''Mama's Pride'' is the debut studio album by American rock band

Mama's Pride Mama's Pride is an American rock band formed in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1972. History After forming in 1972, the band quickly grew a strong following. They signed to Atco Records in 1974, a division of Atlantic Records at that time, now a di ...

. It was released on January 1, 1975, by

Atco Records ATCO Records is an American record label founded in 1955. It is owned by Warner Music Group and operates as an imprint of Atlantic Records. After several decades of dormancy and infrequent activity under alternating Warner Music labels, the com ...

, a division of

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...

at the time, now a division of

Warner Brothers Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...

. The album was produced by

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for ov ...

. Although a commercial failure, the album spawned the band's signature song "Blue Mist", which gained popularity amongst the locals and radio stations of

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, the band's home city.

Track listing

Personnel

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Mama's Pride

* Danny Liston – vocals, guitar * Pat Liston – vocals, guitar,

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that ...

, organ * Max Baker – guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Frank Gagliano – keyboards * Kevin Saunders – drums, percussion, backing vocals * Joe Turek – bass, backing vocals

Production

– producer * Karl Richardson – engineer * Gerry Block, Steve Gursky – assistant engineer * Lew Hahn – re-mixing * Walden And Brusco, Inc. – management * Frank Moscati – photography * Bob Defrin – art direction

References

{{Reflist 1975 debut albums