music press that the group's longtime lead guitarist, Vic Flick, was leaving the group -- he auditioned on a day off his regular job and won the spot by pretending that he could read music, and learned musical notation as a member of the band, after establishing his virtuosity. The corpulent, stockily built Russell (who resembled Roy Kinnear or Robbie Coltrane) was an improbable looking guitar hero, but his talent was incontestable. He made a good successor to Flick and stayed with the band to the end, in early 1965. He next played with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, and by the end of the 1960's he was working in tandem with Chris Spedding in the Mike Gibbs band, alongside bassist Jack Bruce and reedman Alan Skidmore. During the 1970's, Russell passed through such ensembles as the Rock Workshop and the free-jazz combo Nucleus, and co-founded Chopyn (featuring Simon Philips on drums) with keyboard player Ann Odell. He also played with Roxy Music's Andy McKay on the soundtrack of the British television series Rock Follies, and became a member of Stackridge for a time. Russell was also the guitarist for the group Smith & D'Abo, and played a role in the benefit performances known as "The Secret Policeman's Ball," alongside Eric Clapton, Neil Innes et al. As a member of the fusion group The British Orchestra in the early 1980's, he played and recorded the music of Gil Evans, and he also made his West End debut playing in the musical Time, starring Cliff Richard, in 1986. Russell later formed his own group, the Ray Russell Band. He was a regular participant at the Montreaux Jazz Festival throughout the 1980's and 1990's working in various group contexts, and has also played with the Simon Philips Band. Although Russell is best known for his abilities as a jazz player, he has worked successfully across a vast range of musical idioms, including r&b and soul, and heavy metal.
--- Bruce Eder, All Music Guide |
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