Up Above My Head

~ Release by Ken Whiteley with The Original Sloth Band & The Honolulu Heartbreakers (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Manufactured and Distributed by Boot Records Ltd, Mississauga, ON
Distributed in U.S.A. by Boot Records, Inc, Nashville, TN

Annotation last modified on 2016-07-15 22:17 UTC.

Tracklist

112" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Stranded on the Banks
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
electric bass guitar [electric bass] and guitar:
Ken Whiteley
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
percussion:
Bill Bryans, Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter) and Ken Whiteley
vocals:
Dyan Firth, Eileen Tobin, Marian Tobin and Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
recording of:
Stranded on the Banks
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ken Whiteley
publisher:
Morning Music Ltd.
2:40
A2Strange Man
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
electric guitar [electric (Leslie) guitar]:
Chris Whiteley
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
piano:
Ken Whiteley
vocals:
Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
cover recording of:
The Strange Man
lyricist and composer:
Dorothy Love Coates
publisher:
Morris Music Inc
3:17
A3Workin' on a Building
engineer:
Steve Vaughn
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
electric guitar:
Chris Whiteley
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
vocals:
Tom Evans (Original Sloth Band member), Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley
performer:
The Original Sloth Band (Canadian jug band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recording of:
Workin' on a Building (Ken Whiteley arrangement)
arrangement of:
Working on the Building
2:32
A4Anyhow
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
bass drum and cymbal [cymbal]:
Bill Bryans
guitar, mandolin and piano:
Ken Whiteley
vocals:
Ken Whiteley
arranger:
Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
recording of:
Anyhow
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ken Whiteley
publisher:
Morning Music Ltd.
2:37
A5Get Happy
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
clarinet and horn [section horns]:
Tom Evans (Original Sloth Band member)
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
electric guitar:
Ken Whiteley
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
solo tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Jody Golick
trumpet:
Chris Whiteley
vocals:
Dyan Firth, Eileen Tobin, Marian Tobin and Ken Whiteley
performer:
The Honolulu Heartbreakers and The Original Sloth Band (Canadian jug band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
cover recording of:
Get Happy
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
1:48
A6Livin' Is Good
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
guitar and harmonica:
Chris Whiteley
mandolin and washboard:
Ken Whiteley
vocals:
Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
cover recording of:
Livin' Is Good
lyricist and composer:
Rev. Dan Smith
2:29
A7Peter
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
bass:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
harmonica:
Chris Whiteley
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
organ:
Ed Roth (Canadian accordionist & organist)
piano:
Ken Whiteley
vocals:
Dyan Firth, Eileen Tobin, Marian Tobin and Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
recording of:
Peter
lyricist and composer:
Ken Whiteley
publisher:
Morning Music Ltd.
3:00
B1Touch the Hem of His Garment
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
acoustic guitar:
Ken Whiteley
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
electric guitar:
Chris Whiteley
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
vocals:
Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
recording of:
Touch the Hem of His Garment
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
publisher:
Venice Music, Inc.
1:53
B2Give Me Just a Little More Time
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
electric guitar and harmonica [electric harmonica]:
Chris Whiteley
mandolin:
Tom Evans (Original Sloth Band member)
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
piano:
Ken Whiteley
solo electric guitar:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
vocals:
Tom Evans (Original Sloth Band member), Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley
arranger:
Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
recording of:
Give Me Just a Little More Time
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Morning Music Ltd.
2:56
B3My Journey to the Sky
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
acoustic guitar:
Chris Whiteley
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
piano:
Ken Whiteley
vocals:
Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
recording of:
My Journey to the Sky
lyricist and composer:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
4:18
B4Up Above My Head
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
acoustic guitar:
Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley
double bass [string bass]:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
vocals:
Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
cover recording of:
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air (Sister Rosetta Tharpe version)
lyricist and composer:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1947-11)
publisher:
Princess Music Publishing Corp
is based on:
Up Above My Head
2:11
B5Wilderness
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
resonator guitar [National guitar]:
Ken Whiteley
vocals:
Dyan Firth, Eileen Tobin, Marian Tobin and Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
recording of:
Wilderness
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Dyan Firth, Eileen Tobin, Marian Tobin and Ken Whiteley
publisher:
Morning Music Ltd.
2:42
B6Spreading the Gospel
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Mike Gardner (Canadian bass player)
membranophone:
Bill Bryans
pedal steel guitar:
Mike Holder
piano:
Ken Whiteley
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Jody Golick
vocals:
Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
recording of:
Spreading the Gospel
lyricist and composer:
Mary Tuck
publisher:
Morning Music Ltd.
3:08
B7Where Shall I Be
engineer:
Dan Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
assistant producer:
Bill Bryans
producer:
Ken Whiteley
acoustic guitar:
Ken Whiteley
vocals:
Tom Evans (Original Sloth Band member), Chris Whiteley and Ken Whiteley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (from 1978-03-24 until 1978-06-18)
recording of:
Where Shall I Be
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ken Whiteley
publisher:
Morning Music Ltd.
2:24

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manufactured in:Canada
manufactured by:Boot Records Limited
distributed by:Boot Records Inc (USA distributor for Boot Records)
Boot Records Limited
copyrighted (©) by:Boot Records Limited (in 1979)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3329864 [info]
discography entry:http://www.kenwhiteley.com/index.php?show=recordings&id=13 [info]