Album CA 1973 on Sweet Plum label
Rock (Prog Rock, Pop Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock)
Album comes in a foil front cover with the stylized black jacket font & artwork design by Carole Risch taken from the lower half of M.C. Escher's 1935 artwork etching "Dream" sans background. 'Reproduction of M.C. Escher's "DREAM" courtesy of the M.C. Escher Foundation' is printed in black text along the bottom spine of the record sleeve. Tracklist on back of jacket differs from label arrangements. Martin Swerdlow plays a patchboard synthesizer and various keyboards. Liner notes: Special Thanks to The Swinging Shepherd
Mantis g, CA album by, arranged by | |
Philip Acker b, bass | |
Martin Swerdlow voc, key, syn, conductor, keyboards, synthesizer, vocals, orchestrated by, written by | |
Daniel Hutchison dr, drums | |
Mark Bajona g, guitar | |
Guido Bassa horns | |
Moe Koffman fl, as, 1928-2001 CA horns | |
Christine Williams voc, vocals, written by | |
Rick Elger h, voc, vocals, harmonica, written by |
Carole Risch art direction |
M.C. Escher artwork by |
Mark Smith engineer |
Bill Hill executive producer |
John Rowlands photography, liner notes |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | I Don't Ever Want To Get Married | Mantis | Christine Williams, Rick Elger | 3:05 | |
2 | Communique | Mantis | Christine Williams, Martin Swerdlow, Rick Elger | 2:58 | |
3 | Walking Away | Mantis | Rick Elger | 2:46 | |
4 | What Does It Take | Mantis | Martin Swerdlow | 3:38 | |
5 | Fred | Mantis | 6:30 | ||
6 | Hollywood Eyes | Mantis | Rick Elger | 3:10 | |
7 | National Blues | Mantis | Rick Elger | 2:45 | |
8 | Take Me Back | Mantis | Rick Elger | 2:53 | |
9 | Eyes Of Fire | Mantis | Christine Williams, Martin Swerdlow | 8:54 |
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