STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - GLASS TIGER - THE THIN RED LINE

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Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Friday (the 13th) edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we celebrate the 60th Birthday of Canadian bassist Wayne Harper from Canadian rock band , Glass Tiger. Happy Birthday Wayne ! With him in my we spotlight their debut album. The Thin Red Line. The LP was released June 11, 1986 on the Capitol label and produced by Jim Vallance. It peaked at #27 in America, where it has been certified Gold, and #3 in Canada, where it has been certified Quadruple Platinum. Five of the disc's eleven tracks were issused as singles, noted (*) below :

"Thin Red Line" (Al Connelly, Alan Frew, Sam Reid) – 4:57 (*) (#91 Australia, #19 Canada)

"Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" (Frew, Reid, Jim Vallance) – 4:08 (*) (#29 UK, #17 Mainstream Rock, #9 Australia, #2 Hot 100, #12 Canada)

"Closer to You" (Frew, Michael Hanson, Wayne Parker, Reid) – 3:37

"Vanishing Tribe" (Connelly, Frew, Hanson, Parker, Reid) – 4:06

"Looking at a Picture" (Connelly, Frew, Hanson, Gerald O'Brien, Parker, Reid) – 4:02

"The Secret" (Frew, Reid) – 0:47

"Ancient Evenings" (Connelly, Frew, Hanson, Parker, Reid) – 4:55

"Ecstasy" (Connelly, Frew, Reid) – 4:25

"Someday" (Connelly, Frew, Vallance) – 3:37 (*) (#97 Australia, #66 UK, #14 Canada, #7 Hot 100) 

"I Will Be There" (Connelly, Frew, Hanson) – 3:28 (*) (#34 Hot 100, #29 Canada, #21 Mainstream Rock)

"You're What I Look For" (Connelly, Frew, Hanson) – 3:50 (*) (#11 Canada)

Glass Tiger :

Alan Frew – vocals
Al Connelly – guitars
Sam Reid – keyboards
Wayne Parker – bass
Michael Hanson – drums, backing vocals

With :

Additional keyboards, background vocals: Jim Vallance
Background vocals: Marc Lafrance, Paul Janz, Bryan Adams (on "Don't Forget Me", "I Will Be There"), Dalbello, and Sharon Lee Williams
Additional guitars: Keith Scott
Additional bass: Doug Edwards (on "Don't Forget Me")
Harmonica: David Pickell
Horns: Chase Sanborn, Charles Gray, Russ Little
Arrangements: Glass Tiger, Jim Vallance, and Gerald O'Brien

Production :

Engineering: Mike Jones, Paul Northfield, Jim Vallance, Lorne Feld, Mike Baskerville, Hayward Parrott, and Robin Brouwers
Assistance: Randy Staub, Angelo Civiero, Robert Digioia, and Steve Ibelshauser
Mixing: Ed Thacker and Sam Reid ("The Secret")
Producing on "The Secret": Sam Reid
Mastering: Bob Ludwig
Photography: Deborah Samuel
Design: Heather Brown
Cover Concept Deborah Samuel and Dal Heslip
Logo: Shoot That Tiger!

Wayne now owns and operates , Sky Shed Pod, a company that builds backyard dome observatories for astronomers.