STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - PHYSICAL

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Good Sunday morning, morning people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . On this day in 1948,  British-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, activist, and Dame, Olivia Newton-John, was born. Today the multi Platinum recording artist celebrates her 74th Birthday and we wish her a very Happy Birthday ! To mark the occasion we find ourselves spinning our only ONJ album, Physical ( I mean we have the soundtracks to Grease and Xanadu, but still ...). Physical, her most successful album to date was released October 13th, 1981 on the MCA label and produced by her longtime collaborator, John Farrar, who also wrote a good deal of the material. The controversial album peaked at #32 on the Top R&B albums, #30 in Germany, #13 in Italy, #11 in the UK, #9 in the Netherlands, #8 in New Zealand and Norway, #6 on the Billboard 200, and #3 in Australia, Canada, and Sweden. The title track (#1 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Hot 100, Cash Box) , "Make A Move On Me" (#43 UK, #6 US Adult Contemporary, #5 Hot 100, Cash Box, #4 Canada), and "Landslide" (#52 Hot 100, #39 Netherlands, #18 Belgium, UK) were released as singles. Our copy still has the original two page poster.

1. "Landslide" John Farrar 4:27

2. "Stranger's Touch"
Farrar Steve Kipner
3:49

3. "Make a Move on Me"
Farrar Tom Snow
3:17

4. "Falling" Farrar 3:45

5. "Love Make Me Strong"
Terry Britten Sue Shifrin
3:10

Side two

6. "Physical"
Kipner Terry Shaddick
3:44

7. "Silvery Rain" Hank Marvin 3:39

8. "Carried Away"
Barry Gibb Albhy Galuten
3:42

9. "Recovery"
Farrar Snow
4:18

10. "The Promise (The Dolphin Song)" Olivia Newton-John 4:32

Olivia Newton-John – lead and backing vocals

John Farrar – guitar (1-10), vocoder (1, 2), bass guitar (1-5, 8, 9, 10), backing vocals (2-9), keyboards (3), synthesizers (3, 7)

Steve Lukather – guitar solo (6), acoustic guitar (8)

Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10), acoustic piano (5), vocoder (5), PPG Wave 2 (8)

Tom Snow – sequencer (3, 9), acoustic piano (8)

Bill Cuomo – synthesizers (4, 6)

John Hobbs – Fender Rhodes (8), synthesizers (8)

David Hungate – bass guitar (6)

Carlos Vega – drums (1, 2, 3, 5-8, 10), timpani (1), percussion (5, 6)

Mike Botts – cymbal (4), percussion (7), drums (9)

Lenny Castro – percussion (6, 9)

Victor Feldman – marimba (9)

Gary Herbig – French horn (6)

Production

John Farrar – producer
David J. Holman – recording, mixing
William Bowden – engineer
Doug Sax – mastering
Mike Reese – mastering
Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).

Design

George Osaki – art direction and design
Michael Kevin Lee – graphics
Herb Ritts – photography
Armando Cosio – hair and makeup
Fleur Thiemeyer – costume design, wetsuits, wardrobe, stylist