Alan Gorrie "Sleepless Nights" (1985) -Westcoast Rock / High Tech AOR-

  

Label : A&M Records

 Side One

01 - Up (Jay Gruska & John Keller)
02 - Electric Between Us (Alan Gorrie & Leslie Smith)
03 - Diary Of A Fool (Alan Gorrie, Michael Mugrage & Onaje Allan Gumbs)
04 - That Kinda Girl (Alan Gorrie & Jay Gruska)
05 - I Can Take It (Alan Gorrie, Michael Mugrage & Jeff Bova)

Side Two

01 - The Girl Upstairs (Alan Gorrie, David P. Bryant & Dennis Herring)
02 - Sleepless Nights (Alan Gorrie & Michael Mugrage)
03 - The Age Of Steam (Alan Gorrie & Michael Mugrage)
04 - In The Jungle (Alan Gorrie & Paul Gordon)


Produced by Jay Gruska & Alan Gorrie
Tracks recorded & mixed at Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Engineered & mixed by Mick Guzauski
Assisted by Jeff Stebbins & Rick Clifford
All Additional recording & vocals done at Skyline Recording, Topanga, CA
Engineered by Frank Wolf
Assisted by Shanti Haas, Britt Bacon & Ross Stein
Mastered at Bernie Grundman & Mastering by Brian Gardner

Bass : Alan Gorrie
Drums on all tracks : John 'JR' Robinson


Side One

01 - Up

Arranged by Jay Gruska
Dann Huff : Guitar
Larry Williams & Jay Gruska : Keyboards
Larry Williams : Bass Keyboard
Gary Chang : Fairlight Sampling & Programming
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Background vocals by Alan Gorrie, Alex Ligertwood, Joseph Williams & Jay Gruska
Saxes were arranged & performed by Larry Williams

02 - Electric Between Us

Arranged by Alan Gorrie & Jay Gruska
Larry Williams & Jay Gruska : Keyboards
Dann Huff & Michael Landau : Guitars
Background vocals by Alan Gorrie, Joe Pizzulo, Joseph Williams & Jay Gruska
Sequencer Programming by Jay Gruska

03 - Diary Of A Fool

Arranged by Alan Gorrie & Michael Mugrage
Nathan East : Bass
Randy Kerber : Acoustic Piano & Synth
Michael Landau : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Michael Boddicker & Jay Gruska : Additional Synths

04 - That Kinda Girl

Arranged by Alan Gorrie & Jay Gruska
Larry Williams : Keyboards
Dann Huff : Guitar
Gary Chang : Fairlight Sampling & Programming
Jay Gruska : Additional Synths
Jaï Winding : Acoustic Piano
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Background vocals by Alan Gorrie, Joseph Williams, Joe Pizzulo & Jay Gruka
Horn Section is Larry Williams & Ernie Watts on Saxes, Jerry Hey & Gary Grant on Trumpets
Horns arranged & conducted by Larry Williams

05 - I Can Take It

Arranged by Alan Gorrie, Michael Mugrage & Jeff Bova
Jeff Bova : Rhodes Croma Keyboards & Bass
Michael Landau : Guitar
Alan Gorrie & Jay Gruska : Additional Keyboards
Alan Gorrie : Linn Drum Programming
Steve Tavaglione : Steiner Solo
Gary Chang : Fairlight & Serge Modular
Background vocals by Alan Gorrie, Alex Ligertwood, Joseph Williams & Jay Gruska

Side Two

01  - The Girl Upstairs

Arranged by Alan Gorrie, David P. Bryant, Dennis Herring & Jay Gruska
Dennis Herring : Guitar & Linn Drum Programming
David P. Bryant & Jay Gruska : Synths
David P. Bryant : Synth Bass
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Background vocals by Alan Gorrie, David P. Bryant & Jay Gruska
Saxes arranged by Larry Williams & Jay Gruska & performed by Larry Williams

02 - Sleepless Nights

Arranged by Alan Gorrie & Jay Gruska
Nathan East : Bass
Michael Landau & Michael Mugrage : Guitars
Jeff Bova & Larry Williams : Keyboards
Michael Boddicker & Jay Gruska : Additional Synths
Steve Tavaglione : Steiner Solo
Sequencer Programming by Jeff Bova
Background vocals by Joseph Williams & Michelle Gruska

03 - The Age Of Steam

Arranged by Alan Gorrie, Michael Mugrage & Jay Gruska
Dann Huff : Guitar
Larry Williams : Synth Bass
Gary Chang & Jay Gruska : Additional Synths & Programming
Linn Drum Program by Alan Gorrie
Background vocals by Alex Ligertwood, Joseph Williams & Jay Gruska
Vocal Break arranged by Jay Gruska

04 - In The Jungle

Arranged by Jay Gruska
Nathan East : Bass
Randy Kerber & Jay Gruska : Keyboards
Gary Chang : P.P.G. Wave Programming
Michael Landau : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Background vocals by Alan Gorrie, Marc Jordan, Joseph Williams, Michelle Gruska & Jay Gruska