Rock Workshop was a British brass-rock and blues band that released the 1970–71 CBS albums Rock Workshop and The Very Last Time. The first features Scottish singer Alex Harvey, pre-Sensational Band. Guitarist Ray Russell arranged both albums, which also feature trumpeter Harry Beckett. Members: Alan Greed, Alan Rushton, Alex Harvey, Bob Downes, Brian Miller, Bud […]
Chopyn was an English art-rock band that released the 1975 album Grand Slam on Jet Records. They featured veteran jazz-rock guitarist Ray Russell with singer/songwriter Ann Odell. Members: Denny McCaffrey (vocals), Simon Colclough (vocals), Clyde McMullen (bass, vocals), Ann Odell (keyboards, vocals), Simon Phillips (drums), Ray Russell (guitar, vocals, sitar) Background Odell had released the […]
Mouse was an English hard-rock/psych band that released the album Lady Killer on Sovereign in 1973. This was the second of three one-off rock combos during a four-year period for jazz guitarist Ray Russell, who preceded Mouse with Running Man in 1972 and followed with Chopyn in 1975. Members: Alan “Al” Clare (lead vocals, keyboards), […]
Silver is the 26th studio album by Cliff Richard, released on October 3, 1983, on EMI Records. The titles derives from the opening cut, “Silver’s Home Tonight,” but also references Cliff’s “Silver Jubilee,” as 1983 marked his 25th year in the music business. In the U.K., the album was briefly issued as a double album […]
Welcome to the Cruise is the debut album by English songwriter/vocalist Judie Tzuke, released in 1979 on Rocket. Stateside, the album was titled Stay With Me Till Dawn to capitalize on the popular closing ballad. Tracklist: A1. “Welcome to the Cruise” (4:58) A2. “Sukarita” (3:29) A3. “For You” (2:42) A4. “These Are the Laws” (4:45) […]
The Running Man was an English rock trio that released a 1972 album on RCA. Guitarist Ray Russell hailed from Rock Workshop and cut subsequent albums in the super-combos Mouse and Chopyn. Members: Ray Russell (guitar, bass, vocals, piano), Alan Greed (vocals, piano, organ, bass), Alan Rushton (drums) Discography: The Running Man (1972)
Ray Russell (born April 4, 1947) is an English jazz-rock guitarist who emerged as a quartet leader with two albums in 1968/69 on CBS. During the early 1970s, he appeared on albums by Bob Downs, Michael Gibbs, and Bill Fay amid a two-album stint with the Scottish brass-rock ensemble Rock Workshop. Between 1972 and 1975, […]
