04/12/2022

Martin Briley "The Mercury Years" (2005) -High Tech AOR / Pop Rock / AOR-



Label : The Island Def Jam Music Group


Royaume-Uni Disc One

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