Seven Worlds is Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson is an American guitarist. Though he is best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, gospel and country and western music into his recordings...

's 1978 solo record after disbanding with his first band, The Electromagnets. The album was recorded in 1976 and 1977. Due to various disputes, general release was held up until Johnson obtained the rights to the master recordings, twenty years later. Johnson subsequently re-recorded the tracks "Zap" and "Emerald Eyes" for his first general release album, 1986's Tones

Tones (album)

Tones is the second studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released in 1986 through Reprise Records. The first two tracks, "Zap" and "Emerald Eyes", are re-recordings from Johnson's unreleased first album, Seven Worlds...

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Track listing

All songs written by Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson is an American guitarist. Though he is best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, gospel and country and western music into his recordings...

, except where noted.

1. "Zap" - 3:22
2. "Emerald Eyes" (Johnson, Jay Aaron) - 3:18
3. "Showdown" (Johnson, Aaron) - 3:59
4. "Missing Key" - 3:43
5. "Alone with You" - 6:13
6. "I Promise I Will Try" - 2:41
7. "Winter Came" - 4:56
8. "Turn the Page" - 3:49
9. "A Song for Life" - 2:29
10. "By Your Side" - 3:37

Personnel

• Eric Johnson
  Eric Johnson
  Eric Johnson is an American guitarist. Though he is best known for his success in the instrumental rock format, Johnson regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, gospel and country and western music into his recordings...
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Fender Rhodes, Piano
  Piano
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  , Vocals
  Singing
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  , Lap steel guitar
  Lap steel guitar
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• Bill Maddox - drums
  Drum kit
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• Kyle Brock - Bass Guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Kim Wilson - Harmonica
  Harmonica
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• Jay Aaron - Vocals
• Mark Singer - Drums
• David Dennard - Bass
• Steve Barber - Synthesizers
• Liza Farrow - Vocals
• Linda Wetherby - Violin de Gamba
• Christopher Cross
  Christopher Cross
  Christopher Cross is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. His debut album earned him five Grammys. He is perhaps best known for his Top Ten hit songs, "Sailing", "Ride Like the Wind", and "Arthur's Theme ", the last of which he performed for the film Arthur starring Dudley Moore...
  
   - Vocals
• Nick Phelps - Trumpet
  Trumpet
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• Roscoe Beck
  Roscoe Beck
  Roscoe Beck is a multi-Grammy Award winning record producer and bassist. He has recorded and played with Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Leonard Cohen, The Dixie Chicks. He also has his own signature electric bass: the Fender Roscoe Beck Bass, used by many other players.After earning a reputation from...
  
  - Bass
• Jimmy Martin - Guitar