STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - AEROSMITH - PERMANENT VACATION

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Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we are thrilled to wish Massachusetts native, founding member, lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Aerosmith, Joe Perry (Joseph Anthony Pereira), a very Happy 73rd Birthday. Happy Birthday Joe ! He was born September 10, 1950 and during the 60s formed the The Jam Band with Tom Hamilton. Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer. That band then became Aerosmith and over the course of their 53 year career they have released 15 studio albums, six live albums, 16 compilation albums, and two extended plays, but it is their ninth studio album, Permanent Vacation, turning on our table today. The LP was released August 25, 1987 on Geffen Records and produced by Bruce Fairbairn. It peaked at #50 in Japan, #42 in Australia, #37 in the UK, #16 in Canada, and #11 in the US, where it has been certified 5X Platinum. Four singles were released ; the promotional single, "Hangman Jury" (#14 Mainstream Rock Songs), "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (#45 UK, #41 Dance Club Songs, #22 Canada, #14 Hot 100, #4  Mainstream Rock), "Angel" (#3 Hot 100, #2 Mainstream Rock), and "Rag Doll" (#42 UK, #29 Ireland, #23 Canada Top Singles, #19 Dutch Top 40, #17 Hot 100, #16 Netherlands, #12 Mainstream Rock, Italy, and #9 Canada Retail Sales). We purchased our copy a couple of years back from Lakeland's very own Jesse Carl Vinyl and we have both cassette and CD copies as well. 

My beautiful Wife Lynn has seen Aerosmith in concert at least 5 times starting with : 

May 18, 1978 in Lakeland with Mahogany Rush

April 14, 1979 at the Rock Super Bowl VI, Tangerine Bowl Orlando, with Brownsville Station, Blackfoot, Ted Nugent, Mahogany Rush, Cheap Trick

April 23 1983 Rock Super Bowl XVII, Tangerine Bowl Orlando, with Journey, Sammy Hagar, Bryan Adams

October 3, 1997 , Orlando Arena (still have ticket for this one, see pictures)

November 24, 1997,  Ice Palace Tampa

1. "Heart's Done Time"
Joe Perry, Desmond Child
4:42

2. "Magic Touch"
Steven Tyler, Perry, Jim Vallance
4:40

3. "Rag Doll"
Tyler, Perry, Vallance, Holly Knight
4:21

4. "Simoriah"
Tyler, Perry, Vallance
3:22

5. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
Tyler, Perry, Child
4:23

6. "St. John" Tyler 4:12

7. "Hangman Jury"
Tyler, Perry, Vallance
5:33

8. "Girl Keeps Coming Apart"
Tyler, Perry
4:12

9. "Angel"
Tyler, Child
5:10

10. "Permanent Vacation"
Tyler, Brad Whitford
4:52

11. "I'm Down" (The Beatles cover)
John Lennon, Paul McCartney
2:20

12. "The Movie"
Tyler, Perry, Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer
4:00

Aerosmith

Steven Tyler – lead vocals, piano, harmonica, organ, plunger mute

Joe Perry – guitar: lead guitar (all except 10 & 12), lead and rhythm guitar on track 1, backing vocals, pedal steel guitar on "Rag Doll"

Brad Whitford – guitar: lead and rhythm guitar on track 1, lead guitar on tracks 8, 10 & 12
Tom Hamilton – bass guitar

Joey Kramer – drums

Additional musicians

Drew Arnott – mellotron on "Angel" and "The Movie"

Tom Keenlyside – clarinet, tenor saxophone, horn arrangement on "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" and "Rag Doll"

Ian Putz – baritone saxophone on "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" and "Rag Doll"

Bob Rogers – trombone on "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" and "Rag Doll"

Henry Christian – trumpet

Bruce Fairbairn – trumpet, cello, background vocals, production

Scott Fairbairn – cello

Mike Fraser – plunger mute, engineering, mixing

Morgan Rael – steel drums

Jim Vallance – organ on "Rag Doll" and "Simoriah"

Christine Arnott – backing vocals on "The Movie"

Production

Bob Rock – engineering

Ken Lomas – assistant engineering

George Marino – mastering

Kim Champagne – art direction

Andy Engel – illustrations

Neal Preston – photography