''The Missing Album'' is the third and final album by the English-Irish
folk rock
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band,
The Noel Redding Band
The Noel Redding Band (also known as The Clonakilty Cowboys after the title of its first album, '' Clonakilty Cowboys'') was an English-Irish folk rock supergroup that was formed in Clonakilty, County Cork, in 1974. Comprising the bass guitarist ...
, released in 1995 after their break up.
Reception
Greg Prato's review in
allmusic
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said little about the album's content, noting only that it is easily distinguishable from the work of other bands that Noel Redding had worked with. Prato concluded with a prediction that "only the most extreme Noel Redding fans will be curious to give The Missing Album a spin".
Track listing
Personnel
;The Noel Redding Band
*
Noel Redding –
bass guitar
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,
vocals
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,
guitar
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,
production
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,
liner notes
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Origin
Liner notes are desce ...
*
David Clarke – vocals,
keyboard
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s,
piano
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,
organ
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** Hammond ...
,
clavinet
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, liner notes
*
Eric Bell
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– guitar, vocals
*Les Sampson –
drums
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,
percussion
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;Additional musicians
*Andy Kealey – vocals
*Robbie Walsh – guitar
*Stanley Schnier – bass guitar
*Don Michael Young – keyboards, piano, organ, clavinet,
Moog synthesizer
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s
;Additional personnel
*Doctor – production
*
Muff Winwood – production
*Phil Ault –
engineering
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*Mike Day – engineering
*Dave Hunt – engineering
*Steve Marriott – engineering
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Missing Album, The
1995 albums
The Noel Redding Band albums