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BALLROOM
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Album first
released in the US 1978 on TOMATO Records TOM-2-9003 UK LP
release in 1979 by RCA Records RCA XL 03073(2) Dutch CD
originally released in 1989 on TOMATO Records 2 696052 US CD Release
in 1994 on WEA/ATLANTIC/RHINO
R2 71283 |
SIDE 1 1. RUNNING AFTER LOVE (4:24) 2. HOLDIN’ OUT *(3:15) 3. CYCLONE/CANDLES IN THE RAIN
(7:18) 4. BEAUTIFUL SADNESS (5:43) SIDE 2 5. DO YOU BELIEVE (3:52) 6. NICKEL SONG (3:03) 8. LOOK WHAT THEY DONE TO MY SONG
(4:17) 9. I BELIEVE (3:49) SIDE 3 10. POET (3:50) 11. SAVE ME (6:53) 12. TOGETHER ALONE (3:26) 13. RUBY TUESDAY (6:36) SIDE 4 14. BUCKLE DOWN (3:14) 15. MIRANDA (3:46) 16. BRAND NEW KEY (3:38) 17. GROUNDHOG DAY * (4:01) 18. FRIENDS & COMPANY * (6:50) *tracks not include on the CD
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All sections
written by Melanie Safka except Produced and
Directed by Peter Schekeryk for World United Record Company Recorded at
Triiad Recording Studios, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Engineered
by Michael Laskow with Paul Kaminsky Melanie:
Acoustic Guitar Sal DeTroia:
Acoustic Guitar Robbie
Georgia: Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Dobro Tony
Battaglia: Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar, Electric Slide Guitar, Rhythm Guitar Stan Kipper:
Drums The
Persuasions: Background Vocals on I Believe (Secret Of The Darkness) John
Tegthoff: Organ |
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This German
CD was released in 2002 by UNIVERSE 4059 It is
effectively the same as the CD release of Ballroom Streets but a different
running order. |
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COMMENTS This album was issued in 1978
as a double album on the Tomato label in the US (TOM-2-9003) and in the UK on
the RCA label (XL 03073[2]). Essentially Ballroom Streets is a live
album but recorded in the studio with a small audience. It mixed new recordings
of old and recent material along with some new songs. Unlike her previous
live albums which featured just Melanie and her guitar, this time she is with
a full band and some tracks, like Cyclone/Candles In The Rain and Ruby
Tuesday, demonstrate that Melanie could produce blistering rock numbers
along with the best of them, though not always to the approval of all fans. When the CD was first issued
in 1989 the full double album could not be fitted onto a single disc and a
2CD set would presumable have been too expensive to produce. Therefore the
album was shortened and four tracks dropped. The CD does not include Holding
Out, Any Guy, Groundhog Day and Friends and Co.
Nowadays technology has advanced and it is possible to produce CDs with much
longer running times and the whole album could now be fitted on to a single
disc. |
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