MICHEL COLOMBIER
SYMPHONIC ROCK 1983
MICHEL COLOMBIER: OLD FOOL BACK ON EARTH
COLUMBIA RECORDS, C2X-38211(2LP)
(P)(C)1983 CBS INC., USA
RECLEASED: 1983, USA
RE-ISSUED: ANTHOLOGY'S, 3068312(2CD)
(P)(C)2001 ANTHOLOGY'S, FRANCE
RELEASED: 2001, FRANCE
CREDITS (productions) :
Music and story by Michel Colombier
Lyrics by Kathy Wakelield
Executive Producer: Dr.Grorge Butler
Produced by Denny Diante and Michel Colombier
Associate Producer: Kathy Wakelield
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michel Colombier
Concertmaster: Michael Davis
Recorded and mixed by Don Hahn at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Assistant Engineer: Benny Faccone
London Symphony Orchestra,
recorded by John Richards, The Music Center, Wembley, England
Additional recording: Bruno Lambert at Studio du Palais des Congres, Paris, France, Benny Faccone and James Cassell
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Production Assistant: Jo-Anne McGettrick
Cover and original drawings by Milton Glaser and Jean Michel Folon
Mastering 2001: Translab; Artwork: Marie Taglang
Anthology remercie: Michel Colombier, Regid Havard (Sony Music Entertainment, France), Jean Davoust et Cathetine Ouyez
Michael Boddicker courtesy of Boddifications, Inc.
Ernie Watts, James Ingram and Patti Austin appears courtesy of Qwest Records
Rebecca Gahr, Darryl Phinnessee and Phil Perry appears courtesy of Phil Perry Music
Edie Lehmann appears courtesy of E.M.L. Productions
CREDITS (musicians) :
piano, synthesizers: Michel Colombier (piano, synthesizers)
Alan Reeves (OBX A programming)
Michael Boddicker (synthesizers, moog sequencer programming)
Georges Rodi (synthesizers and programming on CD1-3,5,CD2-6)
percussion: Paulinho Da Costa (percussion, congas on CD2-3)
Alex Acuna (congas on CD2-3)
guitar: Marty Walsh
bass: Abraham Laboriel
drums: Chester Thompson (on CD1-5,8,CD2-4)
Fernando Toussaint (on CD1-2,9,11,CD2-7)
saxophone: Ernie Watts
trumpet: Jerry Hey, Bob Findley, Chuck Findley, Gary Grant
trombone: Bill Reichenbach, Dick Nash, Lew McCreary,
Charlie Loper
woodwinds: Ernie Watts, Jim Horn, Larry Williams, Pete Christlieb,
John Lowe, Jackie Kelso
background voclas: Patti Austin, James Ingram, Phillip Ingram,
Darryl Phinnessee, Rebecca Gahr, Lynn Davis,
Portia Griffin, Edie Lehmann, Phil Perry
lead vocals: Pauline Wilson (The Fairy)
Alex Ligertwood (The Greenman ("Alone") and the Minotaur)
Phil Perry (The Angel of Love)
Nanette Workman (The Woman)
Michel Colombier (The Narrator)
Wayne Anthony (The Old Fool ("Wish I Could Story", "I Call You My Love"))
symphony orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
TRACKS :
CD1 (total time 42:16) :
Dawn:
1. Old Fool Back On Earth (5:22)
2. The God Pan (3:49)
3. My Fairy In The Crystal Reeds (And Other Frogs) (3:20)
4. Nympheas (4:06)
5. Alone? (3:13)
Sometime Later
6. Angel Of Love (3:53)
7. Dolorosa (5:32)
8. The Woman (3:17)
9. El Solitario (5:22)
10. Infinite Human (:47)
11. Wish I Could Stay (3:30)
CD2 (total time 37:57) :
Dusk
1. Nightbird
1) The Forest (8:41)
2) The City (6:25)
3) The Island (3:38)
The Next Day
4. The Minotaur (3:41)
5. Nuit Et Solitude (9:52)
6. Alone Again (1:33)
7. I Call You My Love (4:05)
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