Jump on It is the fourth album by the band Montrose

Montrose (band)

Montrose was a California-based hard rock band. The band originally featured Ronnie Montrose on guitar and future solo artist and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar...

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It is the second Montrose album to feature singer Bob James and keyboardist Jim Alcivar

Jim Alcivar

Jim Alcivar is an American keyboard and synthesizer player and sound engineer. He is most noted for his connection to guitarist Ronnie Montrose and appearing in his bands Montrose and Gamma and on his first solo album Open Fire. His father is composer, arranger and producer Bob Alcivar.-Discography...

, and features bassist Randy Jo Hobbs

Randy Jo Hobbs

Randy Jo Hobbs was an American musician born in Winchester, Indiana. Hobbs played bass for The McCoys during the 1965-1969 period and in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970-1976....

 on three songs. The remainder of the bass tones were supplied by Jim Alcivar via the keyboard and there was no bassist on the Jump on It tour. Jack Douglas

Jack Douglas (record producer)

Jack Douglas is an American record producer. He was born in New York City. Starting out as folk musician and performer, he worked on Robert Kennedy's senatorial campaign as a song-writer. Douglas then moved to England and joined a succession of bands before returning to New York to attend the...

 produced the album.

Track listing

1. "Let's Go" (Bob James, Ronnie Montrose, Jim Alcivar, Denny Carmassi) 4:15
2. "What Are You Waitin' For?" (Dan Hartman
   Dan Hartman
   Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...
   
   ) 3:48
3. "Tuft-Sedge" (Montrose) 2:50
4. "Music Man" (Montrose) 4:16
5. "Jump on It" (James, Montrose, Alcivar, Carmassi) 3:37
6. "Rich Man" (Hartman) 4:24
7. "Crazy for You" (Montrose, I. "Chunky" Rappaport
   Lauren Wood
   Lauren Wood is an American singer-songwriter, voice-over artist and producer. She is most notable for the 1989 single, "Fallen," which was used in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman, and "Please Don't Leave," a duet with singer Michael McDonald in 1980...
   
   ) 3:26
8. "Merry-Go-Round" (Montrose) 5:38

Personnel

• Ronnie Montrose
  Ronnie Montrose
  Ronnie Montrose, is an Amercian rock guitarist who has headed his own bands as well as performing with a variety of musicians, including Sammy Hagar, Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison, The Beau Brummels, Boz Scaggs, Beaver & Krause, Gary Wright, Tony Williams, The Neville Brothers, Dan Hartman, Edgar...
  
  : Guitars
• Bob James: Vocals
• Denny Carmassi
  Denny Carmassi
  Denny Carmassi is an American drummer.Carmassi was a member of the first four line-ups of the band Montrose. After Montrose, he played with his former Montrose bandmate Sammy Hagar as a solo artist, and with his former Montrose bandmates Ronnie Montrose and Jim Alcivar in the band Gamma.He also...
  
  : Drums
• Jim Alcivar
  Jim Alcivar
  Jim Alcivar is an American keyboard and synthesizer player and sound engineer. He is most noted for his connection to guitarist Ronnie Montrose and appearing in his bands Montrose and Gamma and on his first solo album Open Fire. His father is composer, arranger and producer Bob Alcivar.-Discography...
  
  : Keyboards

• Randy Jo Hobbs
  Randy Jo Hobbs
  Randy Jo Hobbs was an American musician born in Winchester, Indiana. Hobbs played bass for The McCoys during the 1965-1969 period and in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970-1976....
  
  : Bass on "Let's Go", "Jump On It" and "Rich Man"
• Bob Alcivar
  Bob Alcivar
  Bob Alcivar is an American music producer, composer, conductor and keyboard player. He is the father of rock keyboard player Jim Alcivar .-Discography:...
  
  : String Arrangements

Production

• Produced by Jack Douglas
• Recorded & engineered by Jay Messina
  Jay Messina
  Jay Messina is an American audio engineer, mastering and mixing engineer and music producer. He started out recording sessions for legendary arranger Don Ellion and quickly promoted to A&R Recording. He later moved to the Record Plant when it opened in 1968...
  
  

Additional recording & engineering by Rod O'Brien