From the Greenhouse, the eighth "proper" Crack the Sky

Crack the Sky

Crack the Sky is an American progressive rock band formed in Weirton, West Virginia in the early 1970s. In 1975, Rolling Stone Magazine declared their first album "debut album of the year", and in 1978, Rolling Stone Record Guide compared them to Steely Dan; their first three albums charted on the...

 album, expands on the "John Palumbo and a guy to play the guitar solos" format of their previous album (Raw

Raw (Crack the Sky album)

Raw, the seventh "proper" album from Crack the Sky, really is more of a John Palumbo solo album under the Crack the Sky banner. Other than Jamie LaRitz playing lead guitar, all of the musical parts were played by Palumbo. However, Raw is more "Rock" than Palumbo's solo efforts...

, 1986) with the return of keyboardist Vince DePaul. Also returning to the CTS fold are founding members Rick Witkowski (lead guitar) and drummer Joe D'Amico (relegated to just singing back-up vocals).

Track listing

Note: song lengths listed on the CD differ slightly from the tracks' actual times

The band

• John Palumbo — Vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , drums
  Drum kit
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• Rick Witkowski — Lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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• Vince DePaul — Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Joe D'Amico — Backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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Additional musicians

• Dave Carrero — Guitar solo ("Lost in America")
• Paul Soroka — Lyricon
  Lyricon
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   solos, brass
  Brass instrument
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• Marvin Brown — Backing vocals
• Terry Brown — Backing vocals
• Louis Roscar — Brass
• Otis Demteen — Brass
• Carla Brown — Children's choir
• Dani DeCola — Children's choir
• Little Vinnie DePaul — Children's choir
• Jodi Diamond — Children's choir
• Dawn Dilley — Children's choir
• Tom Dugas — Children's choir
• Dionne Easley — Children's choir
• Dwan Easley — Children's choir
• Jodi Jacobson — Children's choir
• Chelsea Jones — Children's choir
• Hanan Kabik — Children's choir
• Dave Krass — Children's choir
• Jessica McDermott Fahey — Children's choir
• Ali Palumbo — Children's choir
• Ian Palumbo — Children's choir
• Laura Rayner — Children's choir
• Natalie Rayner — Children's choir
• Alana Sogan — Children's choir
• Christopher Sogan — Children's choir
• Hayley Taibel — Children's choir
• Jimmy Tochterman — Children's choir
• Justin Tochterman — Children's choir

Production

• John Palumbo — Producer
• Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
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   — Mastering
• Steve Palmiere — Engineer
• Victor Giordano — Editing
• Donald Stewart — Tape machines

Additional credits

• Ross Anzalone Adcreations — Cover concept and design
• Mastered at Masterdisk
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• Recorded and mixed at The Mainframe
• Thanks: Ron Gregory, Gus Glava, Victor Giordano, Ben and Sydney Deluxe, Mark Easley, Dave Heckscher, George Hagegeorge, Mary, Mimi, Barbara, Valerie, Debbie, Lynn, Davey, Lori, and especially Victor Gregory for his belief and endurance.