Background
''¡Alarma!'', released weeks after the band'sReissue
In 2013, the album was remastered and repackaged as a two-CD deluxe edition by Stunt Records. Tom Gulotta and Eric Townsend were put in charge of compiling the project - bringing together previously unseen photos, never-before-heard out-takes, mixes and demos, and a reading of the first chapter of the ''Alarma Chronicles'' by Malcolm Wild.Track listing
Side one
# "Central Theme" (Taylor) # "¡Alarma!" (Taylor) # "Big Time/Big Deal" (Taylor) # "Props" (Taylor) # "My Room" (Taylor) # "Faces To The Window" (Taylor) # "Cloak & Dagger" (Taylor, Chamberlain) # "Colored By" (Taylor)Side two
# "C & D Reprise" (Taylor, Chamberlain) # "Through The Speakers" (Taylor) # "Hit Them" (Taylor) # "Baby Game" (Taylor) # "Shedding The Mortal Coil" (Taylor, Cook, Chamberlain) # "Endless Summer" (Taylor, Chamberlain) # "Walls Of Doubt" (Taylor) # "Ghost Of The Heart" (Taylor)Deluxe edition bonus disc
# "Little Things" (demo) # "Off My Mind" (demo) # "As Long As I Live" (demo) # "No Spaceship" (demo) # "Out Of Town" (demo) # "Only One" (demo) # "Central Theme" (demo) # "My Room" (demo) # "Faces To The Window" (demo) # "Colored By" (demo) # "Through The Speakers" (demo) # "Hit Them" (demo) # "Endless Summer" (demo) # "Walls of Doubt" (demo) # "Props" (Vocal mix) # "Big Time/Big Deal" (Alternate Mix) # "Shedding the Mortal Coil" (Alternate Mix) # "Ghost of the Heart" (Alternate Mix) # "¡Alarma!" (Instrumental) # "Colored By" (Instrumental) # "¡Alarma! Reading" by Malcolm WildPersonnel
Musicians
* Jerry Chamberlain - lead guitars, backing vocals, percussion on "My Room" * Marty Dieckmeyer - bass guitar, keyboards, lead vocal on "Props", percussion on "My Room" * Ed McTaggart - drums, percussion, backing vocals * Terry Scott Taylor - rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals * Alex MacDougall - congas on "My Room", marimba on "Alarma" * Karen Benson - female vocal on "Ghost of the Heart"Production
* Produced by Daniel Amos and Thom Roy for Rebel Base Productions * Recorded and Mixed at White Field Studios, Santa Ana, CA * Engineered by Thom Roy * Mastered at MCA Whitney by Steve Hall * Rehearsals and arrangements recorded at Rebel Base Studio, Santa Ana, CA * Live Sound and Road Coordination: Wes Leathers * Cover Concept: Daniel Amos * Cover Photography: Scott Lockwood, Newport Beach, CA * Other Photos by Alex MacDougall * Graphic Design: Karen Knecht * Airbrushing: Stephen Nichol Price * Re-issue layout: Tom Gulotta and Eric Townsend * Re-issue produced by Tom Gulotta * Re-mastered by J Powell at Steinhaus * ¡Alarma! Chronicles Book Text Written by Terry Taylor, with special thanks to Viann, Phillip, and "Doc" Thomas for your suggestions. * Thanks to Bob MacKenzie and Pelle Karlsson for the Lifesavors. This album is for Phillip, with our depest love. * "Little Things", "Off My Mind" and "As Long As I Live" recorded at White Field Studios, 1980. 4-Track Demos recorded at the Rebel Base, 1980. Mixed by Doug Doyle and Terry Taylor at Cap'n Doug's Minute Mix (Digital Brothers), Costa Mesa. California - September 1991 ("arr!") * ¡Alarma! text read by Malcolm Wild * Alternate mixes by Eric TownsendNotes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alarma Daniel Amos albums 1981 albums NewPax Records albums Stunt Records albums