The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control

The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control
Studio album by Ray Manzarek
Released 1974
Recorded 1974
Studio Sound Labs, Hollywood, California
Genre Rock
Length 40:44
Label Mercury
Producer Bruce Botnick, Bob Brown
Ray Manzarek chronology
The Golden Scarab
(1974)The Golden Scarab1974		 The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll & Now It's Out of Control
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(1983)Carmina Burana1983

The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control is a 1974 album by ex-Doors member Ray Manzarek.[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ray Manzarek; except where indicated

  1. "The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman, Dick Wagner) — 2:39
  2. "The Gambler" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman) — 5:23
  3. "Whirling Dervish" (Manzarek, Paul Davis) — 5:20
  4. "Begin the World Again" — 6:42
  5. "I Wake Up Screaming" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman) — 3:36
  6. "Art Deco Fandango" — 2:03
  7. "Bicentennial Blues (Love It or Leave It)" — 7:57
  8. "Perfumed Garden" — 5:54

Poem on "I Wake Up Screaming" from The New Creatures by James Douglas Morrison

Personnel

  • Ray Manzarek - celesta, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, organ, piano, Wurlitzer, synthesizer, vocals
  • Joe Walsh - guitar
  • Michael Fennelly - guitar
  • Mark Pines - guitar
  • George Segal - banjo
  • Gary Mallaber - drums, percussion, vibraphone
  • Paul Davis - percussion
  • Steve Forman - percussion
  • Patti Smith - "poetess" on "I Wake up Screaming"; recites Jim Morrison's "Ensenada" from The New Creatures
  • Flo & Eddie - background vocals on "The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control" , "Bicentennial Blues" and "Perfumed Garden"
  • John Klemmer - saxophone on "Whirling Dervish"
  • Mike Melvoin - horn arrangements
Technical
  • Rudy Hill - engineer
  • Desmond Strobel, John David Moore - art direction
  • James Fortune, Keith Rodabaugh - photography
  • Danny Sugarman - personal management

Special thanks: "Guitar Center, the Screamer, Linda Smith, Iggy Pop, Mandi Newall."

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic: Overview


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