Gettin' It in the Streets (album)
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Getting It In The Street was the third and final release by David Cassidy
on RCA Records and would also be the last album David Cassidy
released in the United States until 1990 (with the release of David Cassidy
). Getting It In The Street was released in Germany and Japan in 1976, but did not reach the album charts. The few copies that were pressed for the U.S. were released in 1979. Rocker Mick Ronson
played lead guitar on the title track which was released as a single. The single didn't reach the charts, but climbed to number seven in the weekly Top 20 compiled by readers of the German teen magazine Bravo
. The album was not an official release by the record company and is very hard to find. Some tracks from this album are compiled on the 1996 collection, When I'm a Rock 'n' Roll Star
.
The track "Cruise To Harlem" was co-written by former (founding) Beach Boys member, Brian Wilson
, and America (band)
member, Gerry Beckley
.
David Cassidy
David Bruce Cassidy is an American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his role as the character of Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical/sitcom The Partridge Family. He was one of pop culture's most celebrated teen idols, enjoying a successful pop career in the 1970s, and...
on RCA Records and would also be the last album David Cassidy
David Cassidy
David Bruce Cassidy is an American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his role as the character of Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical/sitcom The Partridge Family. He was one of pop culture's most celebrated teen idols, enjoying a successful pop career in the 1970s, and...
released in the United States until 1990 (with the release of David Cassidy
David Cassidy (album)
David Cassidy was David Cassidy's first U.S. album released in 14 years and was his only release on the now-defunct Enigma Records. The album was released in 1990 with the featured single, "Lyin' to Myself." "Lyin' to Myself" was the first top-30 hit for David Cassidy in eighteen years...
). Getting It In The Street was released in Germany and Japan in 1976, but did not reach the album charts. The few copies that were pressed for the U.S. were released in 1979. Rocker Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson
Michael "Mick" Ronson was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of The Spiders from Mars...
played lead guitar on the title track which was released as a single. The single didn't reach the charts, but climbed to number seven in the weekly Top 20 compiled by readers of the German teen magazine Bravo
Bravo (magazine)
Bravo is the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere. The first issue was published in 1956, subtitled as "the magazine for film and television" . Marilyn Monroe's portrait graced the first published issue, the never-published dummy issue cover displayed Elvis Presley.-History:The...
. The album was not an official release by the record company and is very hard to find. Some tracks from this album are compiled on the 1996 collection, When I'm a Rock 'n' Roll Star
When I'm a Rock 'n' Roll Star
When I'm a Rock 'n' Roll Star is an album by David Cassidy. Released on Razor and Tie Records in 1996 as RE 2117-2, it is a compilation of songs drawn from his three RCA Records albums recorded between 1975 and 1977: The Higher They Climb The Harder They Fall , Home Is Where the Heart Is , and...
.
The track "Cruise To Harlem" was co-written by former (founding) Beach Boys member, Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
, and America (band)
America (band)
America is an English-American folk rock band that originally included members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring #1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist...
member, Gerry Beckley
Gerry Beckley
Gerald Linford "Gerry" Beckley is a founding member of the band America.Beckley was born to an American father, and an English mother. He began playing the piano at the age of three and the guitar a few years later. By 1962, Beckley was playing guitar in The Vanguards, an instrumental surf music...
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Track listing
- "Getting It In The Street"
- "I'll Have To Go Away (Saying Goodbye)"
- "I Never Saw You Coming"
- "Rosa's Cantina"
- "Junked Heart Blues"
- "Cruise To Harlem" (David CassidyDavid CassidyDavid Bruce Cassidy is an American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his role as the character of Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical/sitcom The Partridge Family. He was one of pop culture's most celebrated teen idols, enjoying a successful pop career in the 1970s, and...
, Gerry BeckleyGerry BeckleyGerald Linford "Gerry" Beckley is a founding member of the band America.Beckley was born to an American father, and an English mother. He began playing the piano at the age of three and the guitar a few years later. By 1962, Beckley was playing guitar in The Vanguards, an instrumental surf music...
, Brian WilsonBrian WilsonBrian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
) - "The Story of Rock and Roll"
- "Living A Lie"
- "Love, Love The Lady"