Stages: The Lost Album
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Stages is an album by Folk rock
musician Eric Andersen
. The album was recorded in late 1972 and into early 1973, as the intended followup to Andersen's successful Blue River
album, but before it could be released, the master tapes were somehow lost in the Columbia
vaults. It wasn't until 1990 that the tapes were discovered, at which time the album was finally released. In addition to the original 1972-73 recordings, Andersen included three newly recorded songs. Guest musicians are Leon Russell
on organ, piano & guitar, Rick Danko
on bass & background vocals, Garth Hudson
on accordion, and Dan Fogelberg
and Joan Baez
supplying background vocals.
~ Recorded in 1990 for CD release
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
musician Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen is an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:In the early 1960s, Eric Andersen was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York...
. The album was recorded in late 1972 and into early 1973, as the intended followup to Andersen's successful Blue River
Blue River (album)
Blue River is the 1972 album from Folk rock musician Eric Andersen. The album was recorded in Nashville, and is a regarded as a landmark recording for the Singer-songwriter/Folk rock genre...
album, but before it could be released, the master tapes were somehow lost in the Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
vaults. It wasn't until 1990 that the tapes were discovered, at which time the album was finally released. In addition to the original 1972-73 recordings, Andersen included three newly recorded songs. Guest musicians are Leon Russell
Leon Russell
Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
on organ, piano & guitar, Rick Danko
Rick Danko
Richard Clare "Rick" Danko was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band.-Early years :...
on bass & background vocals, Garth Hudson
Garth Hudson
Eric Garth Hudson is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist. As the organist, keyboardist and saxophonist for Canadian-American rock group The Band, he was a principal architect of the group's unique sound...
on accordion, and Dan Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg
Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music...
and Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
supplying background vocals.
Track listing
- "Baby, I'm Lonesome" (Andersen) – 3:17
- "Moonchild River Song" (Andersen) – 4:20
- "Can't Get You Out of My Life" (Andersen) – 2:54
- "Woman, She Was Gentle" (Andersen) – 4:18
- "Time Run Like a Freight Train" (Andersen) – 8:29
- "It's Been a Long Time" (Andersen) – 3:21
- "Wild Crow Blues" (Andersen) – 6:10
- "Be True to You" (Andersen) – 3:07
- "I Love to Sing My Ballad, Mama" (Andersen) – 2:56
- "Dream to Rimbaud" (Andersen) - 6:23
- "Make It Last (Angel in the Wind) (Andersen) - 4:51 ~
- "Lie with Me" (Andersen) - 3:50 ~
- "Soul of My Song" (Andersen/Fjeld/Nile/Paus) - 3:55 ~
~ Recorded in 1990 for CD release
Personnel
- Eric AndersenEric AndersenEric Andersen is an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:In the early 1960s, Eric Andersen was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York...
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals - Andy Johnson - acoustic guitar
- Leon RussellLeon RussellClaude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
- organ, piano, guitar - David BriggsDavid Briggs (Australian musician)David Briggs is an Australian musician and record producer, educated at Wesley College, Melbourne best known for his time as a guitarist in the rock band, Little River Band between 1976 and 1981.In 1976 he joined Little River Band. He wrote their hit single "Lonesome Loser", as well as "Happy...
- piano, hammond organ, clavinet - Rick DankoRick DankoRichard Clare "Rick" Danko was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band.-Early years :...
- bass guitar, background vocals - Garth HudsonGarth HudsonEric Garth Hudson is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist. As the organist, keyboardist and saxophonist for Canadian-American rock group The Band, he was a principal architect of the group's unique sound...
- accordion - Pete DrakePete DrakePete Drake , born Roddis Franklin Drake, was a major Nashville, Tennessee-based record producer and pedal steel guitar player....
- steel guitar - Weldon Myrick - pedal steel guitar
- Norbert PutnamNorbert PutnamNorbert Putnam is an American record producer and musician. He grew up near Florence, Alabama and was part of the Muscle Shoals musicians brought to Nashville to play for Elvis Presley in 1965. Putnam worked there as a bassist on recording sessions with Presley, Roy Orbison, Al Hirt, Henry...
- upright bass, cello - Eddie HintonEddie HintonEddie Hinton was an American songwriter and session musician best known for his work with soul music and R&B singers...
- acoustic guitar - Grady MartinGrady MartinThomas Grady Martin was one of the most renowned, inventive and historically significant American session musicians in country music and rockabilly....
- gut string guitar, acoustic guitar - Joe Spivey - acoustic guitar, fiddle
- Kenny MaloneKenny MaloneKenny Malone is an American drummer/percussionist from Nashville, Tennessee. He has been, since the 1970s, and continues to be a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoustic-based genres.-References:...
- drums, percussion - Kenneth Buttrey - drums
- Deborah Andersen - piano, background vocals
- Farrell Morris - percussion
- Steve Addabbo - synthesizer
- Eric BazilianEric BazilianEric M. Bazilian , is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters.-Early life:...
- mandolin, concertina, background vocals - Tommy Cosgrove - bass guitar
- Teddy Irwin - acoustic guitar
- Mike Leech - bass
- Charlie McCoyCharlie McCoyCharles "Charlie" Ray McCoy is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing. In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Astor, Elvis Presley and Ween. He has also recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records...
- percussion - Andy NewmarkAndy NewmarkAndrew "Andy" Newmark is an American musician, best known as a popular session drummer, and for playing with the funk band Sly & the Family Stone from 1972 to 1973....
- drums - Willie NileWillie NileWillie Nile is an American singer-songwriter. In 1980 Nile released his self-titled debut album which according to one critic remains “one of the most thrilling post-Byrds folk-rock albums of all time”...
- electric guitar - Troy SealsTroy SealsTroy Seals is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes, Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Brady Seals...
- electric guitar - Glen Spreen - hammond organ
- Reggie YoungReggie YoungReggie Young was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studios Band , and is a leading session musician. He played on various recordings with artists such as Elvis Presley, B.J. Thomas, John Prine, Dusty Springfield, J.J...
- electric guitar - Jonas FjeldJonas FjeldJonas Fjeld is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known in the English-speaking world for two albums recorded by Danko/Fjeld/Andersen, a collaboration with Canadian Rick Danko of The Band and American singer-songwriter Eric Andersen...
- acoustic guitar, electric piano - Dan FogelbergDan FogelbergDaniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music...
- background vocals - Joan BaezJoan BaezJoan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
- background vocals - Shawn ColvinShawn ColvinShawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Childhood and early career:Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age...
- background vocals - Florence WarnerFlorence WarnerFlorence Warner is an American singer who has worked mainly in recordings of TV commercials, including the Hello News image campaign from Gari Communications....
- background vocals
Production
- Producer: Norbert Putnam/Eric Andersen/Steve Addabbo
- Recording Engineer: Steve Addabbo/Stan Hutto/Wayne Moss/Mark Partis
- Mastering: Greg Calbi/Denny Purcell
- Art Direction: Joel Zimmerman
- Liner Notes: Anthony DeCurtis/Arthur Levy/Eric Andersen
- Photography: David GahrDavid GahrDavid Gahr was an American photographer. He was one of "the pre-eminent photographers of American folk, blues, jazz and rock musicians of the 1960s and beyond." ....
/Carla Gahr