Sam McNally "First Chance" (1982) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : EMI Custom Records

 Side 1

01 - The Dance Of The Funky Rabbits (?)

02 - First Chance Romance (?)

03 - This Is The Life (?)

04 - Where I Wanna Be (?)

05 - Wonderland* (?)

Side 2

01 - Keep This Thing Together (?)

02 - Mellow Mind / Continuum (?)

03 - Isn't It A Shame (?)

04 - Piano Solo (?)

Produced & Arranged by Sam McNally for Brandon Lane P/L. Productions

*Produced  by Sam McNally, John French & Trevor Coutney

Recorded and/or Remixed by :

John Frensch at T.C.S. & Plagstaff Studios, Melbourne

John Sayers at The Music Farm, Cocrabell, N.S.W.

Mark Moffat at T.C.S., Melbourne & Festival Studio, Sidney

Ian McKenzie at AAV Studio, Melbourne

Peter Walker at Trafalgar Studio, Annandale, N.S.W.

Recorded & Remixed June 1979 so June 1981

Personnel :

Sam McNally : Pianos, Keyboard Synthesizers (Arp, Moog, Oberheim, Roland, Prophet), Clavinet, Vocoder, Percussion, Electronics, Synthesizer Bass

David Jones : Drums, Percussion

Trevor Courtney : Drums, Syn-Drums ("First Chance Romance" & "This Is The Life")

Jeremy Allsop : Bass Guitar

Roger McLaughlin : Bass Guitar ("Keep This Thing Together")

Ashley Henderson : Bass Guitar ("This Is The Life")

David Hirschfelder : Acoustic Piano ("Where I Wanna Be", "Continuum")

Peter Cupples : Electric Guitar ("Isn't It A Shame"), Backing vocals ("Wonderland")

Chrissie McNally : Lead vocal ("Wonderland")

Ashley Henderson : All Vocals ("This Is The Life")

Mal Stainton : Vocoder, Lead vocal, Arrangement ("First Chance Romance")

Penny Dyer, Nikki Nicholls, Peta Doodson : Backing vocals ("First Chance Romance")

Robert Venier : Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Billy Harrower : Tenor Saxophone

Tommy Emmanuel : Acoustic Guitar & Solo ("Keep This Thing Together")

Stylus "The Best Kept Secret" (1978) -Blue-Eyed Soul-

  Label : Oz Records / Vivid Sound

 1

01 - Discover Your Life (Peter Cupples)
02 - Bush Walkin' (Peter Cupples)
03 - Look At Me (Ashley Henderson)
04 - Sweetness (Peter Cupples & Trevor Courtney)
05 - Work Out Fine (Ron Peers)

2

01 - Funky Music (Peter Cupples)
02 - Got To Be (Peter Cupples)
03 - Kissin' (Peter Cupples)
04 - Natural Feeling (Sam McNally)
05 - Hangin' (Peter Cupples & Trevor Courtney)


Stylus :
Peter Cupples : Lead Vocal, Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Congas, Organ, Percussion, Tabla, String Synthesizer, Backing vocals

Sam McNally : Fender Rhodes, Yamaha Electric Grand Piano, Acoustic Grand Piano, Synthesizers, Arp Odyssey / Pro-Soloist / Micrp-Moog, Oberheim Polyphonic, Hohner D6 Clavinet, Harpsichord
Ashley Henderson : Lead vocal, Bass, Backing vocals
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar, Backing vocals
Trevor Courtney : Drums, Syndrums

Arrangements :

Peter Jones : Strings & Horns on "Got To Be", "Look At Me", "Natural Feeling" & "Hangin'"

Graham Lyall : Horns on "Funky Music" & "Discover Your Life"

Mike 'Kelly' Clarke : Horns on "Sweetness", "Bush Walkin'" & "Work Out Fine"

Vocals Arranged by Peter Cupples

Producers : Peter Cupples & John French

Engineer : John French

Stylus "Part Of It All" (1979) -Westcoast Rock / Blue-Eyed Soul-

  Label : OZ Records / Vivid Sound Corporation

 1

01 - The Colours Of Your Love (Sam McNally & T. Courtney)
02 - Live It On Up (Peter Cupples)
03 - Brave New World (Sam McNally)
04 - So Much Love (Peter Cupples)
05 - In The Band (Peter Cupples)
06 - Part Of It All (Peter Roberts & Ron Peers)

2

01 - Shame On You (Peter Cupples)
02 - Standin' In My Shoes (Ron Peers & J. Tattersall)
03 - Byron Bay (Ashley Henderson)
04 - Sit Down And Talk About It (Peter Roberts)
05 - If You Believe In Me (Peter Cupples)


Produced by Peter Cupples, Sam McNally, John French & Stylus
Engineered by John French & John Sayers
Mixed by John French, Peter Cupples, Sam McNally & Stylus at T.C.S.
Recorded at T.C.S. Studios, Richmond, Australia Dec '78-Mar '79
All vocal arrangements by Peter Cupples
Synthesizer arrangements & programming by Sam McNally
Rhythm arrangements by Stylus & Composers

Stylus :
Ashley Henderson : Bass, Lead & Backing vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Mark Meyer : Drums & Percussion
Ron Peers : Guitars & Backing vocals
Sam McNally : Yamaha Acoustic & Electric Grand Piano, Fender Rhodes Piano, Arp Odyssey, Roland SH 1, Solina String Ensemble, Roland JP4, Roland SH7 Synthesizers, Holner Clavinet & Marimba
Peter Cupples : Lead & Backing vocals, Percussion, Congas, Guitar & Bass
Peter Roberts : Lead & Backing vocals

Additional Musicians :
Bill Harrower & Tony Buchanan : Saxophone
Peter De Visser & Herb Cannon : Trombone
Reg Walsh & Bobby Venier : Trumpet
Juliette Bradley, Justine Bradley, Peta Doodson, Adrian Campbell & Sandy Maddock : Backing vocals
Mark Moffet : Pedal Steel

Horns Arrangement by Mike Kenny & Cos Russo
String Arrangement by Peter Jones
Horn & String Arrangements by Rick Formosa

Stylus "For The Love Of Music" (1976) -Blue-Eyed Soul-

  

 Label : OZ Records

 Side One

01 - For The Love Of Music (Peter Cupples)
02 - Musical Man (Peter Cupples)
03 - Movin' On Home (Peter Cupples)
04 - So Much Love (Peter Cupples)
05 - Gettin' In The Groove (Peter Cupples & Trevor Courtney)

Side Two

01 - Nature Is Giving (Peter Cupples)
02 - I Just Don't Wanna Fall In Love Right Now* (Ashley Henderson)
03 - We All Need One Another (Barbara Cupples & Peter Cupples)
04 - What's Right For You (Peter Cupples)
05 - Love Is All We Need (Peter Cupples)


Produced by Trevor Courtney & Peter Cupples for Natural Groove Productions
Recorded at Armstrong Audio Video, Melbourne : January, June & July 1976
Recording Engineer : Ian McKenzie
Mixed at Armstrong Audio Video, Melbourne 

August & September 1976
(*Recorded & Mixed at EMI Studios, Sidney, 1976)
Engineered by Ross Linton
Mixing Engineers : Ross Linton, Peter Cupples & Trevor Courtney
Arranged by Stylus
Bass Arranged by Peter Cupples

Brass Score Written by Mike Clarke & Copied by Reg Walsh

Stylus : Peter Cupples, Ashley Henderson, Peter Lee, Sam McNally, Ron Peers


Side One

01 - For The Love Of Music

Peter Cupples : Lead vocal, Guitar, Congas & Logan String Synthesizer
Ashley Henderson : Bass
Peter Lee : Drums & Whistle
Sam McNally : Arpodyssey, Micro-Moog, Clavinet & Acoustic Piano
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar
Vocals Group : Ron Peers, Ashley Henderson & Peter Cupples
Brass :
Ted White : Tenor Sax
Don Lock : Trombone
Reg Walsh : Trumpet
Bobby Venier : Trumpet

02 - Musical Man

Peter Cupples : Lead vocal, Guitar & Logan String Synthesizer
Ashley Henderson : Lead vocal & Bass
Peter Lee : Drums
Sam McNally : Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Clavinet & Arpodyssey
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar
Vocals Group : Ron Peers, Ashley Henderson & Peter Cupples

03 - Movin' On Home

Peter Cupples : Lead vocal, Lead Guitar, Logan String Synthesizer & Congas
Ashley Henderson : Bass
Peter Lee : Drums
Sam McNally : Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano, Clavinet & Arpodyssey
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar
Vocals Group : Ron Peers, Ashley Henderson, Peter Cupples, Lindsay Hammond, Peter Lee & Trevor Courtney
Brass :
Ted White : Tenor Sax
Don Lock : Trombone
Reg Walsh : Trumpet
Bobby Venier : Trumpet

04 - So Much Love

Peter Cupples : Lead vocal, Souna String Synthesizer & Congas
Ashley Henderson : Lead vocal
Peter Lee : Drums
Sam McNally : Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano & Clavinet
Ron Peers : Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Vocals Group : Ron Peers, Ashley Henderson, Peter Cupples & Renee Geyer

05 - Gettin' In The Groove

Peter Cupples : Lead vocal, Guitar, Logan String Synthesizer & Congas
Ashley Henderson : Bass
Peter Lee : Drums & Rotor Toms
Sam McNally : Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Arpodyssey & Clavinet
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar
Vocals Group : Ron Peer, Ashley Henderson, Peter Cupples  & Ursula Wertheim
Brass :
Ted White : Tenor Sax
Don Lock : Trombone
Reg Walsh : Trumpet
Bobby Venier : Trumpet

Side Two

01 - Nature Is Giving

Peter Cupples : Lead vocal, Guitar, Bongos & Logan String Synthesizer
Ashley Henderson : Bass
Peter Lee : Drums
Sam McNally : Clavinet, Acoustic Piano, Micro-Moog & Arpodyssey
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar
Vocals Group : Ron Peer, Ashley Henderson, Peter Cupples & Lindsay Hammond

02 - I Just Don't Wanna Fall In Love Right Now

Peter Cupples : Guitar, Bongos, Congas & Logan String Synthesizer
Ashley Henderson : Lead vocal & Bass
Peter Lee : Drums & Wood Block
Sam McNally : Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Micro-Moog & Arpodyssey
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar
Vocals Group : Ron Peer, Ashley Henderson & Peter Cupples

03 - We All Need One Another

Peter Cupples : Lead vocal, Souna String Synthesizer, Guitar & Congas
Ashley Henderson : Bass
Peter Lee : Drums
Sam McNally : Fender Rhodes Electric Piano & Mini-Moog
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar
Trevor Courtney : Maracas
Vocals Group : Ron Peer, Ashley Henderson & Peter Cupples

04 - What's Right For You

Peter Cupples : Lead vocal, Guitar, Echoplex & Souna String Synthesizer
Ashley Henderson : Bass
Peter Lee : Drums & Tom Toms
Sam McNally : Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Acoustic Guitar & Mini-Moog
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar
Trevor Courtney : Tom Toms & Cow Bell
Vocals Group : Ron Peer, Ashley Henderson & Peter Cupples
Hand Claps : Greg Tell, Peter Cupples, Trevor Courtney & Peter Lee
Brass :
Russell Smith : Trumpet
Miguel Carranza : Trombone
Bruce Sandell : Tenor Sax

05 - Love Is All We Need

Peter Cupples : Lead vocal, Electric & Acoustic Guitars & Logan String Synthesizer
Ashley Henderson : Bass
Peter Lee : Drums
Sam McNally : Arpodyssey & Acoustic Piano
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar
Vocals Group : Ron Peer, Ashley Henderson, Peter Cupples, Ursula Werheim & Lindsay Hammond

Sam McNally "First Chance" (1999) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Songfirst Music

 Side 1

01 - Keep This Thing Together (?)

02 - Erin Shore (?)
03 - Where I Wanna Be (?)
04 - (Do You Know The Way To) San Jose (?)
05 - Mellow Mind / Continuum (?)
06 - Isn't It A Shame (?)
07 - Wonderland (?)
08 - Spain (?)
09 - The Dance Of The Funky Rabbits (?)
10 - Lake (?)


Produced by Sam McNally
Recorded at AAV Melbourne, Festival Sydney, TCS Melbourne, Ramrod Sydney, Sony Music Sydney, A.C.M.I. Lismore or Blue Harbour Sidney in 1979-81, 1993-94 & 1999 by Ross A'Hearn, John French, Ian MacKenzie, Mark Moffat, John Sayers, Louie Shelton or Glenn Skarratt
Mastered by Glenn Skarratt (Ramrod) & Don Bartley

Sam McNally : Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano, Clavinet, Oberheim/Moog/Prophet Synthesizers, Rolan Sound Modules, Synth Bass, Programming
David Jones : Drums, Percussion
Tommy Emmanuel, Jim Kelly : Lead Guitar
Bill Harrower, Ben Northey : Tenor Sax
Bob Venier : Flugel Horn
Ian Cooper : Violin
Jeremy Allsop, Roger McLaughlin : Bass Guitar
Peter Cupples : Guitar (Track 06)
Sam Hawksley : Guitars (Track 02)
David Hirschfelder : Additional Piano (Tracks 03, 05)


01 - Keep This Thing Together

Featuring Tommy Emmanuel - Nylon String Guitar

02 - Erin Shore

Featuring Ian Cooper - Violin

03 - Where I Wanna Be

Flugel Solo - Bob Venier

04 - (Do You Know The Way To) San Jose

Featuring Ben Northey - Tenor Sax

05 - Mellow Mind / Continuum

Flugel Solo - Bob Venier

06 - Isn't It A Shame

Tenor Sax Solo - Bill Harrower

07 - Wonderland

Featuring Chrissie McNulty - Vocals

08 - Spain

Guitar Solo - Jim Kelly

09 - The Dance Of The Funky Rabbits

Tenor Sax - Bill Harrower

10 - Lake

Featuring Tommy Emmanuel - Nylon String Guitar

Stylus "Still Alive" (2010) -Blue-Eyed Soul-

  Label : Vivid Sound Corporation (LightMellow's Choice-062)

01 - Moving On Home (Peter Cupples)
02 - Kissing (Peter Cupples)
03 - World Of Make Believe (Peter Cupples)
04 - Byron Bay (Ashley Anderson)
05 - What's Going On (A. Cleveland, Marvin Gaye & R. Benson)
06 - Shame On You (Peter Cupples)
07 - You Make Me Fell Brand New (The Stylistics)
08 - The Colours Of Your Love (Sam McNally & T. Courtney)
09 - Bye Bye (Peter Cupples)
10 - So Much Love (Peter Cupples)
11 - Work Out Fine (Ron Peers)
12 - Summer Breeze (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

13 - Love Is All We Need (Peter Cupples)


Recorded & Produced by Trevor Carter
Mixed & Mastered at Studio 52 Recordings, Melbourne, Australia

Stylus :
Peter Cupples : Guitars & Vocals
Sam McNally : Keyboards
Ron Peers : Guitars & Vocals
Ashley Anderson : Bass & Vocals
David Jones : Drums & Percussion

Stylus "Across Time" (2010) -Blue-Eyed Soul-

  

 Label : Vivid Sound Corporation (LightMellow's Choice-061)

01 - Fallen Paradise (Peter Cupples)
02 - We Love (Peter Cupples)
03 - Why (Peter Cupples)
04 - How Good Does It Feel (Ron Peers)
05 - When I Found The Blues (Peter Cupples)
06 - Burn In Love (Peter Cupples)
07 - Before I Cry (Peter Cupples)
08 - One Sided Love (Ashley Henderson)
09 - I Get Up (Sam McNally & C. Crighton)
10 - Never In A Million Years (Peter Cupples)
11 - Closer Than The Air I Breathe (Peter Cupples)


Produced by Louie Shelton
Co-Produced by Peter Cupples
Recorded April 2009 - Post-Production May-December 2009
Recorded at "Recording Oasis", Tallebudgera, QLD, Australia
Engineered by Jake Walsh
Mixed by Jake Walsh & Louie Shelton

Stylus :
Peter Cupples : Guitars, Bass, Congas & Lead & Backing vocals
Ashley Henderson : Bass & Lead & Backing vocals
Sam McNally : Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Yamaha, Korg & Nord Synthesizers & Steinway Piano
Ron Peers : Lead Guitar, Guitars & Lead vocal
Gerry Pantazis : Drums & Percussion

Additional Musicians :
Louie Shelton : Additional Guitar
Scott Browne : Trumpet & Trombone
Hayden Smith : Saxes

Backing vocals :
Doug Williams
Venetta Fields
Enza Pentano
Renae Suttie