Thread "Thread" (2023) -AOR-

Label : Escape Music (ESM377)

CD 1

01 - Live At The Scene (Vince DiCola, Doane Perry & Rick Livingstone)

02 - Hands Of Kindness (Short Version) (Vince DiCola & Doane Perry)

03 - Another Mean Day (Vince DiCola, Doane Perry & Rick Livingstone)

04 - Just Out Of Reach (Vince DiCola, Doane Perry & Rick Livingstone)

05 - Rage (Vince DiCola, Doane Perry & Rick Livingstone)

06 - Secrets Of The Game (Vince DiCola, Doane Perry & Rick Livingstone)

07 - Rainbow Suite (Vince DiCola & Doane Perry)

CD 2

01 - Live At The Scene (Vince DiCola, Doane Perry & Rick Livingstone)

02 - Hands Of Kindness (Vince DiCola & Doane Perry)

03 - Top Of The World (Vince DiCola, Doane Perry & Rick Livingstone)

04 - The Last Of Her Wind (Vince DiCola, Rick Livingstone & Doane Perry)

05 - Ever Changing World (Vince DiCola & Mark Boals)

06 - Rainbow Suite (Vince DiCola & Doane Perry)

07 - Jessie's Journey - The Suite (Vince DiCola, Rick Livingtone, Doane Perry, Curtis Taylor & Casey Young)

Thread is :

Vince DiCola : Keyboards (Including Keyboard, Bass & Guitars), Background vocals, Additional Percussion Programming

Ellis Hall : Lead & Background vocals

Doane Perry : Drums & Percussion

Additional Credits :

Mark Boals : Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Mandolin (Disc One - Tracks 02, 05 & 07 / Disc Two - Tracks 02, 04 & 05)

John De Faria : Acoustic & Electric Guitars (Disc One - Tracks 04 & 06 / Disc Two - Track 03)

Rocket Ritchotte : Acoustic & Electric Guitars (Disc One - Tracks 01 & 03 / Disc Two - Track 01)

Shem von Schroeck : Lead & Background vocals (Dis Two - Tracks 01 & 03)

Rick Livingstone : Lead vocals (Disc Two - Track 03) / Additional Vocals (Disc One / Track 05)

Vince DiCola : Lead vocals (Disc Two - Track 03)

Produced & Arranged by Thread

Engineered by Vince DiCola & Ellis Hall

Recorded at 'Professor V' Studio' & 'Brewster's Place'

Digital Editing of "Rainbow Suite" by Alan Oldfield at Visionary Studios

Assisted by Kris Jergenson

Mastering of Original Album by Travis Dickerson

Remastered by Steve Mann

Executive Producer : Khalil Turk for Escape Music Ltd

Storming Heaven "Life In Paradise" (1996) -AOR-

Label : MTM Music

01 - Razor Farm (Storming Heaven)
02 - Wanda Wire (Storming Heaven)
03 - Crossing My Heart (Storming Heaven)
04 - Jessie's Journey - The Suite (Storming Heaven)
05 - Time Machine (Storming Heaven)
06 - Don't Find It Amusin' (Storming Heaven)
07 - She Wolf (Storming Heaven & Dennis McClees)
08 - Life In Paradise (Storming Heaven)


Storming Heaven is :
Vince DiCola : Keyboards, Keyboard Guitar & Bass, Vocals
Rick Livingston : Lead & Background vocals
Doane Perry : Drums & Percussion, Background vocals
Curtis Taylor : Guitars, Background vocals
Casey Young : Keyboards, Background vocals

Produced & Arranged by Storming Heaven
Engineered by Vince DiCola
Recorded at D.F.G. ('Damn Fine Garage') Studio, Van Nuys, CA

Maxus "Nobody's Business" (1982) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Warner Bros. Records

01 - Nobody's Business (Jay Gruska & Lisa Dalbello)
02 - What You Give (Robbie Buchanan & Jay Gruska)


Produced by Michael Omartian for Lewis Kaplan Enterprises, Inc.
From The Album "MAXUS" (1981)

Maxus :
Jay Gruska : Pianos & Lead vocal
Robbie Buchanan : Pianos, Synthesizers & Vocals
Mark Leonard : Bass & Vocals
Doane Perry : Drums & Vocals
Michael Landau : Guitars

Additional Musicians :
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Michael Omartian : Additional Synthesizers & Percussion
Additional Background vocals : Bill Champlin, Tommy Funderburk & Jennifer Williams
Additional Synthesizer Programming : Ian Underwood
Synthesizer Modifications : Nyle Steiner
Concertmaster : Assa Drori
Strings arranged by Michael Omartian

Maxus "Maxus" (1981) -Westcoast Rock-

 Label : Warner Bros. Records / Vivid Sound Corporation (LightMellow's Choice _064)

 Side One

01 - The Higher You Rise (Jay Gruska & Paul Gordon)
02 - Nobody's Business (Jay Gruska & Lisa Dalbello)
03 - What You Give (Robbie Buchanan & Jay Gruska)
04 - Keep A Light On (Jay Gruska & Paul Gordon)
05 - Your Imagination (Robbie Buchanan & Jay Gruska)

Side Two

01 - They Danced (Jay Gruska & Jeff Spirit)
02 - Part Of You (Robbie Buchanan, Jay Gruska & Paul Gordon)
03 - Don't Try To Stop Me Now (Michael Omartian, Robbie Buchanan & Jay Gruska)
04 - Where Were You (Jay Gruska & Paul Gordon)


Produced by Michael Omartian for Lewis Kaplan Enterprises, Inc.
All Songs arranged by Maxus & Michael Omartian
Engineered & Mixed by Frank Wolf
Second Engineers : Robin Laine & Karen Siegel
Recorded & Mixed at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Mastered at Capitol Records by Ken Perry

Maxus :
Jay Gruska : Pianos & Lead vocal
Robbie Buchanan : Pianos, Synthesizers & Vocals
Mark Leonard : Bass & Vocals
Doane Perry : Drums & Vocals
Michael Landau : Guitars

Additional Musicians :
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Michael Omartian : Additional Synthesizers & Percussion
Additional Background vocals : Bill Champlin, Tommy Funderburk & Jennifer Williams
Additional Synthesizer Programming : Ian Underwood
Synthesizer Modifications : Nyle Steiner
Concertmaster : Assa Drori
Strings arranged by Michael Omartian

Hunter "Dreams Of Ordinary Men" (1986) -High Tech AOR-

Label : Polydor Records

 A

01 - Dreams Of Ordinary Men** (Marc Hunter, Todd Rundgren, Todd Hunter, Alan Mansfield & Doane Perry)
02 - Speak No Evil** (Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter & Alan Mansfield)
03 - Nothing To Lose*** (Johanna Pigott & Todd Hunter)
04 - Western Girls** (Sharon O'Neill, Alan Mansfield, Marc Hunter & Todd Rundgren)
05 - Rain* (Marc Hunter, Johanna Pingott & Todd Hunter)

B

01 - Temptation** (Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter & Alan Mansfield)
02 - Midnight Sun (Todd Rundgren)
03 - Intensive Care** (Marc Hunter & Alan Mansfield)
04 - Forever And Ever** (Johanna Pigott, Todd Hunter & Alan Mansfield)
05 - Smoke** (Johanna Pigott, Marc Hunter & Todd Hunter)

Produced by Todd Rundgren for Alchemedia Productions
Except *Produced by Alan Mansfield 
Engineered by Todd Rundgren & Chris Andersen
**Remixed by Jason Corsaro & Jim Boyer at The Power Station, New York
***Remixed by Michael Frondelli at Electric Lady Studio, New York

Hunter :
Marc Hunter : Vocals
Todd Hunter : Bass & Vocals
Alan Mansfield : Keyboards
Doane Perry : Drums
Tommy Emmanuel : Guitars

Additional Musicians :
Todd Rundgren : Guitars & Backing vocals
Lenny Pickett : Sax
Gary Window : Sax
Robert Taylor : Guitars*
Kerry Jacobson : Drums*
Paul Hewson : Keyboards*
*On "Rain" Only