Credits
Arranged By, Keyboards – Fiachra Trench
Backing Vocals – George Chandler, Helen Chappelle, Fiachra Trench, James Wells, Jimmy Chambers, Jo Anne Stone*, Katie Kissoon, Liza Strike, Ruby James, Vicki Brown
Bass – Alan Jones, Dill Katz, Les Hurdle
Cello – Tony Pleeth*, Paul Kegg, Peter Willison, Robin Firman, Terry Well
Drums – Clem Cattini, Richard Burgess*
Drums, Percussion – Marc Singer*
Engineer – Colin Green, Gary Langdon, Howard Kilgour, John Rosenthal, Michael Donegani, Steven Short*
Engineer [Assistant] – Adam Moseley, Craig Milner*, Peter Kamlish, Simon Hilliard, Simon Wilson (2), Tom Szaniszlo
Guitar – Chris Rae, Colin Green (2), Jeff Crampton*, John Maskell, Pip Williams
Keyboards, Woodwind – Paul David Wilson
Mixed By – Rick Gianatos
Percussion – Frank Ricotti, Louis Jardin*, Tony Carr
Producer – Ian Levine
Saxophone – Eddie Mordue, Jim Cuomo, Ray Warleigh, Ron Asbury*, Ronnie Ross, Stan Saltzmann*
Trombone – Cliff Hardie, David Horlter*, Jeff Perkins*, Jim Wilson (5), Steve Saunders
Trumpet – Bert Ezzard*, Dave Lord, Derek Watkins, Ian Spencer, John Barclay, John Huckridge
Viola – Chubber Brdelyi, George Robertson, John Coulling, John Davies (4), Maurice Meek, Tony Harris (3)
Violin – Brendon O'Reilly*, Celia Mitchell, Charles Nolan, Cyril Reuben (2), David Nolan, Godfrey Salmon, Jack Rothstein, Jeff Wakerfield*, John Willison, Kevin Duffy, Laurie Clay, Marice Isaacs*, Michael Jones (6), Nick Mernich*, Peter Oxer, Tim Good
Woodwind – Alan Beaver, Derek Grossmith, Keith Bird
Written-By – Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
Notes
Recorded at Trident Studios, Sarm Studios, Air Studios, Island Studios, London
Mixed at Producer's Workshop, Hollywood, CA
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): 059-6068-A
Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): 059-6068-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A): AVI 059-6068-A
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B): AVI 059-6068-B
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Eastbound Expressway was a studio project that started its life in 1976 when producer Ian Levine cut two tracks Danger Zone and Cloudburst that he wanted to release under the moniker Ian Levine And The Sounds Of Summer. PYE Records did not like the name, and so the first single Danger Zone was released under the name Eastbound Expressway in October 1976. Cloudburst followed on Cooltempo in August 1977, none of the singles becoming hits.
By 1978 Ian Levine had recorded an album with singer James Wells which was remixed by Rick Gianatos who hated Well's wailing vocal on the track Never Let Go so much that he took it off and was left with a backing-vocals only track. With Wells' My Claim To Fame album taking off big time, Never Let Go was put out as an Eastbound Expressway single and gave Levine another big disco record, leading to AVI Records asking a full album.
When Levine delivered an album called Under Hypnosis, AVI did not want anything to do with it at first as they felt the album had nothing to do with the Never Let Go single. Rick Gianatos persuaded them to release it under a different name - it came out as Croisette instead and gave Levine another dance smash - and instead Levine recorded two new tracks, Turn Back The Tide and Better Look Before You Leap which were paired with Never Let Go and a remixed Cloudburst for this LP that was released 1979.
I have included the fully unedited version of Turn Back The Tide which has never been released anywhere before. It runs a full 3 minutes longer than the album version.
Eastbound Expressway were revived as a proper girl group in 1983 and had several successful Hi-NRG singles like Primitive Desire and Frantic Love on Record Shack Records, and You're A Beat, Knock Me Senseless and Rainstorm on Passion Records, and their final single Whiplash on Levine's own Nightmare Records in 1989.
Credits
Arranged By, Keyboards – Fiachra Trench
Backing Vocals – George Chandler, Helen Chappelle, Fiachra Trench, James Wells, Jimmy Chambers, Jo Anne Stone*, Katie Kissoon, Liza Strike, Ruby James, Vicki Brown
Bass – Alan Jones, Dill Katz, Les Hurdle
Cello – Tony Pleeth*, Paul Kegg, Peter Willison, Robin Firman, Terry Well
Drums – Clem Cattini, Richard Burgess*
Drums, Percussion – Marc Singer*
Engineer – Colin Green, Gary Langdon, Howard Kilgour, John Rosenthal, Michael Donegani, Steven Short*
Engineer [Assistant] – Adam Moseley, Craig Milner*, Peter Kamlish, Simon Hilliard, Simon Wilson (2), Tom Szaniszlo
Guitar – Chris Rae, Colin Green (2), Jeff Crampton*, John Maskell, Pip Williams
Keyboards, Woodwind – Paul David Wilson
Mixed By – Rick Gianatos
Percussion – Frank Ricotti, Louis Jardin*, Tony Carr
Producer – Ian Levine
Saxophone – Eddie Mordue, Jim Cuomo, Ray Warleigh, Ron Asbury*, Ronnie Ross, Stan Saltzmann*
Trombone – Cliff Hardie, David Horlter*, Jeff Perkins*, Jim Wilson (5), Steve Saunders
Trumpet – Bert Ezzard*, Dave Lord, Derek Watkins, Ian Spencer, John Barclay, John Huckridge
Viola – Chubber Brdelyi, George Robertson, John Coulling, John Davies (4), Maurice Meek, Tony Harris (3)
Violin – Brendon O'Reilly*, Celia Mitchell, Charles Nolan, Cyril Reuben (2), David Nolan, Godfrey Salmon, Jack Rothstein, Jeff Wakerfield*, John Willison, Kevin Duffy, Laurie Clay, Marice Isaacs*, Michael Jones (6), Nick Mernich*, Peter Oxer, Tim Good
Woodwind – Alan Beaver, Derek Grossmith, Keith Bird
Written-By – Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
Notes
Recorded at Trident Studios, Sarm Studios, Air Studios, Island Studios, London
Mixed at Producer's Workshop, Hollywood, CA
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): 059-6068-A
Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): 059-6068-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A): AVI 059-6068-A
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B): AVI 059-6068-B
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