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. It was released on

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, the

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-related record label. It also featured vocalist Harry Shaw, formerly of Curiosity Shoppe (who recorded one single on Dream), but he had left the band by the time of its release and was uncredited. The record sleeve was re-designed to remove Shaw's image (originally shown on the bottom right hand side).

Track listing

#"Jay Time" ( John Cann) – 2:50 #"Sinister Minister" ( John Gustafson) – 3:30 #"No Witch at All" (Gustafson) – 5:38 #"Taken Alive" (Gustafson) – 3:14 #"Time Gambler (Rodney)" (Cann) – 6:11 #"Millionaire" (Cann) – 6:04 #"Monster in Paradise" (Gustafson,

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) – 4:33 #"Hobo" (Cann) – 3:25 #"Mr. Longevity – RIP" (Gustafson) – 4:35 #"The Provider – Part One" (Cann) – 2:31

Bonus tracks (2011 Angel Air issue)

"Jay Time" (single version) (Cann) – 2:36 #"The Orchestrator" (Cann, Gustafson) – 3:17 *Later releases showed John Cann's name as John Du Cann, as he later became known by this name.

Cover version

The opening track "Jay Time" was covered in 2011 by American rock band

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. "Monster in Paradise" was also recorded by co-writer Ian Gillan and released on his Cherkazoo

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album.

Personnel

* John Cann –

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on tracks 1, 8 & 11 * John Gustafson –

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, vocals on tracks 2, 4, 7, 9 & 12 * Paul Hammond –

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*Harry Shaw – vocals (uncredited) on tracks 3, 5, 6 & 10 *Tony Burrett – cover photo *Louie Austin – engineer

References

External links

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