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Showing posts with label Bill Batstone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill Batstone. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Pat Terry - Humanity Gangsters (1982)

Pat Terry's first solo effort after the Pat Terry Group's last album. This is my personal favorite of his solo ventures. The songs are still classic Pat Terry Group type stuff, but some of the songs have a slightly harder edge. I also like Bill Batstone on Bass, and of course, Mark Heard, who is doing a little of this and that as well being the producer and engineer. I transfered this from cassette tape years ago and just burned the mp3 files from that CD.

Credits:
  • Bill Batstone: Bass
  • Bill Cobb: Engineer
  • Bernie Grundman: Mastered
  • Mark Heard: Producer, Engineer, Mixed, Electric Guitar, Bass, Handclaps, Background Vocals
  • Alex MacDougall: Percussion, Congas
  • John Mehler: Drums
  • Carl Pickhardt: Piano, Hammond B-3
  • Strat Brothers: Background Vocals
  • Chris Taylor: Engineer
  • Pat Terry: Producer, Arranger, Mixed, Songwriter, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Piano, Prophet 5 Synthesizer, Harmonica, Vocals
Track Listing:
  1. The Right Place
  2. Too Many Voices
  3. Sounds So Simple
  4. Don't Take It So Hard
  5. Steal Away
  6. Open the Door
  7. Can't Be Satisfied
  8. I'll Come Back to You
  9. Nothing I Say
Download Links: Enjoy the Music!, or here.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Tom Howard & Bill Batstone - One on One (1985)

This is Tom Howard's third recording and it is much more contemplative and laid back with some very nice songs. My favorites are "When the Curtain Fall," "Storm Moving on" and "Show Me the Shepherd." One by One can be seen as a foreshadowing of Howard's New Age instrumental sound that later became his trademark. As an added bonus Mark Heard was the engineer and mixer for the recording.

I digitized this recording from my own vinyl copy a few years ago.

 
Tracks:
  1. When the Curtain Falls
  2. Storm Moving On
  3. Night and Day
  4. Think on These Things
  5. Heart of a Fool (Psalm 14)
  6. Your Constant Love
  7. He Took the Form of Man
  8. The Best Thing
  9. Show Me the Shepherd
  10. And He Heard Them Sing
Credits:
  • Bill Batstone: Producer, Arranger, Songwriter, Guitars, Basses, DMX Programming, Vocals
  • Jerry Chamberlain: Guitar Synthesizer
  • Mark Heard: Engineer, Mixed
  • Tom Howard: Producer, Arranger, Songwriter, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Alex MacDougall: Percussion
  • David Raven: Drum Overdubs
  • Harry Stinson: Percussion
 
Download Link: Enjoy the Music!
 
You can also download View from the Bridge.