The Intergalactic Touring Band (IGTB) was not an actual music group but rather a science fiction

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 pop music

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 concept album

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 released in 1977 by the now defunct Passport Records in America and Charisma Records

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 in England. The ensemble album featured many star performers from progressive rock

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 and other genres, including Meat Loaf

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, Ben E. King

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, Larry Fast

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 (Synergy

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), Percy Jones

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, Annie Haslam

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, Rod Argent

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, Peppi Marchello (Good Rats), and many others. The songs are loosely held together by an epic theme of multi-generational space travel

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 and human space colonization

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.

Fictional band members

• Hope Larson — Lase Keyboard Panel
• Ixol Phaane — Computerized Keyboard Synthesis
• Justice Conrad — Globe Lase Base
• Krys — Holographic Percussion
• Raif Reed — Lase Guitar

List of songs and performers

Approach (Overture)

• Members of the London Symphony Orchestra
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  , conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
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• Orchestral arrangement
  Orchestration
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   by Wil Malone
• Synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  s and Mellotron
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  : Larry Fast
  Larry Fast
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Silver Lady

• Lead vocal
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  : Rod Argent
• Acoustic
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   and electric guitar
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  s: David Scance
• Fender bass
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  : Peter Sobel
• Keyboards
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  : Brian Cuomo
• Drum
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  s and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Synthesizers, Mellotron and vocoder
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  : Larry Fast
• Effect vocal: Irene Conrad
• Silver Lady vocal: Marge Raymond
• Group vocals: Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino
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  , Shelley Thompson
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  , David Scance, Marty Scott, Peter Sobel
• Orchestral arrangement: Wil Malone and Stephan Galfas
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Universal Zoo/Why

• Lead vocal, "Universal Zoo": Arthur Brown
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• Lead vocal, "Why": Joel Krantz
• Electric guitars: David Scance
• Fender bass: Peter Sobel
• Fretless Bass on "Why": Percy Jones
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• Keyboards: Brian Cuomo
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Primitive
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   percussion: Paul Marchetti, Marty Scott, Peter Sobel
• Synthesizers and vocoder: Larry Fast
• Group vocals: Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson
• Additional vocals: Marty Scott, Peter Sobel, Bill Guerra
• Orchestral arrangement: Danny Beckerman
• Effects
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   vocal: "The Boss"

Starship Jingle

• Lead vocal: Peppi Marchello (misspelled Pepe in album credits)
• Electric and acoustic guitars: David Scance
• Electric Autoharp
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  : Marty Scott
• Fender bass: Peter Sobel
• Keyboards: Brian Cuomo
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Synthesizers: Larry Fast
• Flute
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  s: John Zangrando
• Group vocals: Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson
• Prepared effects: Larry Fast, Marty Scott, Peter Sobel
• Orchestral arrangement: Wil Malone, Stephan Galfas

Heartbreaker

• Lead vocal: Dave Cousins
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• Electric and acoustic guitars: David Scance
• Bass guitar
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  : Peter Sobel
• Keyboards: Brian Cuomo
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Synthesizers: Larry Fast
• Flutes: John Zangrando
• Group vocals: Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson
• Orchestral arrangement: David Bedford
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  , Stephan Galfas

Reaching Out

• Lead vocal: Annie Haslam
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• Members of the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
• Orchestral arrangement by Wil Malone
• Acoustic guitars: Anthony Phillips
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   and Peter Sobel
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Tympani: Mighty Young Joe Intile, B. E.

First Landing

• Lead vocal: Steve Barth
• Electric and acoustic guitars: David Scance
• Bass guitar: Frank Prescod and Peter Sobel
• Keyboards: Brian Cuomo
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Additional percussion: Mighty Young Joe Intile, B. E.
• Synthesizers: Larry Fast
• Orchestral arrangement: Wil Malone and Danny Beckerman
• Group vocals: Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson
• Additional vocals: The Passport Munchkins

Space Commando

• Lead vocal: Mr. Snips
• Electric and acoustic guitars: David Scance
• Bass guitar: Peter Sobel
• Keyboards: Brian Cuomo
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Additional percussion: Marty Scott
• Synthesizers: Larry Fast
• Orchestral arrangement: David Bedford and Stephan Galfas
• Group vocals: Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson

Robot Salesman

• Lead vocal: Jim Cuomo
• Electric and acoustic guitars: David Scance
• Electric guitar: Ryche Chlanda
• Acoustic guitar: Peter Sobel
• Bass guitar: Frank Prescod
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Synthesizers, Mellotron and vocoder: Larry Fast
• Orchestral arrangement: Stephan Galfas and Brian Cuomo

Love Station

• Lead vocal: Ben E. King
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• Electric guitars: John Tropea
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• Bass guitar: Frank Prescod
• Keyboards: Brian Cuomo
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Additional percussion: Peter Sobel
• Synthesizers: Larry Fast
• Saxophone
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   solo
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  : Clarence Clemons
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• Guitar solo: John Tropea
• Orchestral arrangement: David Bedford, Stephan Galfas and Brian Cuomo
• Background vocals: Janice Pendarvis and Friends

A Planet Called Monday/Epilogue

• Lead vocal, "A Planet Called Monday": Francis Rossi
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   and Rick Parfitt
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• Lead vocal, "Epilogue": Jeffrey Leynor
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Synthesizers: Larry Fast
• Group vocals: Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson, David Scance
• Orchestral arrangement: Danny Beckerman
• Electric guitars: David Scance
• Bass guitar: Peter Sobel
• Keyboards: Brian Cuomo

Keeper Keep Us

• Lead vocal: Meat Loaf
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• Electric and acoustic guitars: David Scance
• Acoustic and bass guitars: Peter Sobel
• Fretless bass: Percy Jones
• Keyboards: Brian Cuomo
• Drums and percussion: Paul Marchetti
• Synthesizers: Larry Fast
• Group vocals: Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson
• Orchestral arrangement: Wil Malone

Discography

• Intergalactic Touring Band — Intergalactic Touring Band — Passort Records (U.S.) — 1977
• Viva (aka Intergalactic Touring Band) — "Snow White Rock Christmas" b/w "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" — Passport PSC 7910 (U.S.) — 1977

Promotional-only 12" disc released during the holiday season.

External links

• Steve Douglas Huddleston's IGTB Tribute Site
• SciFi.com review (This direct link has disappeared, but a copy may be found on the Internet Archive
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• Tentative Review
• Song samples at eMusic
• MP3 Sample of "Keeper Keep Us" at Meat Loaf Lyrics Site [This direct link has disappeared, but a copy may be found on the Internet Archive
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