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, released in 1978.

Track listing

All tracks written by Detlef Petersen and James Hopkins-Harrison except as indicated

Side One

# "Welcome to the West" - 5:07 # "See Them Glow" - 4:59 # "Letters of Love"- 3:40 # "Red Lake" (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey) - 4:57 (background vocal: Beach Boy

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) # "Love's the Jailor"(*) - 4:29 (*)This is the correct title per the original LP release; later CD releases have it as "Love's a Jailer".

Side Two

# "Lost by the Wayside" (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey) - 4:25 # "Highway 216" - 3:37 # "Angel in Disguise" - 4:28 # "Scoobie Doobies" (J. Hopkins-Harrison, Geoffrey Peacey) - 7:44

Personnel

*Dieter Ahrendt - drums and percussion * Alex Conti - guitar and vocals *James Hopkins-Harrison - lead vocals *Geoffrey Peacey - keyboards, vocals, and guitar *Detlef Petersen - keyboards and vocals *Martin Tiefensee - bass guitar Produced by Detlef Petersen and Lake
Engineered by Geoffrey Peacey
Recorded at Russl Studios, Hamburg, Rockfield Studios, South Wales, Caribou Ranch, Colorado
String arrangements on "Love's the Jailor" by Peter Hecht
Mixed at

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, Colorado, and Russl Studios, Hamburg
Cover illustration by James McMullan
Design by Paula Scher LP: Columbia Records JC 35289
CD: Renaissance RMED0126 {{Authority control 1978 albums Columbia Records albums