Berlin Airlift (album)
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Berlin Airlift is the eponymous debut album by the American
rock
band Berlin Airlift
. It was released in 1982 by Handshake Records (distributed by CBS
). Handshake Records declared bankruptcy 6 weeks after the album was released, dooming the album. Over the Hill (I Love You) and Don't Stop Me from Crying were radio favorites in Boston.
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift (band)
Berlin Airlift was a popular Boston band in the early 1980s whose name refers both to frontman Rick Berlin's surname and the Allied mission to fly food and supplies to blockaded West Berlin in 1948-1949...
. It was released in 1982 by Handshake Records (distributed by CBS
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
). Handshake Records declared bankruptcy 6 weeks after the album was released, dooming the album. Over the Hill (I Love You) and Don't Stop Me from Crying were radio favorites in Boston.
Track listing
All songs by Rick BerlinRick Berlin
Rick Berlin is a Boston-based singer-songwriter, formerly the frontman of Orchestra Luna, Luna, Berlin Airlift, Rick Berlin: The Movie, and The Shelley Winters Project....
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- "Airlift" – 2:52
- "Teenage Terror" – 2:39
- "It's You I Love" – 3:50
- "Girl in the Moon" – 3:50
- "Can I Fall in Love" – 4:50
- "This Is Your Life" – 2:52
- "Don't Stop Me from Crying" – 3:45
- "Over The Hill (I Love You)" – 3:10
- "My Heart Ain't Big Enough for You" – 4:40
- "I Hate Everything But You" – 2:55
Credits
- Rick BerlinRick BerlinRick Berlin is a Boston-based singer-songwriter, formerly the frontman of Orchestra Luna, Luna, Berlin Airlift, Rick Berlin: The Movie, and The Shelley Winters Project....
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Steven Paul Perry – GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Jane Balmond – KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Chet Cahill – BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Vocals - Joe Petruzelli – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, Vocals - Paul McAlpine - Photography and Art Direction