You Break It You Bought It Credits

ALBUM:		1975	EPIC PE 33492		UPC# None 

		1975	EPIC PE 33492	Terre Haute press

CASSETTE:	1975	PET 33492

CD:		1994	Razor & Tie CD# RE 2035	UPC# 0 - 7989 - 22035 - 2 - 3

		2014	Line Level Music LL 105	UPC# 6 - 17723 - 99882 - 0



01. I'm Gonna Love You  (MS)

02. Dancing In The Dark (MS)

03. Step The Way  (JK)

04. Waste A Little Time On Me  (JK)

05. Lost In The Funhouse Again  (MS)

06. Gypsy Eyes (MS) 

07. Face The Music  (JK)

08. Sweet Refrain  (MS)

09. Highway Angel  (MS & JK)

10. Where Have All The Clowns Gone  (MS)

11. Song For My Children  (MS)




(Page 1)

Well,  well,  well . . . 

Do you see a pattern emerging here? Didn't you just know that those
moguls over at Razor & Tie would get around to unleashing the first
two Michael Stanley Band albums on CD? Well, they have, folks, and
this is the one that started it all .. .l'm sitting in my studio looking at
the back cover and wondering whatever happened to those four inno-
cent dudes in the bell bottoms . . . and check out those lapels, you
could windsurf with those..  But, hey, I digress ... This album, under
the direction of the one and only Bill Szymczyk was a blast to make...
Fun in the sun gang as MSB hits Miami running, and the memories of
Criteria Studios, The Thunderbird Hotel and Tony Roma's (A Place
For Ribs) come drifting back .. . We actually all went into a studio and played the songs at the same
time, a concept that by today's standards is either archaic or radical, you make the call...We were
joined in the studio (most memorably) on keyboards by Paul Harris (known at the time in band lore as
the fifth "B") and his talent and grace under fire made the entire project all the more enjoyable ...

The usual schedule was a rocker in the afternoon and then, after a dinner break that only Szymczyk
could captain, a ballad at night (Let's see you try to rock after one of those!)... For me, the songs that
stand out are Jonah's Waste A Little Time On Me and Gypsy Eyes, and my Dancing In The
Dark and Where Have All The Clowns Gone / Song For My Children although on second
thought I have a very fond place in my heart for the frantic I'm Gonna Love You and Kos' Step
The Way ... Daniel Pecchio had just come off three albums with the very talented band Glass Harp
and we lifted (almost literally) Tommy Dobeck from what was then one of Cleveland's finest bands,
Circus . . . The pieces were starting to fall into place and we thought we could conquer the world...
Ah, the good old days. . .. Special love and kisses to our producer and friend Bill Szymczyk and to our
then-manager (and still friend) David Spero for guiding the babes through the woods ...Hey, it's not
Sgt. Pepper's, but you have to start somewhere, and this is where we did!


		Michael Stanley, Cleveland, Spring 1994


P.S. Huey Chopburn, please call home!

(Page 5)

In the great tradition of Rock'n'Roll Liner notes there
are a great many people to be thanked for a great
number of things. The following are just a few of
those people - 

Irving Azoff, Michael Rosenfeld, Joe Walsh, Tracy Coats
Sound (Tracy, Mark Petruska, Bruno Matta, and |im
Slisko), Marty Mooney, Raul Acevedo, Frank Delio,
Richie Furay, Everyone at 101.5 (Debbie, Matt, Leo,
Denny, Steve, Len, Donna, Bettey and John), George,
Bob McKee, Chuck and Lucy, Daniel and Marge, Dean
and Paulette, Stan and Marty, Nashville North
Recording Studios, Joe Vitale, Fritzi, Jill Earthenswan,
Paul and Robin Steels and Juicy Lucy, Donna Sunderlin,
Ellen Darst, Shelley, the Race Street family, Issac,
Dennis Morgan, Asha, the Key Koslens, Russell Kotts,
Jim Quinn, Susan Samuel, the old Meestro, Aloka, Dale
Flannigan, Gertrud, Ted Spero, Stephen and Veronique
Stills, Dr. Whar Rhen, Toto (Toto too? Yes, Toto too!).
Stacey, Kenny Passarelli, Susan Szymczyk, Christopher
Robin, Jessica Lee, Anna Bryant, Sarah Elizabeth, and of
course the Hills.

Special thanks to Steve Popovich and Ron Alexenburg

Clothing considerations courtesy of Wards Folly on Coventry

Phase 90, Blue Box and Dyna Comp courtesy
MXR Industries, Rochester, N.Y

Arranged by the band and Bill Szymczyk. The engi-
neering was by Bill Szymczyk, Allan Blazek and Ed
Mashal. The tape to disc engineering was done with
great care by Alex Sadkin. Recorded and mastered
entirely at Mac Emmerman's Criteria Recording
Studios Miami, Florida (January '75).

Management by David Spero for Rosewood Manage-
ment, Road manager is Frank Muller. Very special
thanks to Barry Sinnett and DiFiores' Music for their
expertise and assistance.

Produced (with love) by Bill Szymczyk for Pandora
Productions Ltd.

(Page 6)

	The Michael Stanley Band
Michael Stanley: electric, acoustic and 12-string guitars; vocals
Jonah Koslen: lead electric, acoustic and |2-string
guitars; vocals
Daniel Pecchio: bass guitar; vocals
Tom Dobeck: drums and congas

	Honorary Members
Paul Harris: keyboards
Huey Chopburn: percussion
Albhy Galuten: synthesizer

On "Where Have All The Clowns Gone" and "Song
For My Children" The Miami Strings were arranged an
conducted by Mike Lewis.

The cover painting is by Assheton Gorton ("a prince"
of London, England, and is entitled "Lost Endeavor."
(From the collection of Mr. Szymczyk.)

I would personally like to thank Mr. John Richbourg
(John R.) for the musical education and entertainment
he has given me over the past twenty years. God bless
you, John.
	-Bill S.


CD Art Direction: Rebecca Lown Design

Original album design by Jimmy Wachtel. Liner artwork
and lettering by Jill Earthenswan. Album photography
by Henry Diltz; except the portrait of Paul Harris by
Lorrie Sullivan, Photo illustration by Paul Zammitt.


Mastered by Lulu Audio Services