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Andrew Gold
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Asylum Records
7E-1086
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From the original 1976 vinyl LP
Side One:
1. Hope You Feel Good
(Stephen Ferguson & Andrew Gold)
WB Music Corp. & The Ferguson Music Company ASCAP
Drums: Russell Kunkel
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Guitars: Waddy Wachtel
Piano, Tambourine, Shaker & Recorder: Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards and Brock Walsh
2. Passing Thing
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums: Russell Kunkel
Bass: Leland Sklar
Shaku Hachi: Donald Menza
Piano: Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Brock Walsh
3. Do Wah Diddy
(Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich)
Trio Music Co, Inc. BMI
Drums: Russell Kunkel
Bass: Leland Sklar
First Rhythm Guitar & Solo: Andrew Gold
Second Rhythm Guitar: Danny Kortchmar
Hand Claps: Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Peter Asher, Kenny Edwards, Val Garay, Andrew Gold and Brock Walsh
4. Learning The Game
(Buddy Holly)
Peer International Corp., BMI
Drums: Michael Botts
Bass: Waddy Wachtel
Steel Guitar: Dan Dugmore
Mandolin: Kenny Edwards
Arp String Ensemble: Brock Walsh
Piano & Tambourine: Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards & Brock Walsh
5. Angel Woman
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Piano: Andrew Gold
6. Must Be Crazy
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums: Russell Kunkel
Bass: Leland Sklar
Electric Guitar: Danny Kortchmar
Piano, Tambourine & Organ: Andrew Gold
Saxophone Solo: Donald Menza
Congas: Tessie Coen
Hand Claps: Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards & Andrew Gold
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Side Two:
1. Lonely Boy
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums & Sleighbells: Michael Botts
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Rhythm Guitar: Dan Dugmore
Lead Guitar: Waddy Wachtel
Electric Piano & Arp String Ensemble: Brock Walsh
Piano, Tambourine Cowbell: Andrew Gold
Hand Claps: Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Linda Ronstadt
2. Firefly
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums, Bass, Guitars, Percussion, Arp String Ensemble & Background Vocals: Andrew Gold
3. Stay
(Maurice Williams)
Cherio Corp. BMI
Drums: Michael Botts
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Rhythm Electric Guitar: Dan Dugmore
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Solo, Acoustic Piano, Organ, Sandblocks & Cabasa: Andrew Gold
Electric Piano: Clarence McDonald
Congas: Tessie Coen
Claves: Peter Asher
Hand Claps: Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Peter Asher, Kenny Edwards, Andrew Gold & Linda Ronstadt
4. Go Back Home Again
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums: Michael Botts
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Guitar (Right): Dan Dugmore
Guitar (Left), Solo, Piano, Congas, Tambourine & Tom Toms: Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards & Brock Walsh
5. One Of Them Is Me
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums: Michael Botts
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Steel Guitar: Dan Dugmore
Acoustic Guitar: Brock Walsh
Electric Guitar: Waddy Wachtel
Electric Piano & Finger Cymbals: Andrew Gold
Tambourine & Shaker: Peter Asher
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards, Andrew Gold & Brock Walsh
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Produced by Peter Asher
Engineered by Val Garay
Assistant Engineers: Greg Ladanyi, Dennis Kirk
String & Horn Arrangements: David Campbell
Concert Master: Charles Veal
Principal Cellist: Dennis Karmazyn
Recorded at the Sound Factory in March, May & October, 1976
Mastered by Doug Sax at the Mastering Lab
Cover Photography: Ethan A. Russell
Sleeve Photography: Andy Kent
Design: Kosh
Management: Norman Epstein
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Congratulations on your purchase of this album. An excellent choice made by an obviously discerning listener. Just a quick note (dotted 32nd note) on the music:
Most of it is of average loudness mixed in with some very loud bits and then it gets softer in some spots. there are a lot of major chords along with some minor ones and a few of those weird ones I don't know the name of. Mostly the melodies hang around middle C but then it goes higher for a while. And of course lower in spots. Sometimes there is no singing but there was nothing I could do about that, because the guitars come in real loud and drown everything out anyway. The music itself is a kind of rock/jazz/folk base with a bit of country/soul flavor with a dash of classical/raga and a pinch of muzak. Of course we can't forget the black roots mixed in with just a sprinkling of John Phillips Sousa marches and then you stir all of this in with a fork. This fork was in the road so wash it off. Then serve the whole thing with a summons. Now that you have accomplished all that, do you mind telling me what the hell you were doing? And right in the middle of my liner notes, too!
My piano teacher once told me: "Andrew, when you get to be my age, you come to know the meaning of the word!"
I asked her, "What word is that?"
"WHOOPLA MY BOY, WHOOPLA!"
Well, right away I knew that all her bread wasn't in the oven, but it just goes to show that you never know what I am going to say next.
The great thing about music is how it always never ceases to constantly not fail to always never cease. Of course, I had to go to music school to learn that, you can't just pick it up. You'd get a hernia. Weight a minute, I think there is a pun there.
One great thing about this album is Peter Asher's production. He's got red hair like me, so there was no linguistics problem or anything. His is darker red, sort of like mine only darker red. Val the engineer doesn't have red hair but we got an interpreter.
Sometimes I have people coming up to me saying, "Boy do I envy you, living the musician's life, doing something you enjoy doing, getting paid huge sums of money, getting up whenever you feel like it, having an extremely active romantic life (with beautiful women), laugh and singing all the time." Well, that may be true, however there are times when all that can be a definitive drawback. I can't think of any examples right now, but I'm sure there must be some.
We had a lot of great people playing on this album. Most of them had to leave early.
Andrew
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(p) & (c) 1976 Elektra/Asylum Records
962 North La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90069
A Division of Warner Communications, Inc.
Andrew Gold
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Asylum Records
7E-1086
______________________________________________________________
From the original 1976 vinyl LP
Side One:
1. Hope You Feel Good
(Stephen Ferguson & Andrew Gold)
WB Music Corp. & The Ferguson Music Company ASCAP
Drums: Russell Kunkel
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Guitars: Waddy Wachtel
Piano, Tambourine, Shaker & Recorder: Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards and Brock Walsh
2. Passing Thing
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums: Russell Kunkel
Bass: Leland Sklar
Shaku Hachi: Donald Menza
Piano: Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Brock Walsh
3. Do Wah Diddy
(Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich)
Trio Music Co, Inc. BMI
Drums: Russell Kunkel
Bass: Leland Sklar
First Rhythm Guitar & Solo: Andrew Gold
Second Rhythm Guitar: Danny Kortchmar
Hand Claps: Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Peter Asher, Kenny Edwards, Val Garay, Andrew Gold and Brock Walsh
4. Learning The Game
(Buddy Holly)
Peer International Corp., BMI
Drums: Michael Botts
Bass: Waddy Wachtel
Steel Guitar: Dan Dugmore
Mandolin: Kenny Edwards
Arp String Ensemble: Brock Walsh
Piano & Tambourine: Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards & Brock Walsh
5. Angel Woman
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Piano: Andrew Gold
6. Must Be Crazy
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums: Russell Kunkel
Bass: Leland Sklar
Electric Guitar: Danny Kortchmar
Piano, Tambourine & Organ: Andrew Gold
Saxophone Solo: Donald Menza
Congas: Tessie Coen
Hand Claps: Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards & Andrew Gold
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Side Two:
1. Lonely Boy
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums & Sleighbells: Michael Botts
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Rhythm Guitar: Dan Dugmore
Lead Guitar: Waddy Wachtel
Electric Piano & Arp String Ensemble: Brock Walsh
Piano, Tambourine Cowbell: Andrew Gold
Hand Claps: Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Linda Ronstadt
2. Firefly
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums, Bass, Guitars, Percussion, Arp String Ensemble & Background Vocals: Andrew Gold
3. Stay
(Maurice Williams)
Cherio Corp. BMI
Drums: Michael Botts
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Rhythm Electric Guitar: Dan Dugmore
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Solo, Acoustic Piano, Organ, Sandblocks & Cabasa: Andrew Gold
Electric Piano: Clarence McDonald
Congas: Tessie Coen
Claves: Peter Asher
Hand Claps: Peter Asher & Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Peter Asher, Kenny Edwards, Andrew Gold & Linda Ronstadt
4. Go Back Home Again
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums: Michael Botts
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Guitar (Right): Dan Dugmore
Guitar (Left), Solo, Piano, Congas, Tambourine & Tom Toms: Andrew Gold
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards & Brock Walsh
5. One Of Them Is Me
(Andrew Gold)
Luckyu Music BMI
Drums: Michael Botts
Bass: Kenny Edwards
Steel Guitar: Dan Dugmore
Acoustic Guitar: Brock Walsh
Electric Guitar: Waddy Wachtel
Electric Piano & Finger Cymbals: Andrew Gold
Tambourine & Shaker: Peter Asher
Background Vocals: Kenny Edwards, Andrew Gold & Brock Walsh
____________________________________________________________
Produced by Peter Asher
Engineered by Val Garay
Assistant Engineers: Greg Ladanyi, Dennis Kirk
String & Horn Arrangements: David Campbell
Concert Master: Charles Veal
Principal Cellist: Dennis Karmazyn
Recorded at the Sound Factory in March, May & October, 1976
Mastered by Doug Sax at the Mastering Lab
Cover Photography: Ethan A. Russell
Sleeve Photography: Andy Kent
Design: Kosh
Management: Norman Epstein
___________________________________________________________
Congratulations on your purchase of this album. An excellent choice made by an obviously discerning listener. Just a quick note (dotted 32nd note) on the music:
Most of it is of average loudness mixed in with some very loud bits and then it gets softer in some spots. there are a lot of major chords along with some minor ones and a few of those weird ones I don't know the name of. Mostly the melodies hang around middle C but then it goes higher for a while. And of course lower in spots. Sometimes there is no singing but there was nothing I could do about that, because the guitars come in real loud and drown everything out anyway. The music itself is a kind of rock/jazz/folk base with a bit of country/soul flavor with a dash of classical/raga and a pinch of muzak. Of course we can't forget the black roots mixed in with just a sprinkling of John Phillips Sousa marches and then you stir all of this in with a fork. This fork was in the road so wash it off. Then serve the whole thing with a summons. Now that you have accomplished all that, do you mind telling me what the hell you were doing? And right in the middle of my liner notes, too!
My piano teacher once told me: "Andrew, when you get to be my age, you come to know the meaning of the word!"
I asked her, "What word is that?"
"WHOOPLA MY BOY, WHOOPLA!"
Well, right away I knew that all her bread wasn't in the oven, but it just goes to show that you never know what I am going to say next.
The great thing about music is how it always never ceases to constantly not fail to always never cease. Of course, I had to go to music school to learn that, you can't just pick it up. You'd get a hernia. Weight a minute, I think there is a pun there.
One great thing about this album is Peter Asher's production. He's got red hair like me, so there was no linguistics problem or anything. His is darker red, sort of like mine only darker red. Val the engineer doesn't have red hair but we got an interpreter.
Sometimes I have people coming up to me saying, "Boy do I envy you, living the musician's life, doing something you enjoy doing, getting paid huge sums of money, getting up whenever you feel like it, having an extremely active romantic life (with beautiful women), laugh and singing all the time." Well, that may be true, however there are times when all that can be a definitive drawback. I can't think of any examples right now, but I'm sure there must be some.
We had a lot of great people playing on this album. Most of them had to leave early.
Andrew
____________________________________________________________________
(p) & (c) 1976 Elektra/Asylum Records
962 North La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90069
A Division of Warner Communications, Inc.
