Episode #42 – Nick Simper’s Fandango – Slipstreaming

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Personnel

• Bass Guitar – Nick Simper
• Drums – Ron Penney
  • Only credit is with Nick Simper’s Fandango on this album
• Guitar – Pete Parks*
  • Guitarist on second Warhorse album “Red Sea”
  • Later would be in Nick Simper’s Dynamite
• Piano, Organ – Neil McArthur (2)
  • Only credit is with Nick Simper’s Fandango on this album
• Vocals – Jim Proops
  • Only credit is with Nick Simper’s Fandango an on the next album “Future Times”
• Produced by Nick Simper and Pete Parks

Credits

• Engineer – Manfred Neuner
  • Hundreds of credits, mostly German.
• Recorded At – Tonstudio Hiltpoltstein
  • Located in Franconia, Germany
  • In the 80s it was one of the leading Rock studios in Germany
• Manufactured By – Gull Entertainments Ltd.
• Distributed By – Pye Records (Sales) Ltd.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Shark Records (6)
• Copyright (c) – Shark Records (6)
  • German label that released Nick Simper’s Fandango, The Beatles Revival Band, and Trapeze’s “Running” album
• Released in Germany in April of 1979, UK in June of 1979 (per http://www.nicksimper.net/discography/)

Album Art & Booklet Review

• Design [Cover] – Bill Smith (19)
  • Did covers for Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gilespie, Roger Daltrey, The Who and more
• Photography By [Back] – Martyn Goddard
  • https://www.martyngoddard.com/
  • Blondie, Wham, Manfred Mann, The Who, Jethro Tull

• Photography By [Front] – Jacques Henri Lartigue
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Henri_Lartigue
  • A few other credits, born in 1894 and died in 1986.

Album Tracks:

Side One:

1. Candice Larene
   • Written by Jim Proops, Nick Simper, and Peter Parks
2. Rocky Road Blues
   • Written by Nick Simper and Peter Parks
3. Independent Man (Hey Mama)
   • Written by Nick Simper and Peter Parks
   • Reminds me of the song “China Grove” by The Doobie Brothers
4. The Stallion
   • Written by Nick Simper and Peter Parks

Side Two:

1. Slipstreaming
   • Written by Jim Proops, Nick Simper and Peter Parks
2. Schoolhouse Party
   • Written by Nick Simper and Peter Parks
3. Sister
   • Written by Nick Simper and Peter Parks
4. Mississippi Lady
   • Written by Jim Croce
   • Original by Jim Croce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1HxIcqfO_Q
5. Time Will Tell
   • Written by Nick Simper and Peter Parks

In The News . . .

• JOE SATRIANI TO RELEASE ‘SHAPESHIFTING’ ALBUM

This Week in Purple History . . .

February 10 through February 16

• February 14, 1941 – Big Jim Sullivan is born

• February 12, 1971 – Strange Kind of Woman single released

• February 15, 1974 – Burn is released

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• http://www.nicksimper.net/

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