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Gillan (Japanese) LP cover

Artist: Gillan
Title: Gillan (LP)
(aka The Japanese Album)
Record Label: EAST WORLD
Catalogue No.: EWS-81120
Year: 1978

Track listing:

  • Side 1
    1. * Second Sight (2.36) (Towns)
    2. ** Secret Of The Dance (2.50) (Gillan / Towns)
    3. I'm Your Man (4.25) (Gillan / Towns)
    4. ** Dead Of Night (4.10) (Gillan / Towns)
    5. * Fighting Man (7.35) (Towns)

  • Side 2
    1. ** Message In A Bottle (3.08) (Gillan / Towns)
    2. Not Weird Enough (4.05) (Gillan / Towns)
    3. Bringing Joanna Back (3.39) (Gillan / Towns)
    4. Abbey Of Thelema (4.56) (Gillan / Towns)
    5. Back In The Game (5.25) (Gillan / Towns)

Total running time = 42.56


Personnel

Vocals: Ian Gillan
Keyboards & flute: Colin Towns
Bass: John McCoy
Guitar: Steve Byrd
Drums & percussion: Liam Genocky & Pete Barnacle


Recording details

Music arranged by: Colin Towns
Produced by: Paul 'Chas' Watkins/Ian Gillan/Colin Towns
Recording engineer: Paul 'Chas' Watkins

Recorded at Kingsway Recorders, London, UK

* these versions appear on the standard UK LP and CD formats of the Mr Universe album
** different versions to those on the standard UK LP and CD formats of the Mr Universe album

This album was only ever released in Japan, but was heavily imported into the UK because a number of tracks on the LP were not available in Britain at the time. This was rectified when a CD version of Gillan: Gillan (boasting these extra tracks) finally appeared during the 1990s


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