Silver - Silver (1976) (vinyl Lp) - €7,00

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Silver was an American 1970s country rock band, best known for their 1976 pop hit "Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang," written by country songwriter Rick Giles. 

The song peaked in charts in USA, Canada and Australia.

Members of the group included John Batdorf (formerly of Batdorf & Rodney), lead vocals and guitar; Brent Mydland (later of the Grateful Dead), keyboards and vocals; Tom Leadon (brother of the Eagles' Bernie Leadon and a former member of Tom Petty's early group Mudcrutch), bass guitar and vocals; Greg Collier, guitar and vocals; and Harry Stinson, drums and percussion. Phil Hartman designed the cover art for Silver, the quintet's only album. The band's recordings were released on the Arista record label.

Silver is the debut studio album by American pop/rock band Silver, it was released in May 1976 through Arista Records.

Silver, despite having Brent Mydland (later the Grateful Dead's Keyboardist) and Tom Leadon (brother of the Eagles' Bernie Leadon) as band members, didn't live up to its possibilities. 

Wham Bam (also known as Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang), a fairly weak slice of bubblegum pop, was the hit from the album. 

Given to the band by Arista because the company didn't hear a single among the other tracks, the band reportedly wasn't too thrilled with the song, but had to acquiese. 

The rest of the album is unassuming, if relatively unexciting, soft southern California country rock. 

Greg Collier's contributions are the best of the lot, but Mydland's tedious Musician (It's Not An Easy Life) ended up being the other single

Side one

1.  Musician (It’s Not An Easy Life) - 4:47

2.  All I Wanna Do - 2:40

3.  Memory - 3:28

4.  No Wonder - 6:01

5.  Trust In Somebody - 3:32

Side two

1.  It’s Gonna Be Alright - 3:06

2.  Climbing - 3:18

3.  Wham Bam - 3:32

4.  Right On Time - 2:45

5.  Goodbye, So Long - 3:44

Silver

• Tom Leadon – vocals, bass
• Harry Stinson – vocals, drums
• Greg Collier – vocals, guitar
• Brent Mydland – vocals, keyboards
• John Batdorf – vocals, guitar

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Arista Records, Inc.
• Copyright © – Arista Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – Indigo Ranch Studios
• Recorded At – Sound Labs, Hollywood
• Recorded At – Wally Heider Studios
• Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
• Record Company – Columbia Pictures, Inc.
• Published By – Mannman
• Published By – Silverado 
• Published By – WB Music Corp.
• Published By – The Ferguson Music Co.
• Published By – Lifson Thomas Music
• Published By – Careers Music, Inc.
• Published By – Colgems Corp.

Credits

• Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Tom Sellers
• Co-producer [Vice Producer] – John "Maverick" Simmons
• Coordinator [Album Coordination] – Martha Sellers
• Cover, Design – Philip Hartmann
• Crew [Equipment And Jokes] – Jack "Ol' Shep" Batdorf
• Engineer, Supervised By [Production Assistant] – Joe "Skeedorie" Sidore
• Management [Direction] – Hartmann & Goodman
• Photography By – Guy Webster
• Producer, Arranged By – Silver, Tom Sellers
• Tour Manager [Road Manager and Friend] – Steve Smith
• Vocals, Bass – Tom Leadon
• Vocals, Drums – Harry Stinson
• Vocals, Guitar – Greg Collier, John Batdorf
• Vocals, Keyboards – Brent Mydland

Notes

Release: 1976

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Pressing: US

Label:  Arista

Catalog#  AL 4076

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (Linksonder inkeeping) (G)

Prijs: €7,00