04/12/2022
Martin Briley "The Mercury Years" (2005) -High Tech AOR / Pop Rock / AOR-
Label : The Island Def Jam Music Group
01 - Slipping Away (Martin Briley)
02 - The Man I Feel (Martin Briley)
03 - I Feel Like A Milkshake (Martin Briley)
04 - First To Know (Martin Briley)
05 - Heart Of Life (Martin Briley)
06 - A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing (Martin Briley)
07 - I Don't Feel Better (Martin Briley)
08 - More Of The Same (Martin Briley)
09 - One Step Behind (Martin Briley)
10 - Fear Of The Unknown (Martin Briley)
11 - The Salt In My Tears (Martin Briley)
12 - Just A Mile Away From Here (Martin Briley)
13 - Put Your Hands On The Screen (Martin Briley)
14 - Maybe I've Waited Too Long (Martin Briley)
15 - She's So Flexible (Martin Briley)
16 - A Rainy Day In New York (Martin Briley)
17 - I Wonder What She Thinks Of Me (Martin Briley)
18 - Dumb Love (Martin Briley)
19 - One Night With a Stranger (Martin Briley)
Disc Two
01 - Dangerous Moments (Martin Briley)
02 - Think Of Me (Martin Briley & Nick Gilder)
03 - Ghosts (Martin Briley)
04 - It Shouldn't Have To Hurt That Much (Martin Briley & Peter Wood)
05 - Alone At Last (Martin Briley)
06 - Before The Party Ends (Martin Briley)
07 - If This Is What It Means (Martin Briley & Rob Fahey)
08 - Dirty Windows (Martin Briley)
09 - School For Dogs (Martin Briley)
10 - Underwater (Martin Briley)
Epilogue: Demos
11 - Rich Women (Demo) (Martin Briley)
12 - Midnight Cruise (Demo) (Martin Briley)
13 - All The Right Moves (Demo) (Martin Briley)
14 - Spit It Out (Demo) (Martin Briley)
15 - This Ain't The First Time (Demo) (Martin Briley)
16 - Mama (Demo) (Martin Briley)
Compilation Produced by Bill Levenson
Executive Producer : Pat Lawrence
For Hip-O Select : Thane Tierney
Mastered by Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios East
Essay by Scott Schinder
Disc One
01 - Slipping Away
02 - The Man I Feel
03 - I Feel Like A Milkshake
04 - First To Know
05 - Heart Of Life
06 - A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing
07 - I Don't Feel Better
08 - More Of The Same
09 - One Step Behind
10 - Fear Of The Unknown
All Songs Written & Arranged by Martin Briley
Produced by Allen Blazek & Martin Briley in Association with Blaze Productions
Martin Briley : Lead & Backing vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion
Eric Parker : Drums
Tommy Mandel : Synthesizers
Graham Preskett : Piano, Violin
Robert Brissette : Bass, Backing vocals
Eric Troyer : Backing vocals
Engineered & Mixed by Allen Blazek
Assisted by Richard Brownstein
Recorded & Mixed at Howard Schwartz Recording, Inc., New York Ciry
Recorded July - August 1981
Originally Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York City
"FEAR OF THE UNKNOW", Mercury SRM-1-4026, was Originally Released in 1981
11 - The Salt In My Tears
12 - Just A Mile Away From Here
13 - Put Your Hands On The Screen
14 - Maybe I've Waited Too Long
15 - She's So Flexible
16 - A Rainy Day In New York
17 - I Wonder What She Thinks Of Me
18 - Dumb Love
19 - One Night With a Stranger
Martin Briley : Lead & Backing vocals, Guitars, Hammond, Piano
Jamie Herndon : Synthesizers, Guitars
Pat Mastelotto : Drums, Percussion
Robin Sylvester : Bass Guitar
George Meyer : Backing vocals
All Songs Written & Arranged by Martin Briley
Produced by Peter Coleman
Engineering Assistance & Healing by Dave Hernandez
Recorded & Mixed at MCA Whitney Studios, Glendale, California, October '82 - January '83
Originally Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems
"ONE NIGHT WITH A STRANGER", Mercury 810-332-1, was Originally Released in 1983
Disc Two
01 - Dangerous Moments
02 - Think Of Me
03 - Ghosts
04 - It Shouldn't Have To Hurt That Much
05 - Alone At Last
06 - Before The Party Ends
07 - If This Is What It Means
08 - Dirty Windows
09 - School For Dogs
10 - Underwater
Produced by Phil Ramone
All Songs Arranged by Martin Briley
Lead & Backing vocals, Guitars, Synthesizers & Percussion : Martin Briley
Drums : Steve Holley, Anton Fig, Frank Vilardi
Bass : Carmine Rojas
Guitars : G.E. Smith, Dennis Herring
Synthesizers, Piano : Peter Wood, David Lebolt
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald, Anthony MacDonald
Backing vocals : Eric Troyer, Rory Dodd, Ellen Foley, David Lasley, David Grahame, Martin Briley
Engineered by Michael Barry, Ed Rak, Bobby Cohen
Assistant Engineers : Peter Hefter, Michael Allaire, Michael Abbott, Billy Straus
Mixed by Jim Boyer
Production Coordinators : Joseph D'Ambrosio, Kathryn Radcliffe
Recorded at The Hit Factory & Clinton Recording Studios, New York City, May - August 1984
Original Mastering : Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound, New York City
"DANGEROUS MOMENTS", Mercury 822 423-1, was Originally Released in 1985
Epilogue: Demos
Previously Unreleased Demos Recorded for the "ONE NIGHT WITH A STRANGER" Album
11 - Rich Women
12 - Midnight Cruise
Demos
Martin Briley : Lead & Backing vocals, Lead Guitar
Sid McGinnis : Guitar
Kasim Sultan : Bass, Backing vocals
Peter Wood : Keyboards
Anton Fig : Drums
13 - All The Right Moves
Demo
All Instruments Played by Martin Briley
Previously Unreleased Demo Recorded August 1983 at 39th Street Music Productions, NYC
14 - Spit It Out
15 - This Ain't The First Time
16 - Mama
All Instruments Played by Martin Briley
Previously Unreleased Demos Recorded for The "DANGEROUS MOMENTS" Album
Libellés :
2005,
A.O.R.,
Best Of,
High Tech A.O.R.,
Martin Briley,
Pop Rock