Photoflamingo
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Photoflamingo is the fifth studio album by Crack the Sky
. It was released on LP in 1981 by Lifesong Records (catalog #LS-8133).
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...
. It was released on LP in 1981 by Lifesong Records (catalog #LS-8133).
Track listing
The band
- John Palumbo — Lead vocals, rhythmRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, leadLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, and acoustic guitarSteel-string acoustic guitarA steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...
s - Vince DePaul — Acoustic and synthetic 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...
- John Tracey — 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 ....
- Carey Ziegler — Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Michael Taylor — Lead guitar ("A Girl Like You", "Good Child Gone Wild", "With the Morons")
Additional musicians
- Tom McCormick — The Crack Pack HornsHorn sectionIn music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...
- Chris Walker — The Crack Pack Horns
- Ellery EskelinEllery EskelinEllery Eskelin American tenor saxophonist. Born in Wichita, Kansas, raised in Baltimore, Maryland from the age of two. His parents, Rodd Keith and Bobbie Lee, were also musicians. Rodd Keith died in 1974 in Los Angeles, California and became a cult figure after his death in the little known...
— The Crack Pack Horns - Chuck Klapka — The Crack Pack Horns
- The Softones — Back-up vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
("Is All We Know")
Production
- Jeffrey D. Sharp — Executive producer
- John Palumbo — Producer
- Victor Giordano — Engineer, digital mixdown
- Razor Boy Ron Carran — Digital mixdown
Additional credits
- Recorded at Flite III Recordings, Ltd.
- Digital mixdown at Minot Sound, Inc.
- Al Wilson — Road Manager, Master of Ceremonies
- Tom Hanlon — The Crack Crew
- Randy Siegmeister — The Crack Crew
- Paul Giansante — The Crack Crew
- Hank Coldbert — The Crack Crew
- John Palumbo — Cover concept
- Consuelo y Regan — Layout
- Arnie Rivkind (for Commercial Fotographics, Ltd.) — Photography
- Special thanks: Richard Klotzman, Cindy Markus, Don Wehner, Gordon Miller Music, Maryland Sound Industries, Danny Palumbo & Crack Video, Lou Dollenger, Henry Rosenberg, The Molson Sky Team, Fast Eddie Wannebo, Mary, Julie, Terri and all of our Families