Spyro Gyra - City Kids Album

Tracklist

1	Silver Linings Written-By – Jay Beckenstein	4:36
2	Serpent In Paradise Guitar [Solo] – Steve LoveWritten-By – Jay Beckenstein	4:45
3	A Ballad Written-By – Jay Beckenstein	5:42
4	Islands In The Sky Written-By – Jeremy Wall	6:44
5	City Kids Producer [Assistant] – Tom SchumanVocals – Lani GrovesWritten-By – Tom Schuman	5:10
6	Conversations Written-By, Producer [Assistant] – Tom Schuman	5:34
7	Haverstraw Road Written-By – Jay Beckenstein	5:00
8	Nightlife Guitar [Solo] – Steve LoveWritten-By – Jeremy Wall	4:32

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MCA-5431	Spyro Gyra	City Kids ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-5431	US	1983
MCA-5431	Spyro Gyra	City Kids ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-5431	Spain	1983
250 456-1	Spyro Gyra	City Kids ‎(LP, Album, RP)	MCA Records	250 456-1	Europe	1984
MCA-5431(MCA-3553)	Spyro Gyra	City Kids ‎(LP, Album, Eur)	MCA Records	MCA-5431(MCA-3553)	US	1983
74321 20266 2	Spyro Gyra	City Kids ‎(CD, Album)	RCA, BMG	74321 20266 2	Germany	1994

Credits

• Art Direction – George Osaki
• Bass – Eddie Gomez (tracks: A3, B2), Kim Stone (tracks: A1), Marcus Miller (tracks: B1, B3, B4), Will Lee (tracks: A2, A4)
• Congas, Percussion – Manolo Badrena (tracks: A1 to A3,B1, B2)
• Drums – Eli Konikoff (tracks: A1), Steve Jordan (tracks: A2, A4, B3)
• Drums, Percussion – Steve Gadd (tracks: A3, A4, B1, B2, B4)
• Engineer – Michael Barry
• Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Troeller, John Penzotti
• Guitar – Chet Catallo (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B3), Hiram Bullock (tracks: A2, A4, B3)
• Guitar [Acoustic] [Electric] – Steve Love (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B3, B4)
• Illustration [Cover] – Michael G. Cobb, Radiomayonnaise Productions
• Lacquer Cut By – RL
• Marimba, Vibraphone – Dave Samuels (tracks: A4, B1)
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Percussion – Gerardo Velez (tracks: A1, B1, B3)
• Piano [Electric], Synthesizer – Tom Schuman (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3)
• Piano, Piano [Electric] – Richard Tee (tracks: A4, B4)
• Piano, Synthesizer – Jeremy Wall (tracks: A4, B1)
• Producer – Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
• Producer [Assistant] – Jeremy Wall
• Programmed By [Lyricon Programming] – Rob Zantay
• Saxophone [Alto] [Soprano], Lyricon – Jay Beckenstein
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Lou Marini
• Trombone – Dave Bergeron
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff

Notes

MCA-5431 on spine, cover, labels

Barcodes

• Barcode (Text): 0 76732-5431-1
• Barcode (Scanned): 076732543115
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): MCA 3552
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout [EDP in a circle]): MCA-3552-MD2 MASTERDISK RL M/SF1 SM2 EDP
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): MCA 3553
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout [EDP in a circle]): MCA-3553-MD-2 MASTERDISK RL EDP SF2 SM3
• Rights Society: BMI

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Transcontinent Record Sales, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
• Published By – Harlem Music
• Published By – Crosseyed Bear Music
• Produced For – Crosseyed Bear Productions
• Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – BearTracks Recording Studio
• Mixed At – BearTracks Recording Studio
• Mastered At – Masterdisk
• Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk
• Pressed By – Europadisk

Video

Album

City Kids is the seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1983. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 66 on the Top 200 Albums chart, and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart. All tracks are written by Jay Beckenstein except where noted. Jay Beckenstein alto sax, soprano sax, saxophone, Lyricon, percussion. Tom Schuman keyboards. Jeremy Wall keyboards, percussion. Dave Samuels marimba, vibraphone. Chet Catallo guitar. Eli Konikoff drums. Spyro Gyra - City Kids. Spyro Gyra - Serpent In Paradise. Spyro Gyra - A Ballad. Spyro Gyra - Nightlife. Spyro Gyra - Islands In The Sky. Spyro Gyra - Conversations. Spyro Gyra - Silver Linings. Spyro Gyra - Haverstraw Road. City Kids - 1983. City Kids 5:10 Tom Schuman. Serpent in Paradise 4:45 Jay Beckenstein. City Kids Jay Beckenstein Alto Saxophone Tom Schuman Electric Piano, Synthesizers Chet Catallo Guitars Kim Stone Bass Eli Konikoff Drums Gerardo Velez Percussion. Serpent in Paradise Jay Beckenstein Soprano Saxophone, Lyricon Jorge Dalto Piano Dave Samuels Vibraphone Eddie Gomez Bass Steve Gadd Drums Chet Catallo Guitar Steve Love Guitar, Guitar Solo Hiram Bullock Guitar Will Lee Bass Steve Jordan Drums Gerardo Velez Percussion Manolo Badrena Percussion. City Kids is the seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1983 see 1983 in music. Track listing. City Kids Tom Schuman - 5:11. Serpent In Paradise Jay Beckenstein - 4:45. A Ballad Jay Beckenstein - 5:42. Nightlife Jeremy Wall - 4:32. Islands in the Sky Jeremy Wall - 6:44. Conversations Tom Schuman - 5:34. Silver Linings Jay Beckenstein - 4:36. City Kids, 1983. Spyro Gyra. City Kids, 05:11. A Ballad, 05:43. Nightlife, 04:42. Haverstraw Road Jay Beckenstein - 5:00. Jay Beckenstein alto and soprano saxophones. Tom Schuman electric piano, synthesizers. City Kids is a popart songfolk music album recording by SPYRO GYRA released in 1983 on CD, LPVinyl andor cassette. SPYRO GYRA - City Kids. Jazz music community with review and forums. Album 1983. Filed under PopArt SongFolk By SPYRO GYRA. Watch the video for City Kids from Spyro Gyra's City Kids for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Spyro Gyra is a jazz fusion group which formed in 1974 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Since their formation, the band has released 25 albums have been been nominated for 12 Grammys. The band's lineup has seen many changes, with only saxophonist Jay Beckenstein and keyboardist Tom Schuman remaining from the original lineup