''Crack the Sky'' is the debut album by American rock band
Crack the Sky, released on LP in 1975 (see
1975 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1975.
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* 1975 in British music
* 1975 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
*1975 in country music
* 1975 in heavy metal music
* 1975 in jazz
Even ...
) by Lifesong Records (catalog #LS-6000).
Track listing
Personnel
Crack the Sky
*John Palumbo – Lead vocals, keyboards, guitar
*Rick Witkowski – Lead guitar, percussion
*Joe Macre – Bass guitar,
back-up vocals
*Jim Griffiths – Lead guitar, back-up vocals
*Joey D'Amico – Drums, back-up vocals
Additional musicians
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Michael Brecker
Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as a performer and composer, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in ...
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Horns ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby")
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Randy Brecker
Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock music, rock, and R&B.
Early life
Brecker was ...
— Horns ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby")
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David Sanborn
David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist. He worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He began playing the saxophone at the age o ...
— Horns ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby")
*George Marge —
Woodwinds
Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments.
Common examples include flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone. There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and re ...
("Robots for Ronnie", "Sleep", "Sea Epic")
*Tom Jones —
Trombone
The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...
("Sleep")
Production
*Terence P. Minogue – Producer
*Marty Nelson – Producer
*William Kirkland – Producer
*Donald Puluse – Recording and mixing engineer
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Terry Cashman
Terry Cashman (born Dennis Minogue; July 5, 1941) is an American record producer and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1981 hit, " Talkin' Baseball". While the song is well recognized today and allowed Cashman the chance to meet the feature ...
— Executive producer
*Tommy West – Executive producer
*Stan Kalina – Mastering engineer
*Vinny Adinolfi – 2002 CD producer
*Elliott Federman – 2002 CD remastering
*Ted Brosman – Tape master
Additional credits
*Recorded and mastered at CBS Studios, 52nd St., New York City
*Recorded at Columbia Records Studio, 32nd St., New York (orchestra on "Ice")
*Recorded at Minot Sound Studios,
White Plains, New York ("Sleep")
*Susan Senk – Cover coordination
*Mary Walsh – Front cover photography
*Benno Friedman – Back cover photography
*Bob Heimall – Art direction and design
*Danny Palumbo – Major domo
*Petillo Strings – Acoustic guitar strings
*"Thank you orchestra and all of our Stainless Steel Groups of Chums"
*Amy Bennick – Art direction, design (2002 CD)
*"Special thanks to Kevin Stander and Steve Smolen of Record & Tape Traders, Terence P. Minogue for taking the time to tell the story, and Mike Ragogna, as always for his guidance."
*Merri Kirkland – Spanish translation ("I Don't Have a Tie")
*2002 CD remastered at SAJE Sound, New York City
Alternate versions
In 1988, Lifesong released a CD pairing ''Crack the Sky'' with ''
White Music'' on a single disc (LSCD-8801). To fit both albums on one CD, the song "Mind Baby" and two tracks from ''White Music'' were omitted. In 2002, a reinvented and mastered CD of ''Crack the Sky'' was released. It included four bonus tracks: demo versions of "Let Me Go Home (A Visit to the Projects)", "Eileen, I Lean on You", and "Hold On"; and "Dr. Octopus Part 2" from the ''
Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero'' album. It is noted the song "Sleep" fades out more than a minute earlier than the original LP version. Liner notes include track-by-track comments by original producer and long-time CTS compatriot, Terence P. Minogue.
References
Sources
*LP and CD liner notes
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1975 debut albums
Crack the Sky albums