El Rayo-X

El Rayo-X
Studio album by David Lindley
Released	April 1981
Recorded	Record One, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	39:31
Label	Asylum
Producer	Jackson Browne and Greg Ladanyi
David Lindley chronology
El Rayo-X (1981) Win This Record (1982)

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El Rayo-X is David Lindley's debut studio album, released in 1981.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "She Took Off My Romeos" (Bob "Frizz" Fuller) - 3:00
2. "Bye Bye Love" (Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant) - 2:50
3. "Mercury Blues" (K. C. Douglas, Bob Geddins) - 3:33
4. "Quarter of a Man" (Bob "Frizz" Fuller) - 3:45
5. "Ain't No Way" (Bob "Frizz" Fuller) - 3:42
6. "Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Russell) - 2:44

Side 2

7. "El Rayo-X" (Jorge Calderón, David Lindley) - 2:53
8. "Your Old Lady" (Elmo Glick, O'Kelly Isley, King Curtis) - 4:14
9. "Don't Look Back" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) - 3:55
10. "Petit Fleur" (Solomon Feldthouse, Nancy Lindley) - 3:11
11. "Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas and the Sinus Blues" (Huey "Piano" Smith) - 2:14
12. "Pay the Man" (David Lindley, George "Baboo" Pierre) - 3:30

Personnel

• David Lindley - Bass, Fiddle, Guitar, Violin, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Whistle (Human), Slide Guitar, Bandurria, Divan Saz
• Curt Bouterse - Hammer Dulcimer on "Petit Fleur"
• Jackson Browne - Vocals on "Bye Bye Love", "Twist and Shout" and "Don't Look Back"
• Jorge Calderón - Vocals on "Twist and Shout"
• Bob Glaub - Bass
• Garth Hudson - Horn, Keyboards on "El Rayo-X"
• Greg Ladanyi - Engineer, Producer
• Reggie McBride - Bass
• Bill Payne - Organ, Keyboards on "Bye Bye Love"
• Doug Sax - Mastering
• William D. "Smitty" Smith - Organ, Keyboards
• Gloria Von Jansky - Lettering
• Jimmy Wachtel - Art Direction, Design
• Ian Wallace - Drums
• George Ybara - Assistant
• George "Ras Baboo" Pierre - percussion, timbales, vocals, accordion on "Pay the Man"

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