Winner (album)
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Winner is Renée Geyer's seventh solo album and her second to be recorded in the USA. Motown's Frank Wilson
again manned the console; however ,this time The Renée Geyer Band provided the rhythm section. They were once again supported by some of the very best US session players. Winner contains two of Geyer's best ever performances in "Bad Side of the Blues" and the jazzy "I Miss You", on which she proved she could scat with the best. However, Geyer was neither happy with the album nor the promotion that US Polydor were providing and negotiated a release from her contract. She then brought the tapes home from Australia to be remixed but she still calls this, rather unfairly, "a bit of a loser". This album and Renée Live
, are the only two albums in her entire catalogue not to be released on CD.
Recorded at Crystal Sound Recording, Los Angeles, California
Mixing: John Sayers, Renée Geyer, Christo Curtis at Studio 301, Sydney
, Australia
Cover illustration: Shane Conroy
Musicians
Frank Wilson (musician)
Frank Wilson is an African American former songwriter and record producer for Motown Records.-Biography:He was born to James Wilson and Samantha Gibbs...
again manned the console; however ,this time The Renée Geyer Band provided the rhythm section. They were once again supported by some of the very best US session players. Winner contains two of Geyer's best ever performances in "Bad Side of the Blues" and the jazzy "I Miss You", on which she proved she could scat with the best. However, Geyer was neither happy with the album nor the promotion that US Polydor were providing and negotiated a release from her contract. She then brought the tapes home from Australia to be remixed but she still calls this, rather unfairly, "a bit of a loser". This album and Renée Live
Renée Live
Renée Live is Renée Geyer's tenth solo and second live album. Having recently enjoyed her biggest hit, her confidence shows in the extra power her vocals had gained in the ensuing years. This is shown to best effect on her duet with Vanetta Fields on Sam & Dave's 1968 hit "You Don't Know What You...
, are the only two albums in her entire catalogue not to be released on CD.
Track listing
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) - I MIss You - 4.50 (Melvin Robinson / Judy Wieder)
- Save Me - 4.13 (Mark Punch / Garry Paige)
- Baby I'm the One - 4.36 (Dee Erwin/Alexandra Brown)
- Baby Be Mine - 3.46 (Jean Mc Clain)
- Sweet Kisses - 6.28 (Mark Punch)
- The Magic is Still There - 3.58 (Mark Punch / Garry Paige)
- Bad Side of the Blues - 4.03 (John Finley / Katherine Ornelas)
- Apartment C & D - 3.54 (John Footman / Judy Wieder / Ron Cederlund)
- I Don't Wanna Lose a Good Thing - 3.50 (Jack Allen / Shelby FlintShelby FlintShelby Flint is a singer who had two top-100 hits, "Angel on My Shoulder" in 1961 and "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in 1966....
)
Album credits
Producer: Frank WilsonFrank Wilson (musician)
Frank Wilson is an African American former songwriter and record producer for Motown Records.-Biography:He was born to James Wilson and Samantha Gibbs...
Recorded at Crystal Sound Recording, Los Angeles, California
Mixing: John Sayers, Renée Geyer, Christo Curtis at Studio 301, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
Cover illustration: Shane Conroy
Musical credits
Renée Geyer Band- Renée Geyer: vocals, backing vocals
- Mark Punch: guitar
- Tim Partridge: bass guitar
- Greg Tell: drums
Musicians
- Guitars: Melvin Robinson
- Piano, clavinet, synthesizer: Nate Morgan
- Special synthesizer work: Michael BoddickerMichael BoddickerMichael J. Boddicker , is an American film composer and session musician, specializing in electronic music. Three times N.A.R.A.S. Most Valuable Player "Synthesizer" and MVP Emeritus, he was awarded a Grammy as a songwriter for Imagination from Flashdance in 1984...
- Keyboards (tracks 1,5): Neil Larsen
- Saxophone: Ernie WattsErnie WattsErnest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...
- Horns (3,5,7): Tower Of Power HornsTower of PowerTower of Power is an American R&B-based horn section and band, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing for over 43 years. They are best known for their funky soul sound highlighted by a powerful horn section...
- Percussion: Jack AshfordJack AshfordJack Ashford , known to his friends as Jashford, is an African-American musician, widely known as the percussionist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the 1960s and early 1970s. Ashford is most famous for playing the tambourine on hundreds of Motown recordings...
, Frederick Lewis
Sources
- Original album
- Chris Spencer's Who's Who Of Australian Rock
- Confessions Of A Difficult Woman (autobiography) (Harper Collins Publications-2000)
External links
- http://www.reneegeyer.com.au/content/discography/disc_winner.html
- http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en/geyerrenee/geyerrenee.htm