The Penthouse Tapes is the sixth album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. It was originally released in 1976. The album was released separately on CD, but is more widely available on a 2 in 1 album, the other album being their first live album Live

Live (SAHB album)

Live was the first live album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and was originally released in 1975. The album was released separately on CD, but it can be hard to find. However, the album is widely available on a 2 in 1 album. The other album being The Penthouse Tapes...

. To view the remastered version, see Live & The Penthouse Tapes. This album features several cover songs including Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

's "School's Out", and "Crazy Horses" by The Osmonds

The Osmonds

The Osmonds are an American family music group with a long and varied career—a career that took them from singing barbershop music as children, to achieving success as teen-music idols, to producing a hit television show, and to continued success as solo and group performers...

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Track listings

1. "I Wanna Have You Back"
2. "Jungle Jenny"
3. "Runaway
   Runaway (Del Shannon song)
   "Runaway" was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit...
   
   " (Del Shannon
   Del Shannon
   Del Shannon was an American rock and roll singer-songwriter who had a No. 1 hit, "Runaway", in 1961.- Biography :...
   
   , Max Crook
   Max Crook
   Maxfield Doyle Crook is an American musician, a pioneer of electronic music in pop. He probably remains best known as the featured soloist on Del Shannon's 1961 hit "Runaway", which he co-wrote and on which he played his own invention, the Musitron...
   
   )
4. "Love Story" (Ian Anderson
   Ian Anderson (musician)
   Ian Scott Anderson, MBE is a Scottish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the leader and flautist of British rock band Jethro Tull.-Early life:...
   
   )
5. "School's Out
   School's Out (song)
   Female pop duo Daphne & Celeste, released a cover of the song in 2000. The chorus is based on Alice Cooper's hit of the same name, and some other elements of that song have been retained, although much of the song is "original", in a pop-rap style...
   
   " (Alice Cooper
   Alice Cooper
   Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
   
   )
6. "Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly)
7. "Say You're Mine (Every Cowboy Song)"
8. "Gamblin' Bar Room Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers
   Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)
   James Charles Rodgers , known as Jimmie Rodgers, was an American country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling...
   
   , Shelly Lee Alley)
9. "Crazy Horses
   Crazy Horses (song)
   "Crazy Horses" is a 1972 hit by The Osmonds reaching number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. The song is claimed to be a protest about the amount of pollution created by cars. It is a heavy rock style which was a major stylistic departure from the type of music...
   
   " (Alan Osmond
   Alan Osmond
   Alan Ralph Osmond was a member of the family musical group The Osmonds. He was the oldest of the seven siblings who could sing, as the two oldest brothers, Virl and Tom, are hearing impaired although Tom is currently under treatment. During much of the Osmonds' career, Alan was the leader of the...
   
   , Wayne Osmond
   Wayne Osmond
   Melvin Wayne Osmond is the second oldest of the original Osmond Brothers singers and the fourth oldest of the nine Osmond children. He has been performing since he was six years old and made his national television debut on the Andy Williams Show with brothers, Alan, Merrill, and Jay. They...
   
   , Merrill Osmond
   Merrill Osmond
   Merrill Davis Osmond is the lead singer and bassist of the 1970s music group The Osmonds. He continues to perform with his brothers and also without them as a solo act...
   
   )
10. "Cheek To Cheek
    Cheek to Cheek
    "Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin, and first performed by Fred Astaire in the movie Top Hat . Astaire's 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000....
    
    " (Irving Berlin
    Irving Berlin
    Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
    
    )

Personnel

• Alex Harvey
  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:...
  
   - Lead vocals
• Zal Cleminson
  Zal Cleminson
  Alistair "Zal" Cleminson is a Scottish guitarist, best known for his prominent role in The Sensational Alex Harvey Band during the 1970s.-Career:...
  
   - Guitars
• Chris Glen
  Chris Glen
  Christopher 'Chris' Glen is a Scottish bass guitarist who has played in The Jade, Tear Gas, The Party Boys, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and The Michael Schenker Group...
  
   - Bass guitar
• Hugh McKenna - Keyboards, synthesizer
• Ted McKenna
  Ted McKenna
  Edward 'Ted' McKenna , is a Scottish drummer who has played with the bands Tear Gas, Rory Gallagher, The Party Boys, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and The Michael Schenker Group. He also toured with Ian Gillan for a short period alongside fellow former SAHB bassist, Chris Glen...
  
   - Drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• David Batchelor - Producer
• B.J. Cole - Pedal steel guitar on "Say You're Mine" and "Cheek To Cheek"
• John Burns - Engineer
• John Punter - Engineer
• Doug Hopkins - Engineer
• Denny Bridges - Engineer