STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - RICHARD MARX - REPEAT OFFENDER

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 57th Birthday of  adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and husband to former MTV VJ Daisy Fuentes, Richard Marx. Happy Birthday Richard ! To commemorate the date, we spotlight his sophomore album, Repeat Offender.  Repeat Offender was released  April 26, 1989 on the EMI label and produced by Richard Marx and David Cole. The LP peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and in Australia. The 4X Plattinum record spawned 3 Top 10 singles ; "Angelia" (#45 UK, #4 Hot 100), "Satisfied" (#52 UK, #1 Hot 100) and "Right Here Waiting" (#2 UK, #1 Hot 100) as well as two Top 20 hits with "Too Late To Say Goodbye" (#38 UK, #12 Hot 100) and "Children Of The Night" (#54 UK, #12 Hot 100). The guest list of musicians is quite impressive. It includes Steve Lukather, Randy Jackson, Prairie Prince, Tom Scott, Fee Waybill, Larry - Rudy and Steve Gatlin, Bobby Kimball, and Marx's now ex- Wife, actress and singer, Cynthia Rhodes. This album was still new in shrink and opened for this occasion. Ive included an opening video starring yours truly, down around the picture section. 

1. "Nothin' You Can Do About It" 4:42

2. "Satisfied" 4:12

3. "Angelia" 5:16

4. "Too Late to Say Goodbye" Fee Waybill 4:57

5. "Right Here Waiting" 4:23

6. "Heart on the Line" Marx, Bruce Gaitsch Marx, Gaitsch 4:43

7. "Living in the Real World" 4:13

8. "If You Don't Want My Love" Waybill 4:07

9. "Wait for the Sunrise" 4:13

10. "Children of the Night" 4:43

Richard Marx – lead vocals, backing vocals (1-4, 6-11)

Michael Omartian – acoustic piano (1, 7, 11), keyboards (11)

C.J. Vanston – keyboards (2-5, 8, 10, 11)

Bill Champlin – Hammond B3 organ (1, 7, 8, 9), backing vocals (1, 7, 8, 9)

Bill Payne – Hammond B3 organ (2)

Bill Cuomo – keyboards (10)

Steve Lukather – guitar (1), guitar solo (1)

Bruce Gaitsch – guitar (2, 3, 5, 6, 8), guitar solo (3, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (4)

Michael Landau – guitar (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11), guitar solo (2, 3, 4, 10, 11)

Jon Walmsley – guitar (7, 9), 1st guitar solo (7)

Paul Warren – 2nd guitar solo (7), guitar (9, 10)

John Pierce – bass guitar (1)

Randy Jackson – bass guitar (2, 6, 11), synth bass (8)

Jim Cliff – bass guitar (3, 4, 7, 9, 10)

Mike Baird – drums (1, 2)

Prairie Prince – drums (3, 4, 6, 11)

John Keane – drums (7, 10)

John Robinson – drums (8)

Michael DeRosier – drums (9)

Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 8, 11)

Marc Russo – saxophone (3, 11), sax solo (6)

Dave Koz – saxophone (7)

Tom Scott – sax solo (11)

Larry Williams – saxophone (11)

Gary Grant – trumpet (11)

Jerry Hey – trumpet (11)

Dick Marx – horn arrangements (11)

Bobby Kimball – backing vocals (1, 7, 8, 9)

Cynthia Rhodes – backing vocals (2, 6, 11)

Fee Waybill – backing vocals (4)

David Cole – backing vocals (6)

Bob Coy – backing vocals (6)

Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (6)

Ruth Marx – backing vocals (6)

John Moore – backing vocals (6)

Shelley Cole – backing vocals (11)

Kevin Cronin – backing vocals (11)

Larry Gatlin – backing vocals (11)

Rudy Gatlin – backing vocals (11)

Steve Gatlin – backing vocals (11)

Gene Miller – backing vocals (11)

Don Shelton – backing vocals (11)

Terry Williams – backing vocals (11)

The Children of the Night – choir on "Children of the Night"

https://youtu.be/wd4SMuM42V0