Richard T. Bear "Red, Hot & Blue" (1978) -Pop Rock-

Label : RCA Records

 Side A

01 - Sunshine Hotel (Just Walk On In) (Richard Gerstein & Billy Hocher)
02 - The Heart's A Lonely Hunter (Richard Gerstein)
03 - Lay Your Head Against My Pillow (Richard Gerstein & Rick Moses)
04 - Suicide (Richard Gerstein)
05 - Pain In My Heart (Richard Gerstein & Marin)

Side B

01 - Bring On The Night (Richard Gerstein & Rick Moses)
02 - If You Really Want My Love (Richard Gerstein)
03 - Speed On (Nicky Hopkins & Jerry Williams)
04 - Susannah '73 (Richard Gerstein, Allee Willis & Stephen Foster)
05 - Blues Power (Eric Clapton & Brian Russell)


Produced by Jack Richardson for Nimbus 9 Productions
Arranged by Paul Hoffert
Strings - Armin Electric Strings (Adele, Paul & Richard) - heard on All Tunes except "Speed On" & "Blues Power"
Horns - Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, George Young, Ron Cuber, Tony Price & Tom Malone
Sound Effects on "Suicide" by Roger Sullivan & Richard Overton
Engineers : Eddie Korvin (Blue Rock Studios, New York), David Green (Sound Stage, Toronto)
Assistant Engineers : Michael Ewasko (Blue Rock Studios, New York), Ringo Hrycyna, Mike McCraty (Sound Stage, Toronto)
Disc Mastering : C. Richardson (J.A.M.F., Toronto)


Side A

01 - Sunshine Hotel (Just Walk On In)

Richard T. Bear : Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Steve 'Fontz' Gelfand : Bass
Neil Jason : Funk Bass
Les Dudek, Elliott Randall : Electric Guitars
Mike Finnigan : Organ
Gordon Grody, Annie Sutton, Zulema Cusseaux : Background vocals

02 - The Heart's A Lonely Hunter

Richard T. Bear : Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Neil Jason : Bass
George Gomez : Acoustic Guitar
Elliott Randall : Electric Guitar
Kathy Ingraham, Christine Faith : Background vocals

03 - Lay Your Head Against My Pillow

Richard T. Bear : Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Neil Jason : Bass
Billy Squier : Acoustic Guitar
Elliott Randall : Acoustic & Electric Guitar
Dave Woods : Piccolo Trumpet
Diva Gray, Gordon Grody, Annie Sutton, Sharon Lee Williams, Tracy Richardson : Background vocals

04 - Suicide

Richard T. Bear : Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Neil Jason : Bass
George Gomez, Elliott Randall, Les Dudek : Electric Guitars
Mike Finnigan : Organ
John Barranco, Christine Faith, Kathy Ingraham : Background vocals

05 - Pain In My Heart

Richard T. Bear : Piano & Organ
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Neil Jason : Bass
George Gomez, Elliott Randall : Electric Guitars
Diva Gray, Gordon Grody, Annie Sutton : Background vocals

Side B

01 - Bring On The Night

Richard T. Bear : Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Neil Jason : Bass
George Gomez, Elliott Randall, Les Dudek : Electric Guitars
Mike Finnigan : Organ
John Barranco, Christine Faith, Kathy Ingraham : Background vocals

02 - If You Really Want My Love

Richard T. Bear : Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Neil Jason : Bass
Elliott Randall : Acoustic & Electric Guitar
Diva Gray, Gordon Grody, Annie Sutton : Background vocals

03 - Speed On

Richard T. Bear : Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Neil Jason : Bass
Elliott Randall : Electric Guitar
Paul Shaffer : Organ
Mike Finnigan : Clavinet
Bob Gurland : Mouth Trumpet
Sharon Lee Williams, Tracy Richardson : Background vocals

04 - Susannah '73

Richard T. Bear : Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Steve 'Fontz' Gelfand : Bass
Billy Squier : Acoustic Guitar
Jack Zaza : Musette Accordion

05 - Blues Power

Richard T. Bear : Piano
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums & Percussion
Neil Jason : Bass
Paul Shaffer, Mike Finnigan : Organs
Les Dudek : Electric Guitar