''Crack the Sky'' is the debut album by American rock band

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, released on LP in 1975 (see

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) by Lifesong Records (catalog #LS-6000).

Track listing

Personnel

The band

*John Palumbo – Lead vocals, keyboards, guitar *Rick Witkowski – Lead guitar, percussion *Joe Macre – Bass guitar,

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*Jim Griffiths – Lead guitar, back-up vocals *Joey D'Amico – Drums, back-up vocals

Additional musicians

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— Horns ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby") *

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— Horns ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby") *

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— Horns ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby") *George Marge —

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("Robots for Ronnie", "Sleep", "Sea Epic") *Tom Jones —

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("Sleep")

Production

*Terence P. Minogue – Producer *Marty Nelson – Producer *William Kirkland – Producer *Donald Puluse – Recording and mixing engineer *

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— 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 ''

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'' 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 {{Authority control 1975 debut albums Crack the Sky albums