Vince Gill - The Way Back Home
RCA 5923-1-R (1987) - US LP
Side One
1 - Everybody’s Sweetheart
2 - The Way Back Home
3 - Cinderella
4 - Let’s Do Something
5 - The Radio
Side Two
6 - Baby That’s Tough
7 - Losing Your Love
8 - It Doesn’t Matter Any More
9 - Something’s Missing
Notes: 1) Above image and following credits were taken from the 1987 (non-remastered) US CD release on RCA 5923-2-R. 2) Side one/two breakdown was taken from a pictorial web source. 3) CD album does not come with track-by-track musician credits: according to pictorial web sources, this is true also for vinyl LP release. 4) Recording engineer Csaba Petocz is credited only as basic tracks engineer. No first engineer is credited for ‘other tracks’ recording.
Vince Gill - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin, Dobro, Banjo, Background Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass
Neil Stubenhaus - Bass (as Neil Steubanhaus)
Roy Huskey, Jr. - Upright Bass (as Roy Husky, Jr.)
Carlos Vega - Drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
George Doering - Guitar
Reed Nielsen - Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals
J.D. Maness - Pedal Steel (as Jay Dee Mannes)
Phil Aaberg - Piano
Randy Kerber - Piano
Alan Pasqua - Synthesizers
Jim Lang - Synthesizers
Richard Landis - Synthesizers, Percussion
Byron Berline - Fiddle
Leonard Arnold - Percussion
Rosanne Cash - Background Vocals
Rodney Crowell - Background Vocals
Kevin Dorsey - Background Vocals
Kenny Edwards - Background Vocals
Andrew Gold - Background Vocals
Jim Haas - Background Vocals
Emmylou Harris - Background Vocals
Bonnie Raitt - Background Vocals
Joe Chemay (as Joe Schemay) - Background Vocals
Jerry Whitman - Background Vocals (as part of the group Sweethearts Of The Rodeo)
Janis Oliver (as Janis Gill) - Background Vocals (as part of the group Sweethearts Of The Rodeo)
Kristine Oliver (as Kristine Arnold) - Background Vocals (as part of the group Sweethearts Of The Rodeo)
Produced by Richard Landis for Outlandis Productions
Charlie Calello - Rhythm Arrangements
Csaba Petocz - Basic Tracks Recording Engineer
Jim Dineen - Overdubs Recording Engineer
John Vigran - Additional Recording Engineer
Joe Bogan - Additional Recording Engineer
Richard McKeinon - Assistant Basic Tracks Recording Engineer
Jeff DeMorris - Assistant Other Tracks Recording Engineer
Denis Ritchie - Assistant Additional Recording Engineer
Ed Thacker - Mixing Engineer
Recording Studios:
Conway Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA (basic tracks)
Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA (other tracks)
The Grey Room, Los Angeles, CA (overdubs)
Mixing Studio:
The Grey Room, Los Angeles, CA
Wally Traugott - Mastering Engineer
Mastering Studio:
Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA
Management: Larry Fitzgerald and Mark Hartley // Fitzgerald-Hartley - 7250 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Booking Agency: Monterey Artists // 33 Music Sq. West - Nashville, TN 37203
Mary Hamilton - Art Director
John Coulter Design - Design
Dennis Keeley (as Dennis Keely) - Photography, Hand Tinting
“This album is dedicated to the memory of Steve Libbea”.
Songwriters:
Vince Gill
Paul Anka
Guy Clark
Michael Clark
Hank DeVito
Rhonda Kye Fleming
Reed Nielsen
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source/pic: my records
US vinyl catalog #: the web
Vince Gill - Let There Be Peace On Earth
MCA MCAD-10877 (1993) - US CD
1 - Do You Hear What I Hear*
2 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas*
3 - One Bright Star*
4 - What Child Is This*
5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town*
6 - I’ll Be Home For Christmas*
7 - Let There Be Peace On Earth* - duet with Jenny Gill
8 - White Christmas*
9 - Til The Season Comes Around Again*
10 - It Won’t Be The Same This Year*
Vince Gill - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)*
Carlos Vega - Drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
Steve Gibson - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Dean Parks - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
John Hughey - Steel Guitar
Shane Keister - Piano, B-3, Synthesizer
John Jarvis (as John Barlow Jarvis) - Synthesizer, Piano, DX
Stuart Duncan - Fiddle
Charlie McCoy - Harp
Tom Roady - Percussion
Jenny Gill - Vocal
Donna McElroy - Background Vocals
Chris Rodriguez - Background Vocals
Jamie Robbins - Background Vocals
Bob Bailey - Background Vocals
Kim Fleming - Background Vocals
The Gene Merlino Singers (Gene Merlino, John Bahler, Dick Bolks, Sally Stevens, Myrna Matthews, Melissa Mackey, Bobbi Page, Amic Byram) - Background Vocals
Produced by Tony Brown
Marty Paich - Arrangement (4), String Arrangements (1, 2, 4, 6, 7), String Conduction (1, 2, 4, 6, 7), Vocal Arrangements (2, 6, 7), Vocal Conduction (2, 6, 7)
John Guess - Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer
Marty Williams - Second Recording Engineer, Overdubs Recording Engineer, Second Mixing Engineer
Robert Charles - Second Overdubs Recording Engineer
Doug Rider - Assistant Engineer (O’ Henry Sound Studio)
Derek Bason - Second Mixing Engineer
Recording Studio:
Javelina West, Nashville, TN.
O’ Henry Sound Studio (strings on track 4)
Mixing Studio:
Masterfonics
John Guess - Mastering Engineer
Glenn Meadows - Mastering Engineer
Mastering Studio:
Masterfonics
Jessie Noble - Project Coordinator
Management: Fitzgerald Hartley Co. // 50 West Main // Ventura, CA 93001
Public Relations: The Brokaw Company // Janis Broughton // 9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 706 // Los Angeles, CA 90069 // ph: (310) 273-2060 // fax: (310) 276-4037
Booking Contact: William Morris Agency // Rick Shipp // 2100 West End Avenue // Nashville, TN 37203
Jim Kemp - Art Direction
Katherine DeVault - Art Direction, Design
Victoria Pearson - Photography
“This album is dedicated to the memory of my brother, Bob. I hope I was half as good of a little brother as he was a big brother.”.
Songwriters:
Vince Gill
Irving Berlin
Ralph Blane
T. Fred Coots
Kim Gannon
Haven Gillespie
Randy Goodrum
Jill Jackson
John Jarvis (as John Barlow Jarvis)
Walter Kent
Hugh Martin
Sy Miller
Buck Ram
Noel Regney
Gloria Shayne
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Vince Gill - High Lonesome Sound
MCA MCAD-11422 (1996) - US CD
1 - One Dance With You*
2 - High Lonesome Sound*
3 - Pretty Little Adriana*
4 - A Little More Love*
5 - Down To New Orleans*
6 - Tell Me Lover*
7 - Given More Time*
8 - You And You Alone*
9 - Worlds Apart*
10 - Jenny Dreamed Of Trains*
11 - High Lonesome Sound - featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station
Notes: 1) While group on track 11 is Union Station, some of its members also do appear as additional musicians. 2) A the time of this CD album’s release, MCA also issued a CD press kit consisting of an answers-only interview with Vince Gill. “An Open-Ended Interview with Vince Gill” was released on MCA Nashville MCA3P-3784 in 1996, produced and devised by Lon Helton and Jo Pincek. You can find the pictures for this promo release at the bottom of entry.
The Band:
Vince Gill - Vocals, Electric Solo Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Gut String, Hamony Vocals
Leland Sklar - Bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)*
Carlos Vega - Drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Steuart Smith - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Steve Nathan - B-3, Piano, Synthesizers
Pete Wasner - B-3, Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano
Robert Bailey - Hamony Vocals
Billy Thomas - Hamony Vocal
Chris Rodriguez - Hamony Vocals
Alison Krauss - Hamony Vocals
Kim Richey - Hamony Vocal
Bekka Bramlett - Hamony Vocals
Patty Loveless - Hamony Vocals
Shelby Lynne - Hamony Vocal
Lisa Bevill - Hamony Vocal
Kim Fleming - Hamony Vocal
Nicole Mullen - Hamony Vocal
Additional Musicians:
Jeff White - Acoustic Guitar, Hamony Vocals
John Hughey - Steel Guitar
Jerry Douglas - Dobro
Adam Steffey - Mandolin
Ron Block - Banjo
Jeff Guernsey - Fiddle
Union Station (on track 11):
Alison Krauss - Fiddle, Harmony Vocals
Dan Tyminksi - Acoustic Guitar
Barry Bailes - Bass
Ron Block - Banjo
Adam Steffey - Mandolin
Produced by Tony Brown
Chuck Ainlay - Recording Engineer
Graham Lewis - Second Engineer
Recording Studio:
Masterfonics/The Tracking Room
Emerald Sound Studios (overdubs)
Mixing Studio:
Masterfonics/The Tracking Room (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Emerald Sound Studios (2, 11)
Denny Purcell - Mastering Engineer
Mastering Studio:
Georgetown Masters
Jessie Noble - Project Coordinator
The Fitzgerald Hartley Management
Booking: William Morris Agency
Bill Brunt & Robert Ascroft for Bill Brunt Designs - Art Direction, Design
McGuire - Photography
Trish Townsend - Stylist
Gina Giglio - Make-up, Hair
“Mike McGuire and The Gibson Pro Shop, Fender Nashville, Rivera Amps, 2 Tek, EMG, D’Addario Strings, Kaman Music, Levy’s Leather Unlimited, Norton and The Gang at Soundcheck”.
“Vince Gill Fan Club // P.O. Box 1407 // Whitehouse, TN 37188”.
“Visit MCA Records on our Internet Site: // http://www.mca-nashville.com”.
Songwriters:
Vince Gill
Guy Clark (as Guy C. Clark)
Bob DiPiero
Reed Nielsen
Don Schlitz
Pete Wasner
“An Open-Ended Interview with Vince Gill” - US promo - front inlay
“An Open-Ended Interview with Vince Gill” - US promo - disc screen print
“An Open-Ended Interview with Vince Gill” - US promo - inner inlay pt. 1
“An Open-Ended Interview with Vince Gill” - US promo - inner inlay pt. 2
“An Open-Ended Interview with Vince Gill” - US promo - inner inlay pt. 3
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source/pics: my records
Vince Gill - Scrapbook
