1) āLipstickā is a total jam. I love that ā76 disco sound. Any idea who the musicians were on that track?
2) I was completely unaware of the Polnareffās album, but your description inspired me to check it out on iTunesā¦ and now Iām scouring Discogs for a nice vinyl copy of this wonderful LP!
3) Have you heard The Birds (Ron Woodās mod band) covering āLa Poupeeā¦ā? It was actually the first version of the song I ever heardā¦
Glad youāre digging, Dan! Iāve not heard The Birdsā¦..Iāll check it out; thanks for the link!
As for āLipstick,ā both song and albumā¦.Iām not finding any musicians, but the Sātrack was recorded at United Western Studios, with David Foster, Jimmie Haskell and Polnareff involved in not only producing, but arranging; as an L.A. product (and being given no more info), I would leap to the āusual L.A. suspects,ā perhaps even including some/all The Wrecking Crew.
BTW, speaking of Foster, just a year before (ā75), Stephen Michael Schwartz hired him to be music director (hiring the session players, etc) for his 2nd RCA album, recording at RCAās studios. Below is Stephenās pic from the sessions (there are several more exclusive pix in the article, too, linked below).
Stephenās in the foreground poring over lyrics, while Foster is seen just over Stephenās right shoulder, with Elton Johnās newly-fired bassist, Dee Murray over his left! Recently-fired drummer, Nigel Olsson, was also hired by Foster for the sessions!
Three things:
1) āLipstickā is a total jam. I love that ā76 disco sound. Any idea who the musicians were on that track?
2) I was completely unaware of the Polnareffās album, but your description inspired me to check it out on iTunesā¦ and now Iām scouring Discogs for a nice vinyl copy of this wonderful LP!
3) Have you heard The Birds (Ron Woodās mod band) covering āLa Poupeeā¦ā? It was actually the first version of the song I ever heardā¦
https://youtu.be/D7KM64x_iFc
Glad youāre digging, Dan! Iāve not heard The Birdsā¦..Iāll check it out; thanks for the link!
As for āLipstick,ā both song and albumā¦.Iām not finding any musicians, but the Sātrack was recorded at United Western Studios, with David Foster, Jimmie Haskell and Polnareff involved in not only producing, but arranging; as an L.A. product (and being given no more info), I would leap to the āusual L.A. suspects,ā perhaps even including some/all The Wrecking Crew.
BTW, speaking of Foster, just a year before (ā75), Stephen Michael Schwartz hired him to be music director (hiring the session players, etc) for his 2nd RCA album, recording at RCAās studios. Below is Stephenās pic from the sessions (there are several more exclusive pix in the article, too, linked below).
Stephenās in the foreground poring over lyrics, while Foster is seen just over Stephenās right shoulder, with Elton Johnās newly-fired bassist, Dee Murray over his left! Recently-fired drummer, Nigel Olsson, was also hired by Foster for the sessions!
Hope that helps, Dan! Thanks again!
https://bradkyle.substack.com/p/musical-storm-the-stephen-michael
Wow - very cool!