The Mafia Stole My Guitar
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The Mafia Stole My Guitar is the second album produced by Alex Harvey
. Alex recorded this album with an entirely different band, the first album he recorded with the different band was the album Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster
which was made at the time, the remaining four members of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were recording Fourplay.
Alex Harvey (musician)
Alex Harvey was a Scottish rock musician. With The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the 1970s glam rock era.-Biography:...
. Alex recorded this album with an entirely different band, the first album he recorded with the different band was the album Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster
Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster
Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster was a spoken word album about The Loch Ness Monster. The album was recorded in 1977, Alex Harvey had left The Sensational Alex Harvey Band for a short while to work on this project. The remaining four members of The Sensational Harvey Band recorded a...
which was made at the time, the remaining four members of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were recording Fourplay.
Track listings
- "Don's Delight" (Don WellerDon Weller (musician)Don Weller , is a British jazz musician, tenor saxophonist and composer.-Career:...
) - "Back in The Depot" (Harvey, Matthew Cang)
- "Wait For Me Mama" (Harvey, Don Weller, Matthew Cang, Hugh McKenna)
- "The Mafia Stole My Guitar" (Harvey)
- "Shakin' All OverShakin' All Over"Shakin' All Over" is a rock and roll song originally performed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. It was written by frontman Johnny Kidd and reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1960...
" (Johnny Kidd) - "The Whalers (Thar She Blows)" (Harvey, Matthew Cang, Hugh McKenna)
- "Oh Spartacus!" (Harvey, Matthew Cang)
- "Just a GigoloJust a Gigolo (song)"Just a Gigolo" is a popular song, adapted by Irving Caesar in 1929 from the Austrian song "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo", written in 1928 by Leonello Casucci and Julius Brammer .-History:...
/I Ain't Got Nobody" (Irving CaesarIrving CaesarIrving Caesar was an American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and died in New York.Caesar, the son of Morris Keiser, a Romanian Jew, was...
, Julius Brammer)
Personnel
- Alex Harvey - Lead vocals, lead guitar
- Matthew Cang - Lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Simon Charterton - Drums, percussion, vocals
- Tommy EyreTommy EyreTommy Eyre was a session keyboardist from Sheffield, England, who appeared on records by Joe Cocker, John Martyn, Alex Harvey, Greg Lake, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, B.B. King, John Mayall, Tracy Chapman and Wham!...
- Keyboards (main), vocals - Gordon Sellar - Bass guitar, vocals
- Don WellerDon Weller (musician)Don Weller , is a British jazz musician, tenor saxophonist and composer.-Career:...
- Saxophone, horns on "Oh Spartacus!"