17/02/2020

Jonatha Brooke "10¢ Wings" (1997) -Adult Contemporary / Soft Rock-



Label : MCA Records


États-Unis 01 - Secrets And Lies (Jonatha Brooke)
02 - Crumbs (Jonatha Brooke)
03 - Because I Told You So (Jonatha Brooke)
04 - Blood From A Stone (Jonatha Brooke)
05 - Glass Half Empty (Jonatha Brooke)
06 - The Choice (Jonatha Brooke)
07 - Last Innocent Year (Jonatha Brooke)
08 - Shame On Us (Jonatha Brooke)
09 - Genius Or A Fool (Jonatha Brooke)
10 - Ten Cent Wings (Jonatha Brooke)
11 - Landmine (Jonatha Brooke)
12 - Annie (Jonatha Brooke)


Produced by Alain Mallett
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Mix This
Assisted by Ryan Freeland
Recorded at The Power Station, Waterford, CT by Femi Jiya, Assisted by Greg Pearce, except "Blood From A Stone" Recorded by Elliott Scheiner
All Vocals & some other, Stuff Recorded at Flying Frog, Boston by Alain Mallett & Blue Jay Studio, Carlisle, MA
Engineered by Andrew Murdock, Assisted by Andrew McCarthy
Additional Recording at Beartracks by Kevin Killen, Assisted by Steve Regina
Even more Additional Engineering at Power Station by Neil Goldberg, Assisted by Greg Pearce
Strings Recorded at Bearsville Studio by Kevin Killen, Assisted by Paul Marconi & Dina
Piano on "Blood From A Stone" Recorded by Bob Clearmountain at Mix This
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME

Jonatha Brooke played Acoustic Guitar pretty much troughout, (many thanks to James Olsen), Electric on "Last Innocent Year" & the Highschool Solo on "Crumbs" (many thanks to Brad Strickland at Parker Guitars). She also Played Xylopipes on "Glass Half Empty" & The Piano Solo on "Last Innocent Year"
Alain Mallet Arranged pretty much everything except "The Choice" & "Genius Or A Fool" which were collaborative group vibes, so he just hung with the band & played Wurlitzer. He did the Horn Arrangement on "Shame On Us" & Additional String Arranging on "Ten Cent Wings". He played the Piano on "Ten Cent Wings", "Blood From A Stone" & "Secrets And Lies" & he played all the other Keyboards, Loops, Sequences that appear. Alain wears only French Cologne, ans sang on "Genius Or A Fool" (even though English is still his second language) - and can be reached through Sandy Robertson @ Worlds End, Los Angeles, CA

Abe Laboriel Jr. played extra Llarge Drums, Tambourine, shaker, and sang on "Genoius Or A Fool". Abe uses DW Drums & Paiste Cymbals.
Ben Wittman played the many colored Drums on "Blood From A Stone". Ben uses Zildjian Cymbals/ He didn't sing.
Mike Rivard played most of his 15 Basses - He sang on "Genius" too.
Duke Levine sang on "Genius", played Electric Guitar on almost everything, including the wacked solo on "Genius Or A Fool", Acoustic Guitar on "Because I Told You So", Mandola on "Shame On Us", Lap Steel on "Last Innocent Year" & 12-string on "Secrets And Lies", definitely not in that order.
Gerry Leonard played Electric Guitar  everywhere too, slide on "The Choice" and those are his cool samples on "Secrets And Lies". He sang completely against his will.
Ingrid Graudins sang quite willingly on "Crumbs, "Because I Told You So", "Landmine", "Shame On Us", "The Choice" & "Last Innocent Year".
Tom West played Hammond on "Secrets And Lies".
Additional Drumming by Gota Yashiki - Groove Activator & by Christer Jansson. The Salvation army Horns were Peter Cirelli on Tuba & Bass Trombone, Jeff Galindo on Trombone & Rick Hammett on Trumpet.
The String Section on "Ten Cent Wings", "Crumbs" & "Blood From A Stone" was Garo Yellin on Cello, Krystof Witek on Violin, Ralph Sarris on Viola, Peter Weimer on Violin, Conway Kup on Violin. The Strings were Arranged & Conducted by Karl Berger.
Jon Brion played Additional Guitar on "Secrets And Lies".
Mindy Jostyn played amazing Fiddle on the one song we didn't put on the record.