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''The Welsh Connection'' (stylized on the
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as ''Welsh-Connection'') is the eleventh album by the Welsh rock band
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label 1976. It was their first MCA release, and the first after a change of line-up that saw John McKenzie take over on bass from Martin Ace, and Phil Ryan rejoin. Ryan had worked with Pete Brown in the interim, and arranged for Brown to play on two tracks. The track "Something is Happening" was sampled on " Break the Bank" a 2014 single by rapper
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Track listing


Personnel

* Micky Jones – vocals, guitar *
Deke Leonard Roger Arnold "Deke" Leonard (18 December 1944 – 31 January 2017) was a Welsh rock musician, "serving a life sentence in the music business".Phil Ryan – vocals, keyboards * John McKenzie – vocals, bass * Terry Williams – vocals, drums


Credits

* Doug Bennett – engineer * Nigel Brooke-Heart – tape operation and vocal on "Car Toon" * Caromay Dixon – vocal on "Something is Happening" * Jeffrey Hooper – vocal on "Out of Your Head" * Anton Matthews – vocal on "Out of Your Head" * Pete Brown – African talking drums on "The Welsh Connection" and "Something is Happening" * Andrew Lauder – mixing *
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– cover design


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Man - ''The Welsh Connection'' (1976) album review by Paul Collins, credits & releases
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