Phil Carmen - Wise Monkeys (1985) (vinyl Lp) - €5,00

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Phil Carmen (born Herbert Hofmann, 14 February 1953) is a Swiss musician and producer.

Born in Lucerne, Switzerland, Carmen grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Lucerne. 

In Lucerne, he went to the Conservatory, but later studied bookkeeping. In 1975, he decided to turn to music. With bassist Mike Thompson (born Marcel Caluzzi), he founded the duo Carmen & Thompson, playing especially country music. 

The single "Time Moves On" reached #31 on the Italian charts in 1980, and in 1981 they appeared at the San-Remo-Festival performing the song "Follow Me".

After seven years of stage experience, Carmen founded the Picar Studios in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland in 1982 and recorded two solo albums which attracted little attention until 1985, when he had a hit with the LP Walkin' the Dog, which reached #3 in the Swiss charts. The single "On My Way In LA" was his greatest success and climbed in the summer of 1985 to #18 in Germany and #9 in Switzerland. 

"On My Way In LA" was also used in the television series Wild West in 1988. 

His 1986 album Wise Monkeys hit #1 on the Swiss charts, while the single "Moonshine Still" reached #10. His last successful album as a solo artist was City Walls (1987), which went to #10 in Switzerland. 

The corresponding promotional tour led to the Live in Montreux album with the same band line up of Brian Auger on organ, Pick Withers and Larry E. Van on drums, Dick Morrissey on sax, Steve Dawson on trumpet, Steve Evens on bass, Alexander Leon on bassoon and Sabine van Baaren, backing vocals.

A nice, laid-back album. Best tracks are "Rain", "Fire in the night", Moonshine still"(which was the single in a edited version) and "Anything you like".

Side one

1.  Rain  (3:31)

2.  Fire In The Night  (6:41)

3.  Linda’s Cafe  (3:36)

4.  Seeing’s Believin’  (3:43)

Side two

1.  Moonshine Still  (6:41)

2.  Anything You Like  (5:56)

3.  Cool Girl  (3:36)

4.  Wise Monkeys  (4:49)

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Polygram Musik Vertrieb
• Made By – Metronome Musik GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Metronome Musik GmbH
• Mastered At – Tonstudio Rico Sonderegger
• Recorded At – Picar Studio
• Mixed At – Picar Studio

Credits

• Bass – Peter Keiser
• Bongos – Mostafa Kafai Azimi (tracks: A4, B2, B3)
• Design – Michael Behr
• Drums – Walter Keiser
• Engineer – Ajay Mathur, Phil Carmen, Sir Bee
• Lacquer Cut By – Sonderegger
• Lyrics By, Other [Inspiration] – Simon Dale Sanders
• Photography By – Hans Eggermann
• Producer, Keyboards, Guitar, Composed By, Arranged By – Phil Carmen
• Saxophone – Christian Ostermeier (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3, B4)
• Trumpet – Mostafa Kafai Azimi (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B3, B4)
• Vocals – Phil Carmen, Sanna (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B4), Yvonne (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B4)

Notes

Released:  1985

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Synth-pop, Soft Rock

Label:  Mercury Records

Catalog#  829 051-1

Vinyl:  Goed (G)

Cover:  Goed (G)

Prijs: €5,00