Stoney and Meatloaf is the little known debut album of singer Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf

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, released in 1971 on the Motown subsidiary label Rare Earth

Motown Records

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, a collaboration with female vocalist Shaun Murphy

Shaun Murphy (singer)

Shaun Murphy is an American R&B singer songwriter, best known for her powerhouse singing style. Her recording career started in 1971 with Motown Records and continues to this day.-Biography:...

. Meat Loaf and Murphy met while performing with the Detroit cast of Hair

Hair (musical)

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1971 original release

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano

Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van DePitte

1978/1979 re-release Meat Loaf featuring Stoney and Meatloaf

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano

Producers "Who Is the Leader of the People": Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris

Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van DePitte

Remixed and remastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

Re-mix engineer: Glen Jordan

Mastering engineer: Jack Andrews

Personnel

• Lead Vocals: Meat Loaf
  Meat Loaf
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  , Stoney Murphy
  Shaun Murphy (singer)
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• Backing Vocals: Mike Campbell, Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
  The Funk Brothers
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  , Scorpion (Bob Babbitt
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  , Mike Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith) and Ralph Terrana

Singles

• "What You See Is What You Get
  What You See is What You Get (song)
  "What You See is What You Get" is the first single by duo Stoney & Meatloaf. It was released ahead of the release of the duo's only album Stoney & Meatloaf in 1971....
  
  " (b/w "Lady Be Mine" [edit])
• "It Takes All Kinds of People" (b/w "The Way You Do the Things You Do")

Re-releases

The album was re-released several times with a different track listing under the title "Featuring Stoney and Meat Loaf". Firstly in 1978 and 1979 on the Prodigal

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 label (PDL 2010) and again in 1986 on Tamla Motown (ZL 72217). The album contained most (but not all) of the tracks on the original album. In addition to three new tracks, some songs appear in different versions and in some cases, different song titles.