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in their 1983 US tour. This led to

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picking up the band for their first full-length, self-titled LP. It was reissued as ''On Your Knees'' by

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in 1987, likely to capitalize on the band's growing popularity due to the album '' Once Bitten...''. The songs also appeared on the US CD release of the live album '' Recovery: Live!'' and 3 of them ("Out of the Night", "On Your Knees" and "Dead End") appeared in the re-recorded versions on the debut LP.

Track listing

All songs by Jack Russell and Mark Kendall, except "Dead End" by Russell, Kendall, and

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#"Out of the Night" – 2:14 #"On Your Knees" – 4:19 #"Last Time" – 3:42 #"No Way" – 2:57 #"Dead End" – 3:21

Personnel

Great White

* Jack Russell – lead vocals *Mark Kendall – guitar, backing vocals *Lorne Black – bass *

– drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

*Don Dokken,

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, Alan Niven – backing vocals on "On Your Knees" *Mary Ulanskas – additional vocals on "On Your Knees"

Production

*Michael Wagener – producer, engineer, mixing at Larrabee Sound Studios *

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– producer *

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– producer on "No Way", executive producer, management *Sabrina Buchanek – mixing assistant *Jack Hunt – mastering

References

{{Authority control Great White EPs 1983 debut EPs Albums produced by Michael Wagener