Renee Armand - The Rain Book
A&M SP 4369 (1972) - US LP
Side One
1 - England*
2 - Elizabeth Rain
3 - I Think You’re Letting Me Go
4 - Does Anybody Love You
5 - Friends
Side Two
6 - You & I
7 - Falling Ladies
8 - Raining In L.A.
9 - Guess I Never Knew You
10 - I’m Going Away
Renee (Reneé) Armand - Vocals
Lee Sklar - Bass (1)*
Reinie Press - Bass
Joe Osborn - Bass
Kerry Chater - Bass, Organ, Electric Guitar
Chuck Domanico - Bass
Max Bennett - Bass
Jim Gordon - Drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10), Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion (1, 3, 5, 6, 8)
Louie Shelton - Guitar (as Louis Shelton)
Danny Kortchmar - Guitar (as Danny Kotchemar)
Larry Carlton - Electric Guitar, Lead Guitar, Guitar
Dennis Budimir - Guitar
Mike Deasy - Guitar (as Mike Deasey)
Dr. John Harris - Piano
Mike Melvoin - Piano
Larry Muhoberac - Piano
Roger Kellaway - Piano
Jim Horn - Flute
Chuck Findley - Flugle Horn
Bud Childers - Flugle Horn
Erno Neufeld - Violin, Concert Master
Jerry Vinci - Violin
Virginia Majewski - Viola
Fred Seykora - Cello
Gayle Levant (as Gayle LaVant) - Irish Harp, Harp
Victor Feldman - Percussion
Produced by: Jim Gordon (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
Barry De Vorzon - Producer (2, 4, 9)
Mike Melvoin - Arrangements (6, 8)
Roger Kellaway - Arrangement (10)
Robert Appére - Engineer (1, 3, 5), Mixing Engineer
Ray Gehrardt - Engineer (2, 4, 9)
Dick Bogert - Engineer (6, 7, 8, 10), Mixing Engineer
Jim Gordon - Mixing (2, 4, 9)
Tommy Vicari - Mixing Engineer (as Tom Vicari)
Norm Kinney - Mixing Engineer
Steve Mitchell - Assistant Engineer
Roger Young - Assistant Engineer
Larry Forkner - Assistant Engineer
Recording Studios:
A&M Studios (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Clover Recorders (1, 3, 5)
Bernie Grundman - Mastering Engineer
Roland Young - Art Direction
Chuck Beeson - Album Design
David Reneric & Pete Sagara - Front Photography
Jim McCrary - Back Photography
“Special thanks to Jack Daugherty, for his time and care”.
“These songs were written for my beloved friends, Kerry Chater, David Nelson and Jim Gordon”.
Songwriters:
Renee Armand
Kerry Chater
Jim Gordon
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source/pic: my records
Reneé Armand - In Time
Windsong BXL1-2708 (1978) - US LP
Side One
1 - Love On A Shoestring
2 - (We’re) Dancin’ In The Dark
3 - House Up On The Hill*
4 - Indian Brown
5 - In Time
Side Two
6 - Suite For 3 Poems: Living In The City/Signs/Ashes, Like Us
7 - High Wind Blowin’*
8 - Beggarman*
9 - The Bitter Taste Of Wild Things
Reneé Armand - Vocals, Background Vocals, Harmony Vocals
Lee Sklar - Bass (3, 7, 8)*
Reinie Press - Bass
Donald “Duck” Dunn - Bass
Chuck Domanico - Bass
Jeff Porcaro - Drums
Mike Baird - Drums (3, 4)
David Kemper - Drums (8)
Larry Carlton - Lead Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar
Jay Graydon - Electric Guitar, Lead Electric Guitar, Gut String Guitar
Fred Tackett - Acoustic Guitar
Dan Ferguson - Electric Guitar
Danny Kortchmar - Lead Electric Guitar (as Danny Kootch)
Steve Cropper - Electric Guitar
David Foster - Piano, Synthesizer
Kerry Chater - Fender Rhodes
Michael Boddicker - Synthesizer Programmer
Michel Rubini - Piano, Fender Rhodes
William “Smitty” Smith - Organ, Background Vocal, Harmony Vocal
Jim Horn - Bass Flutes, Alto Sax, English Horn, Flutes, Sopranino, Recorders
Chuck Findley - Flugel Horn
Murray Adler - Concertmaster
Ed Lustgarten - Cello
Gary Coleman - Shaker, Percussion
Steve Forman - Bells, Percussion
Venetta Fields - Background Vocals
The Eagle - Background Vocal
Wendy Webb - Background Vocal
Produced by Jim Horn
Reneé Armand - Vocal Arrangement (2)
Venetta Fields - Vocal Arrangement (9)
Lee Holdridge - String Arrangements (1, 3, 6), String Conduction (1, 3, 6), Suite Arranger (6)
Austin Godsey - Engineer (Clover Studios), Mixing Engineer (Sound Labs)
Michael Lietz (as Mike Lietz) - Engineer (Filmways/Heider Studios)
Gene Merros - 2nd Engineer (Clover Studios)
Ira Leslie - 2nd Engineer (Filmways/Heider Studios)
Jim Horn - Mixing Engineer (Sound Labs)
Mickey Crofford - Engineer (6)
Recording Studios:
Clover Studios
Filmways/Heider Studios
Mixing Studio:
Sound Labs
Bernie Grundman - Mastering Engineer
Mastering Studio:
A&M Records
Management - Judy Elliott
Bill Burks - Art Direction
Patty Reynolds - Photography
“This album is for Austin, Lady Orange, Miss Dahlstrom, J. D., Kerry, Lolo, Madam Elliott and my dearest Papa, with my love and thanks for the friends and musicians who grace the music and my life”.
Songwriters:
Armand
Chater
Holdridge
Foxworthy
Mancini
Rubini
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source/pic: my records
Singles
“California Lady” - US 7” vinyl promo single - stereo mix
“California Lady” - US 7” vinyl promo single - mono mix
Renee Armand
California Lady/California Lady
A&M 1424-S/1424 (1973) - US 7” Vinyl Promo Single
stereo side
1 - California Lady (stereo mix)
mono side
2 - California Lady (mono mix)
Notes: 1) This is a promo single by Reneé Armand released in 1973. Alternate catalog #s are 2448-S for the stereo mix and 2448 for the mono mix. 2) According to web sources, “California Lady” was also released as the b-side of the single “I Think You’re Letting Me Go” from the album “The Rain Book” (see entry above). 3) No musician credits are available for this single: inclusion within this blog might therefore be non-relevant.
Produced by Jim Gordon and Jay Senter
Songwriters:
Renee Armand
Jim Gordon
Connie Melvoin
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source/pics: my records
“I Can‘t See You Anymore” - AUS 7” vinyl single - a-side
“Dirt Sisters” - AUS 7” vinyl single - b-side
Renee Armand
I Can’t See You Anymore/Dirt Sisters
A&M K-5386 (1973) - AUS 7” Vinyl Single
a side
1 - I Can’t See You Anymore
b side
2 - Dirt Sisters
Notes: 1) This is a single by Reneé Armand released in 1973. Above picture and following credits were taken from an Australian release. 2) According to Billboard Magazine of 24 Nov 1973, US catalog # is 1485. No other net source was available at the moment of this posting. 3) No musician credits are available for this single: inclusion within this blog might therefore be non-relevant.
Produced by John Florez (1, 2)
Arranged by Gene Page (1, 2)
Songwriters:
Renee Armand
Kerry Chater
Jim Gordon
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source/pics: my records
