The Mafia Stole My Guitar

The Mafia Stole My Guitar
Studio album by Alex Harvey
Released	1979
Recorded	Morgan Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	42:23
Label	RCA
Producer	Danny Beckerman, Matthew Cang
Alex Harvey chronology
Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster (1977)Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster1977 The Mafia Stole My Guitar (1979) Soldier on the Wall (1982)Soldier on the Wall1982

The Mafia Stole My Guitar is the second album produced by Alex Harvey after leaving The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The earlier Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster was made while the rest of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were recording Fourplay. One reviewer described the 'New Band' as 'a competent crew of old style blues-jazz orientated rock musicians' and suggested elements of the album were reminiscent of Coliseum and The Soft Machine. ^[1] This was to be the last album Harvey released during his lifetime; he died in 1982.

Track listing

1. "Don's Delight" (Don Weller)
2. "Back in The Depot" (Alex Harvey, Matthew Cang)
3. "Wait For Me Mama" (Alex Harvey, Don Weller, Matthew Cang, Hugh McKenna)
4. "The Mafia Stole My Guitar" (Alex Harvey)
5. "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd)
6. "The Whalers (Thar She Blows)" (Alex Harvey, Matthew Cang, Hugh McKenna)
7. "Oh Spartacus!" (Alex Harvey, Matthew Cang)
8. "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (Irving Caesar, Julius Brammer/Leonello Casucci)

Personnel

• Alex Harvey - lead vocals, lead guitar

The New Band

• Matthew Cang - lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Simon Charterton - drums, percussion, vocals
• Tommy Eyre - keyboards (main), vocals
• Gordon Sellar - bass guitar, vocals
• Don Weller - saxophone, horns on "Oh Spartacus!"

Technical

• Mike Hedges - engineer