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STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - THE J. GEILS BAND - MONKEY ISLAND

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 70th Birthday of singer-songwriter and keyboardist, Seth Justman, best known for his work with The J. Geils Band. Happy Birthday Seth ! Their seventh studio album , Monkey Island, was released June 9, 1977, and for the first time, produced by the band. The LP peaked at #97 in Australia and #51 in America and spawned one single, appropriately titled, "You're The Only One" (#83 Hot 100). This would their last album with Atlantic. Although listed as part of The J. Geils Band's discography, both the album cover and label just read GEILS. In fact the only spot on the album that reads J. Geils Band is the producer and arrangement credits. I don't believe I had ever heard any song off this album, but the Mrs. knew them all ...

1. "Surrender" 3:49

2. "You're the Only One" 3:05

3. "I Do" Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Alfred Smith, Willie Stephenson 3:09

4. "Somebody" 5:13

5. "I'm Falling" 5:41

6. "Monkey Island" 9:02
7. "I'm Not Rough" Louis Armstrong 3:03

8. "So Good" 3:19

9. "Wreckage" 5:23

Peter Wolf – lead vocals

J. Geils – guitar

Magic Dick – harmonica

Seth Justman – keyboards

Danny Klein – bass

Stephen Bladd – drums

With :

Evette Benton – background vocals

Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker – trumpet

Michelle Cobbs – background vocals
Ronnie Cuber – saxophone
Lew Del Gatto – saxophone

Cissy Houston – background vocals
Barbara Ingram – background vocals
Arif Mardin – strings conductor
Theresa Reed – background vocals

Alan Rubin – trumpet
Lew Soloff – trumpet
G. Diane Sumler – background vocals
Harriet Tharpe – background vocals
Luther Vandross – background vocals

Frank Vicari – saxophone

Production :

Producers: J. Geils Band
Engineer: David Thoener
Assistant engineers: Jay Krugman, Rod O'Brien, Corky Stasiak
Mixing: David Thoener
Remastering: George Marino
Design: Peter Corriston
Photography: Alen MacWeeney

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