Swept Away (Steve Hunter album)

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Swept Away
cover by Don Punchatz
Studio album by
Steve Hunter
Released1977
Recorded1976 - 1977
GenreRock
LabelAtco
ProducerBob Ezrin, Brian Christian
Steve Hunter chronology
Swept Away
(1977)
The Deacon
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Swept Away is the debut solo album by noted session guitarist Steve Hunter. It was released on the Atco Records label in 1977, and was produced by Bob Ezrin and Brian Christian after Jerry L. Greenberg, the President of Atlantic Records, approached Hunter about doing a solo album.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Steve Hunter; except where indicated

Side one

  1. "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark, James McGuinn, David Crosby)
  2. "Eldorado Street"
  3. "Goin' Down" (Traditional/Don Nix; arranged by Steve Hunter)
  4. "Rubber Man"
  5. "Of All the Times to Leave"

Side two

  1. "Jasper St. Viaduct Gitar Rag"
  2. "Sail On Sailor" (Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer, Jack Rieley, Van Dyke Parks, Brian Wilson)
  3. "Swept Away"
  4. "Sea Sonata"
  5. "Deep Blue"

Personnel

  • Steve Hunter - all guitars, vocals
  • Prakash John - bass
  • Jim Gordon - drums
  • Bob Ezrin - keyboards, percussion, vocals, producer
  • With:
    • Jim Maelen - percussion
    • Jozef Chirowski - Fender Rhodes on "Eldorado Street"
    • Dr. C. Ezrin M.D. F.R.C.P. (C) F.A.C.P. professor of medicine, University of Toronto - upright bass
    • Carol Pope, Joanne Brooks, Tony D'Amico - vocals
Technical
  • Don Punchatz - cover illustration
  • Don Exeley - back cover photo
  • Lynn Breslin, Bob Defrin - art direction

References

  1. ^ Viglione, Joe. "Swept Away - Steve Hunter". Allmusic.com. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  • Swept Away, Steve Hunter. Atco SD 36-148 (1977) (liner notes)

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