STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - KANSAS - POWER

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome to February and Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 72nd Birthday of founding member and guitarist, Rich Williams, best known for his work with progressive rockers, Kansas. Happy Birthday Rich ! Along with drummer, Phil Ehart (who celebrates his 72nd Birthday on Friday), he has been on every Kansas album. Today the Kansas album in question is their tenth studio album, Power. Power was released November 28, 1986 on the MCA label and produced by Andrew Powell and Phil Ehart. It was their first record on MCA, having been previously signed to Epic/Kirshner Records. It peaked at #92 in Canada and #35 on the Billboard 200. It's singles were : "Can't Cry Anymore" (#29 Canada Adult Contemporary), "Power" (#84 Hot 100, #38 Mainstream Rock) and "All I Wanted" (#75 Canada, #19 Hot 100, #14 US Adult Contemporary, #10 Mainstream Rock). This album saw a new line with the addition of former Dixie Dregs/ future Deep Purple guitarist, Steve Morse and bassist, Billy Greer, replacing Kerry Livgren and Dave Hope.

1. "Silhouettes in Disguise" 4:26

2. "Power" Randy Goodrum, Steve Morse, Steve Walsh 4:25

3. "All I Wanted" 3:20

4. "Secret Service" John Booth Aclin, Ron Miller, Morse, Walsh 4:42

5. "We're Not Alone Anymore" 4:16

Side two

6. "Musicatto" (instrumental) 3:30

7. "Taking In the View" 3:06

8. "Three Pretenders" Billy Greer, Morse, Walsh 3:50

9. "Tomb 19" 3:46

10. "Can't Cry Anymore" (The Producers cover) Tim Smith, Van Temple 4:01

Phil Ehart - drums, percussion
Rich Williams – guitar, backing vocals
Steve Walsh - lead vocals, keyboards
Steve Morse – guitar, backing vocals
Billy Greer - bass, guitar, backing vocals

Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – Andrew Powell

Orchestra – The Philharmonia Orchestra*

Art Direction – Vartan 

Design, Illustration – Andy Engel

Photography By – Jim Shea

Additional Background Vocals Provided By :

"The Nude From The Waist Down Singers" :

Travis Bradford

Rob Henson

Merle McLain

Jerome Olds

Yonrico Scott

and

"The Boys Trio":

Doug Baker

Cliff Jones

Solomon Olds 

Engineer [Abbey Road] – Mike Sheady*
Engineer [Additional] – Davy Moire*, Ray Pile, Ron Christopher, Will Shepland*
Engineer [Assistant, Abbey Road] – Darrin Godwin
Executive-Producer – Phil Ehart

Producer - Andrew Powell

Mastered By – George Marino
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica (tracks: 3), Nigel Walker (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 10)
Mixed By [Assisted] – Keith Odle, Lance Phillips

Programmed By [Keyboard] – Gary Chang
Recorded By – Nigel Walker