Ron Dante "AOR Works / 1977 - 1981" (2020) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Cool Sound (COOL-152)

01 - How Am I To Know (Ron Dante & Phillip Namanworth)

02 - Round About Midnight (James Jolis & Kevin Simone)

03 - Fly (Alien)

04 - Midnight Lady (James Jolis & Kevin Simone)

05 - Makin' Up (A. Campbell, Gino Cunico & Gerard McMahon)

06 - The Other Side Of The Sun (Alien)

07 - I Love Makin' Love To You (Evie Sands, Ben Weisman & Richard Germinaro)

08 - Street Angel (Larry Weiss & Scott English)

09 - Why Don't We Live Together (Phil Galdston & Peter Thom)

10 - Could It Be Magic (Barry Manilow & Adrienne Anderson)

All Tracks Produced by Ron Dante

Tracks 02, 03, 06, 10 never heard on other CDs 

(Tracks 02 & 10 Co-Produced by Harold Wheeler)

(Tracks 03 & 06 Co-Produced by John Lissauer)

(Tracks 05 & 08 Co-Produced by Paul Shaffer)

01 - How Am I To Know

Ron Dante

Bass : Will Lee

Drums : Alan Schwatzberg

Electric Guitars : Al Gorgoni, Elliott Randall

Keyboards : Paul Shaffer

Percussion : Jimmy Maelen

*Single only (RCA : 1977)

02 - Round About Midnight

Dante's Inferno

Bass : Will Lee

Drums : Alan Schwatzberg

Electric Guitars : Hiram Bullock

Keyboards : Paul Shaffer

Arranged by Harold Wheeler

*From "DANTE'S INFERNO" (Infinity : 1979)

03 - Fly

Alien

Singers : Alien (Vincent Lafata, Robert Gengo, Michael Gregorio)

Guitar : Vincent Lafata

Percussion : Robert Gengo

Keyboards : Michael Gregorio

Synthesizer : Suzanne Ciani

Arranged by Alien & John Lissauer

Engineer : Michael Delugg

*From "SONS OF THE UNIVERSE" (Elektra : 1979)

04 - Midnight Lady

Jolis & Simone

Bass : Gordon Edwards, James Jolis, Jeff Berlin, Will Lee

Drums : Alan Schwatzberg, Barry Lazarowitz, Gary Mure

Guitars : Al Gorgoni, David Spinozza, Elliott Randall, Jeff Mironov, John Tropea

Keyboards : Kevin Simone, Paul Shaffer, Richard Tee, Rob Mounsey

Percussions : Earl 'Crusher' Bennett, Jimmy Maelen

Sax : George Young

Backing vocals : Al Gorgoni, James Jolis, Kevin Simone, Ron Dante

*From "JOLIS & SIMONE" (Columbia : 1979)

05 - Makin' Up

Ron Dante

Bass : George Perry

Drums : Joe Galdo

Acoustic Guitar : Hiram Bullock

Electric Guitar : Anthony Battaglia

Keyboards & Synthesizers : Paul Shaffer

Percussion : Jimmy Maelen

Alto Sax : George Young

Baritone Sax : Artie Kaplan

Background vocals : Ron Dante, Lisa Michaels

06 - The Other Side Of The Sun

Alien

Singers : Alien (Vincent Lafata, Robert Gengo, Michael Gregorio)

Guitar : Vincent Lafata

Percussion : Robert Gengo

Keyboards : Michael Gregorio

Synthesizer : Suzanne Ciani

Arranged by Alien & John Lissauer

Engineer : Michael Delugg

*From "SONS OF THE UNIVERSE" (Elektra : 1979)

07 - I Love Makin' Love To You

Jolis & Simone

Bass : Gordon Edwards, James Jolis, Jeff Berlin, Will Lee

Drums : Alan Schwatzberg, Barry Lazarowitz, Gary Mure

Guitars : Al Gorgoni, David Spinozza, Elliott Randall, Jeff Mironov, John Tropea

Keyboards : Kevin Simone, Paul Shaffer, Richard Tee, Rob Mounsey

Percussions : Earl 'Crusher' Bennett, Jimmy Maelen

Sax : George Young

Backing vocals : Al Gorgoni, James Jolis, Kevin Simone, Ron Dante

*From "JOLIS & SIMONE" (Columbia : 1979)

08 - Street Angel

Ron Dante

Bass : Francisco Centeno

Drums : Alan Schwatzberg

Acoustic Guitar : Sid McGinnis

Acoustic & Electric Guitars : Jeff Layton

Keyboards & Synthesizers : Paul Shaffer

Percussion : Jimmy Maelen

Background vocals : Ron Dante

*From "STREET ANGEL" (Handshake : 1981)

09 - Why Don't We Live Together

Helen Schneider

Bass : Will Lee

Drums : Alan Schwatzberg

Guitars : Elliott Randall, Sal Ditroia, Vinnie Bell

Keyboards : Paul Shaffer, Don Grolnick

Contractor : Artie Kaplan

*From "SO CLOSE" (Windsong : 1977)

10 - Could It Be Magic

Dante's Inferno

Bass : Will Lee

Drums : Alan Schwatzberg

Electric Guitars : Hiram Bullock

Keyboards : Paul Shaffer

Arranged by Harold Wheeler

*From "DANTE'S INFERNO" (Infinity : 1979)

Alien "Worlds Apart " (1987) -High Tech AOR-

Label : Centerport Records 

 Side 1

01 - Cristi-Anne (Billy Smyth & Alien)
02 - Not For Sale (Marty Edwards & Alien)
03 - Eye Of The Storm (Billy Smyth & Alien)
04 - The World Someday (Billy Smyth & Alien)
05 - Worlds Apart (Billy Smyth & Alien)

Side 2

01 - Keeper (Billy Smyth & Bill Wismann)
02 - Rock The Night Away (Billy Smyth & Alien)
03 - Someday (Michael T & Alien)
04 - Going Home (Billy Smyth, Bill Wismann & Alien)
05 - The Shoe (Billy Smyth & Alien)


Produced by Bill Wismann & Alien
Songs Composed & Arranged by Alien except "Keeper" Composed & Arranged by Bill Wismann
Lyrics Written by Billy Smyth except "Not For Sale" by Marty Edwards, "Someday" by Michael T, "Going Home" by Billy Smyth & Bill Wismann
All Songs Mixed at Westlake Audio, Beverly Hills, CA ; Engineer : Mark Hagen
Songs Recorded at Westoak Recorders, Westlake, CA ; Engineer : Bill Cobb ; Assistant Engineer : Dave Feuerborn ("The World Someday", "Worlds Apart", "Keeper",  "Rock The Night Away", "Someday", "Going Home" & "The Shoe")
Songs Recorded at Indigo Ranch Studio, Malibu ; CA, Engineer : Richard Kaplan ("Cristi-Anne") ; Engineer : Dick Hamilton ("Eye Of The Storm" & "Not For Sale")
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Studio, Hollywood
Sound Engineer : Dave Feuerborn

Billy Smyth : Lead Guitar & Vocals
J. Silvio : Keyboards, Synthesizer & Vocals
Michael T : Lead vocals & Bass Guitar
Sledge : Drums