Witness (Spooky Tooth album)
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Witness is an album released by Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth are an English rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points, and continues to perform occasionally.-Career:...

 in 1973. For this album, original drummer Mike Kellie
Mike Kellie
Mike Kellie is an English drummer. Most notably, he has played in Spooky Tooth and The Only Ones. Kellie has also played with Peter Frampton and in various bands with Chris Wood....

 returned and substantially replaced Bryson Graham
Bryson Graham
Bryson Graham was a rock drummer, most notable as a member of Spooky Tooth, Girl and as a session musician.- History :Bryson Graham commenced his professional recording career, at the age of seventeen as a member of Mainhorse Airplane, with David Kubinec . He was later with Mainhorse with...

. Gary Wright
Gary Wright
Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...

 became the dominant songwriting influence at this stage of the band's history. Co-lead singer Mike Harrison
Mike Harrison (musician)
Mike Harrison is an English musician, most notable as a principal lead singer of Spooky Tooth and as a solo artist. He has also been the lead singer in the The V.I.P.'s, Art and the Hamburg Blues Band, among others...

 left the band following the release of the album.

Side one

  1. "Ocean of Power" (Wright
    Gary Wright
    Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...

    ) – 4:40
  2. "Wings on My Heart" (Wright) – 3:32
  3. "As Long as the World Keeps Turning" (Wright) – 3:40
  4. "Don't Ever Stray Away" (Stewart, Wright) – 3:14
  5. "Things Change" (Wright) – 4:19

Side two

  1. "All Sewn Up" (Jones, Wright) – 3:44
  2. "Dream Me a Mountain" (Wright) – 3:31
  3. "Sunlight of My Mind" (Wright) – 4:56
  4. "Pyramids" (Kellie
    Mike Kellie
    Mike Kellie is an English drummer. Most notably, he has played in Spooky Tooth and The Only Ones. Kellie has also played with Peter Frampton and in various bands with Chris Wood....

    , Wright) – 4:28

Band members

  • Mike Harrison
    Mike Harrison (musician)
    Mike Harrison is an English musician, most notable as a principal lead singer of Spooky Tooth and as a solo artist. He has also been the lead singer in the The V.I.P.'s, Art and the Hamburg Blues Band, among others...

     – Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
  • Mick Jones
    Mick Jones (Foreigner)
    Michael Leslie "Mick" Jones is an English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer best known as the founding member of the rock band Foreigner.-Life and career:...

     – Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
  • Mike Kellie
    Mike Kellie
    Mike Kellie is an English drummer. Most notably, he has played in Spooky Tooth and The Only Ones. Kellie has also played with Peter Frampton and in various bands with Chris Wood....

     – Percussion, Drums
  • Chris Stewart – Bass
  • Gary Wright
    Gary Wright
    Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...

     – Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)

Other Credits

  • Brian Humphries – Engineer
  • Takeo Komatsuzaki – Liner Notes
  • Chris Welch
    Chris Welch
    Chris Welch is a music journalist, reviewer and critic with Melody Maker, famous during the 1960s and 1970s for reporting on the rise of such bands as The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, If, Cream and Jeff Beck. During that time he also reported on the UK jazz scene.- Career...

     – Liner Notes
  • Tom Wilkes
    Tom Wilkes
    Thomas Edward "Tom" Wilkes was an American art director, designer, photographer, illustrator, writer and producer-director....

    – Photography and Album Design

External links

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