STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - STEVE WINWOOD - STEVE WINWOOD

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Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 75th Birthday of English vocalist and multi instrumentalist, Steve Winwood. Happy Birthday Steve !  He was born May 12, 1948 and over his 6 decade career has worked with the of the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith, as well as his own successful solo career. Today we are spinning his self titled debut record. The LP was released in June 1977 on the Island label and produced by Winwood,  Chris Blackwell, and Mark Miller Mundy. The record reached #78 in Australia, #22 on the Billboard 200, and #12 in the UK. Two singles were issued ; "Hold On" and  "Time Is Running Out". Neither charted. Two of Steve's former Traffic Bandmates appear on the album. They are Jim Capaldi and Rebop Kwaku Baah.

Side one

"Hold On" – 4:32
"Time Is Running Out" – 6:30
"Midland Maniac" (Winwood) – 8:32

Side two

"Vacant Chair" (Winwood, Viv Stanshall) – 6:54
"Luck's In" – 5:23
"Let Me Make Something in Your Life" – 5:33

Steve Winwood – lead and backing vocals (all tracks), electric piano (1, 2, 5), synthesizer (1, 2, 4), electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 6), saxophone (1), organ (2, 3, 4, 6), clavinet (2), acoustic piano (3, 4, 6), harmonium (3), harpsichord (3), acoustic guitar (3), electric and acoustic basses (3), drums (3), percussion (3, 5)

Junior Marvin – guitar (4)
Willie Weeks – bass guitar (1, 2, 5, 6)
Alan Spenner – bass guitar (4)

Andy Newmark – drums (1, 2, 5, 6)
John Susswell – drums (4)
Brother James – percussion (1, 4)
Jim Capaldi – percussion (2), backing vocal (2)
Rebop Kwaku Baah – congas (2, 5)

Nicole Winwood (credited as "Nicole") – backing vocal (2)

Production

Steve Winwood – producer
Chris Blackwell – producer
Mark Miller Mundy – associate producer
Phill Brown – recording engineer
Robert Ash – assistant engineer
Ray Doyle – assistant engineer
Lee Hulko – mastering
Fin Costello – photography
James Hutcheson – cover design, paintings