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Side Title MP3
1 1. CONCERT TOUR OF MARS* 2:35
(Shep Cooke) Cement Overshoes Music/ASCAP

Dedicated to beautiful Kaoru Hoshino whose name translates to "Perfumed Starfield" - isn't that a wonderful name?

2. MARY ANN** 3:25
(Traditional)

Dedicated to Mary Ann, the pretty bartender. I learned this one from Linda, Susie and Peter Ronstadt.

3. JAMAICA FAREWELL * 3:00
(Lord Burgess) Sharee Music/ASCAP

Harmony by Jean Chastain
Rhythm guitar and harmony by Tom Walker
Bass by John Chastain

4. FOREVER** 2:45
(Shep Cooke) Cement Overshoes Music/ASCAP

Drums by Leonardo Lopez of Capitol Records' "Dusty Chaps"

5. IT STILL HAPPENS** 3:00
(Shep Cooke) Cement Overshoes Music/ASCAP

For Jeannie Stark who liked this song before anybody else did.

6. GOODBYE SONG** 2:45
(Shep Cooke) Cement Overshoes Music/ASCAP

Drums by Andy Michaud
Bass by Robbie McBeath
Electric guitar by Donnie Roberts

 
2 1. ROLLER COASTER RIDE* 2:30
(Shep Cooke) Cement Overshoes Music/ASCAP

Electric guitar and drums by John Chastain
Dedicated to Kaoru and the Japanese tourists who hired me as their tour guide and loved the Southern Cal coasters - hands in the air! YAAAA!!

2. LONG BLACK VEIL* 3:25
(D. Dill/M. Wilkin) Cedarwood Music/BMI

Ghostly choir by Tom Walker and Jean Chastain
I wish you could have seen Peggy dance to this song.

3. PRETTY SARO*** 3:20
(Traditional)

This is the first song Linda R. and I ever sang in public

4. NEW ENGLAND WINTER*** 3:40
(Bob Kimmel) Third Story Music/BMI

5. TOMCAT BOOGIE*** 2:35
(Shep Cooke) Cement Overshoes Music/ASCAP

Dedicated to all my married (and/or divorced) friends

6. BACKSTAGE ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR* * 2:55
(Shep Cooke) Cement Overshoes Music/ASCAP

Electric guitar by Donny Roberts
Drums by Andy Michaud
Bass by Robbie McBeath
Dedicated to several impetuous Dallas gals who did, in fact, rip buttons off my coat when I was a much younger man!

7. MEANWHILE, BACK ON MARS* 0:40
(Shep Cooke) Cement Overshoes Music/ASCAP

Nose flute, slinky, scissors, jug, cookie tin and leipsnekcolg by the Interplanetary Acoustic Martian Thing Quintet!

 

 

CREDITS:

* Chastain Studio, Tucson; John Chastain, engineer
** Westwood Studio, Tucson; Fred Porter and Roger King,engineers
*** United Studio, Hollywood; Jim Hobson, engineer

Acoustic guitar, piano, organ, bass, glockenspiel, percussion and arrangements by Shep Cooke, except where noted

Produced by Shep Cooke

Executive Producer: Roz Larman
Cover Art: Shep Cooke

Special Thanks:

To John Delgatto and Roz Larman for rescuing me from almost certain obscurity
To Mom and Dad for the basic ingredients
To Koichiro Oshio for making my old D-28 function properly
To Colleen Kennedy for the glockenspiel
And thank you again Margo Anita - forever