Aftertones album by American singer/songwriter Janis Ian , recorded 1975 in various New York studios and released 1976 by Columbia Records. "Love Is Blind" was a #1 single in Japan for six months. It was the highest-selling album by a solo female artist in Japan and was also a top twenty and gold record in the United States, Ireland and Holland.[ 5] [ 6]
All tracks are written by Janis Ian
Side One Title 1. "Aftertones" 3:13 2. "I Would Like to Dance" 3:41 3. "Love is Blind" 2:16 4. "Roses" 3:11 5. "Belle of the Blues" 4:31 Total length: 16:52
Side Two Title 1. "Goodbye to Morning" 3:08 2. "Boy I Really Tied One On" 2:43 3. "This Must be Wrong" 2:42 4. "Don’t Cry, Old Man" 3:58 5. "Hymn" 4:09 Total length: 16:40
Janis Ian – vocals, guitar, piano
Jeff Layton, Al Gorgoni , Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
Stu Woods, Richard Davis – bass guitar
Barry Lazarowitz – percussion
Arthur Jenkins – congasClaire Bay, Brooks Arthur, Odetta , V. Martin Fink – vocals
Phoebe Snow – obligato vocals on "Hymn"Larry Spencer, Pete Nater, Tom Malone , Ernie Royal, Joe Shepley – trumpet
Mickey Gravine, Lewis Kahn, Wayne Andre – trombone
Donald Corrado, Earl Chapin, Jim Buffington – French horn
Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy, Bruce Rogers, Kermit Moore , Max Hollander – cello
Ezra Kliger, Gene Orloff , Julius Schacter, Kathryn Kienke, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky , Michael Comins, Paul Winter – violin
Emanuel Vardi , Eugenie Dengel, George Brown, David Sackson, Jennifer Ward Clarke – violaGonzalo Fernandez – wooden flute on "I Would Like to Dance"
George Young – tenor saxophone on "Belle of the Blues"
Artie Kaplan – baritone saxophone on "Belle of the Blues"; bass clarinet on "Don't Cry, Old Man"Phil Bodner – oboe, alto flute, English horn on "Goodbye to Morning"
Romeo Penque – oboe, alto flute, piccolo flue, English horn on "Goodbye to Morning"; contrabass clarinet on "Don't Cry, Old Man"
Mike Gibson – arranger, conductor on "I Would Like to Dance"
Jerry Ragovoy – arranger, conductor on "Belle of the Blues"Ron Frangipane – arranger, conductor on "Don't Cry, Old Man"
Produced by Brooks Arthur
Album photography: Peter Cunningham
Album design: David L’Heureux
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