Lucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend was a German rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach. The group was an early practitioner of heavy met ...
Colosseum II
Colosseum II was a British progressive jazz-rock band formed in 1975 by former Colosseum drummer and bandleader Jon Hiseman, which featured guitarist Gary Moore.
History
Following the demise of his previous band, Tempest, Hiseman announced his ...
, replaced John Lawton on vocals for the first time. This album and the following ''
Sneak Me In
''Sneak Me In'' is the seventh album by Lucifer's Friend, an album in which Mike Starrs, formerly of Colosseum II, replaced John Lawton on vocals for a second time. This album and the previous '' Good Time Warrior'' (1978) were an attempt at a m ...
'' (1980) were an attempt at a more commercial, mainstream style which met with limited commercial success. Starrs was eventually replaced by the returning Lawton for 1981's '' Mean Machine''.
Track listing
#Old Man Roller - 4:17
#Meet You in L.A. - 4:05
#My Love - 6:04
#Good Times - 4:23
#Little Dancer - 4:06
#Sweet Little Lady - 4:38
#Gamblin' Man - 4:31
#Warriors - 10:11
Peter Hesslein – electric & acoustic guitars, backing vocals & sailor lead vocal on “Warriors”
* Peter Hecht – acoustic piano,
Hohner clavinet
The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...
, Hammond organ, Roland String Ensemble, Roland
electric piano
An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...
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Polyphonic synthesizer
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s,
Minimoog
The Minimoog is an analog synthesizer first manufactured by Moog Music between 1970 and 1981. Designed as a more affordable, portable version of the modular Moog synthesizer, it was the first synthesizer sold in retail stores. It was first popul ...
,
Fender Rhodes
The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...
* Dieter Horns – bass & Roland Space Chorus
* Herbert Bornholdt – drums, syndrums, percussion, backing vocals on “Warriors” and “Old Man Roller”
* Peter von Asten – backing vocals on several tracks
1978 albumsLucifer's Friend albums
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