It may be hard to imagine for non-Japanese that Tony Sciuto
was one of the most successful AOR artists selling an album in
Japan at the opening year of 80's and that on the FM radio,
Japanese boys and girls could listen to his smash hit "Island
Nights" many times every day. After selling quite a large number
of "Island Nights" LP copies here in Japan, Tony did Japanese tour
which was very successful too. Unfortunately, Tony's "Island
Nights" did not sell well in the States and as the result, neither
his 2nd album "Be My Radio" which
was ready to go nor his live-recordings of Japanese tour had been
released by 1999. And now, Tony himself made it possible to listen
to this masterpiece album "Island Nights" as the 20th Anniversary
Limited Edition CD with 4 bonus tracks <2 live recordings and 2
unreleased tunes>. Now is the only chance to add this
masterpiece to your AOR/Westcoast CD collection.
Label: Epic Records, USA (NJE-36152)
Original LP Release Year: 1980
Reissued CD: July, 1999 reissued by himself as 20th
anniversary limited edition
Producers: Steve Dorff and himself
Musicians:
Guitars: Ben Benay, Tom Rotella, Steve Lukather, Larry
Herbstritt
Steel Guitar; Jaydee Maness
Keyboards: Bill Cuomo, Gary Griffin
Synthesizer: Steve Dorff
Bass: Michael Sciuto, Mike Porcaro, Scott Edwards
Drums: Ed Greene, Ron Tutt
Percussion: Steve Warehime, John Raines
Lyricon: Tom Scott
Sax: Tom Scott, Jim Horn
Flugelhorn: Chuck Findley
Background Vocals: Ginger Blake, Venetta Fields, Shirley
Mathews, JoeChemay,
Curt Betcher, Peter Noone, Michael Sciuto, Larry
Herbstritt
Tracklisting:
Island Nights Theme
Island Nights
Hold Back A License (To Drive Me Crazy)
Cafe L.A.
Trapeze
Angel
Captain Wonderful
Street Dancer
Butterfly
Remarks: 20th Anniversary CD is the limited edition including
4 bonus tracks as below:
