The Walter Murphy Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven Album

Tracklist

1	Suite Love Symphony	2:51
2	Just A Love Song Vocals – Pat Bianco	4:22
3	A Fifth Of Beethoven Composed By [Original] – BeethovenGuitar – Mike Caruso	3:01
4	Get A Little Lovin' Vocals – Frank Dillard	3:57
5	Flight '76 Composed By [Original] – Rimsky-Korsakov	3:29
6	(You've Got To Be) Your Own Best Friend Backing Vocals – Eddie GarrVocals – Pat Bianco	3:25
7	Night Fall Composed By [Original] – Chopin	4:40
8	California Strut Guitar – Mike CarusoVocals – Angie Boffil	3:33
9	Midnight Express	3:05
10	Russian Dressing Composed By [Original] – Tchaikovsky	3:25

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DAT1-0393, T-130064	The Walter Murphy Band	A Fifth Of Beethoven ‎(8-Trk, Album, Quad)	RCA, RCA	DAT1-0393, T-130064	US	1979
7C 062-98279	The Walter Murphy Band	A Fifth Of Beethoven ‎(LP, Album)	Private Stock	7C 062-98279	Sweden	1976
3C 064 - 98279	The Walter Murphy Band	A Fifth Of Beethoven ‎(LP, Album)	Private Stock	3C 064 - 98279	Italy	1976
10C 062-98.279	The Walter Murphy Band	A Fifth Of Beethoven "Una 5a. De Beethoven" ‎(LP, Album)	Private Stock	10C 062-98.279	Spain	1976
1C 062-98.279	The Walter Murphy Band	A Fifth Of Beethoven ‎(LP, Album)	Private Stock	1C 062-98.279	Germany	1976

Credits

• Bass – Harvey Swartz
• Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor – Walter Murphy
• Drums – Bob Merigliano
• Engineer – Ron Johnson
• Engineer [Assistant] – Jay Borden
• Guitar – Carmine D'Amico
• Horns – Brook Tillotson, Don Corrado, Jim Buffington, Ray Alonge
• Mastered By – George Marino
• Percussion – Greg Westhoff
• Producer – Thomas J. Valentino
• Saxophone – Artie Kaplan, Ed Xiques, George Young , Lou Marini
• Trombone – Paul Bernardi
• Trumpet – Al Porcino, Jon Faddis, Mike McGovern
• Written-By – W. Murphy

Notes

Another label layout variant can be found here.

Flight '76 based on Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of The Bumble Bee.
A Fifth Of Beethoven based on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
Night Fall based on Chopin's Prelude No 4 In E Minor.
Russian Dressing based on Tchaïkovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 In B Flat Minor.

Companies

• Recorded At – Sound Ideas Studios
• Mixed At – Sound Ideas Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Private Stock Records, Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Private Stock Records, Ltd.
• Published By – RFT Music Publishing Corp.

Video

Album

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