The music of Vapour Trails may make you feel that they are one
of typical late 70's Westcoast Pop. However please be advised that
Vapour Trails was the British group of 3 session musicians! In
1979, this one and only album, recorded at Room 335 Hollywood,
Larry Carton's private studio, was on sale. In spite of the
excellent contents, this album did not sell well in the States at
that time. In April 1981, the epoch-making TV programme, "The Best
Hit U.S.A.", which played "Don't Worry Baby" every week at the
opening of the programme, had started. The programme continued by
September 1989 and "Don't Worry Baby" was also used as the opening
theme by the last broadcasting, which made this song one of the
most well-known non-Japanese song among Japanese. In 1981, this
album was on sale as "The VT's / Autumn Breeze" with the different
track order and the different LP jacket under Polystar Records
here in Japan because Warner Bros USA had already ended their
contract with Vapour Trails.
Label: Warner Bros Records, USA (BSK-3363)
Original LP Release Year: 1979
Reissue CD Release: July 28, 1999 ,Warner Music Japan
(WPCR-10478)
Producers: Larry Carton and themselves
Vapour Trails is:
John McBurnie: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Harmonica,
Percussion
Andy Dalby: Guitars, Percussion
Phil Curtis: Bass
Musicians:
Drums: John Ferraro, Steve Holly
Keyboards: Brian Mann, William D. Smith, Michael Omartian,
Dave Rose, Brian Chatton, David Benoit
Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa
Sax: Tom Scott
Background Vocals: Vivienne McAuliffe, Besty Cook,
Bill Champlin, Steve Holly
