''Too Late to Cry'' is the 1977 second and final album by the
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Track listing
#"Too Late Too Cry"
(Daisley)
#"The Hustler"
(Daisley, Grosvenor)
#"What a Way to Fall"
(Daisley)
#"Here Comes the Queen"
(Grosvenor)
# "Mean What You Say"
(lyrics: Butler, music: Langton)
#"Something I Can Do Without"
(lyrics: Daisley, music: Daisley, Grosvenor)
#"Sign The Papers"
(lyrics: Butler, music: Daisley)
# "Pushin' 'n' Pullin'"
(John Farnham)
# "Sky Blues"
(lyrics: Butler, music: Daisley, Nichols, Grosvenor)
Personnel
* John Butler – vocals, harmonica, keyboards
*
Ariel Bender
Luther James Grosvenor (born 23 December 1946) is an English rock musician, who played guitar in Spooky Tooth, briefly in Stealers Wheel and, under the pseudonym Ariel Bender, in Mott the Hoople and Widowmaker.
Grosvenor was born in Evesham ...
– guitar
*
Huw Lloyd-Langton
Richard Hugh "Huw" Lloyd-Langton (6 February 1951 – 6 December 2012) was an English musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock band HawkwindStrong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Rock Discography'', Canongate, , p. 466 at various times. ...
– guitar
*
Bob Daisley
Robert John Daisley (born 13 February 1950) is a retired Australian bass guitarist. He has collaborated on several occasions with Ozzy Osbourne, for whom he contributed bass, backing vocals, co-production and songwriting. He has also worked wi ...
– bass
* Paul Nichols – drums
;Additional personnel
* Danny Styles –
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* Miguel Barradas – steel drums on "The Hustler"
*
Gered Mankowitz
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- photography
Notes
References
* Joynson, Vernon. ''The Tapestry of Delights - The Comprehensive Guide to British Music of the Beat, R&B, Psychedelic and Progressive Eras 1963-1976''. Borderline (2006). Reprinted (2008).
* Larkin Colin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Threepenny Opera to ZZ Top
Volume 6. Guinness Publications (1995).
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1977 albums
Albums produced by Chris Kimsey
Jet Records albums
Albums recorded at Olympic Sound Studios