Watch Out (Barrabás album)
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Watch Out is the fifth album
by the Spanish group Barrabás
, released in 1975. The album was later re-released on CD in Spain as Desperately.
American jazz
musician Herbie Mann
featured in the recording of the album, after his hit cover of Barrabás' song "Hi Jack
", which was released earlier that year. Also appearing was American saxophonist
Michael Brecker
. The girl posing on the cover of the album is Ellen Michaels
.
"Desperately" / "Broadway Star" was released as a single, although "It" was the B-side in some countries.
Barrabás' next album, Swinger
, was re-released on CD under the title Watch-Out, but is unrelated to this album.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by the Spanish group Barrabás
Barrabás
Barrabás are a Spanish musical group, most successful in the 1970s and 1980s, when they were led by drummer Fernando Arbex. The group's musical style was initially Latin rock with jazz and funk influences, and later developed into a more disco-orientated sound.-History:Arbex formed Barrabás in 1971...
, released in 1975. The album was later re-released on CD in Spain as Desperately.
American jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann
Herbert Jay Solomon , better known as Herbie Mann, was a Jewish American jazz flutist and important early practitioner of world music...
featured in the recording of the album, after his hit cover of Barrabás' song "Hi Jack
Hijack (song)
"Hijack" is a 1975 single by jazz flautist, Herbie Mann. The song was written by Spanish musician Fernando Arbex and was originally recorded by the group Barrabás for their 1974 album ¡Soltad a Barrabás!....
", which was released earlier that year. Also appearing was American saxophonist
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...
. The girl posing on the cover of the album is Ellen Michaels
Ellen Michaels
Ellen Michaels is an American model and photographer.She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the March 1972 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker....
.
"Desperately" / "Broadway Star" was released as a single, although "It" was the B-side in some countries.
Barrabás' next album, Swinger
Swinger (album)
Swinger is the sixth album by the Spanish group Barrabás, released in 1976. It was the last album before the group's four-year hiatus, and the last to feature several band members including Ricky Morales, Juan Vidal and Daniel Louis. Due to the album title being absent from the cover, it is...
, was re-released on CD under the title Watch-Out, but is unrelated to this album.
Track listing
- "Broadway Star" (Fernando ArbexFernando ArbexJosé Fernando Arbex Miró was an influential Spanish musician and songwriter from Madrid, who enjoyed success both with his own groups and also with other artists....
) – 3:59 - "It" (Arbex) – 3:57
- "Fire Girl" (Enrique Morales) – 5:05
- "Desperately" (Arbex) – 5:20
- "High Light" (Ernesto Duarte, E. Morales, Miguel Morales) – 4:20
- "Sexy Lady" (M. Morales) – 4:40
- "Better Days" (Duarte, José Luís Tejada) – 4:25
- "Lay It Down on Me" (M. Morales) – 4:25
- "It" was renamed "Take It All" on the Desperately CD version of the album.
- "Lay It Down on Me" is sometime erroneously shown as "Lay Down on Me".
Personnel
- José Luís Tejada – lead 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...
- Enrique "Ricky" Morales – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, vocals - Miguel Morales – 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...
, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Ernesto "Tito" Duarte – saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, 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...
, bass guitar - Juan Vidal – 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...
, vocals - Daniel Louis – 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 ....
, percussion
- Herbie MannHerbie MannHerbert Jay Solomon , better known as Herbie Mann, was a Jewish American jazz flutist and important early practitioner of world music...
– fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - Michael BreckerMichael BreckerMichael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...
– saxophone - Ray Gomez – guitar
- Produced by Fernando ArbexFernando ArbexJosé Fernando Arbex Miró was an influential Spanish musician and songwriter from Madrid, who enjoyed success both with his own groups and also with other artists....
- Recorded at Atlantic StudiosAtlantic StudiosAtlantic Studios was the recording studio of Atlantic Records. It was located at 1841 Broadway , in New York City. According to the address written in the original liner notes of Charles Mingus' The Clown, it was initially located at 157 W 57th Street. The American record label first recorded in...
, New York - Sound engineer – Jim Douglas
- Sleeve design – Toni Gayán
Release information
- Spain – AriolaAriola RecordsAriola Records is a German record label. As of the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of BMG which in turn has since become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment...
Eurodisc - Germany – Ariola 27 682 XOT
- USA & Canada – AtcoAtco RecordsATCO Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment.-Beginnings:Atco Records was founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who...
SD 36-136 (1976)
- Disconforme DISC 1990CD (2001 CD) as Desperately