Meat Loaf BAT OUT OF HELL Epic Records PE 34974 (1977 1st Ed.) Excellent
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Jan 30, 2022
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Description
Meat Loaf BAT OUT OF HELL Epic Records EK 34974 (1999 Compact Disc)
Tracklist
A1 Bat Out Of Hell 9:48 A2 You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) 5:04 A3 Heaven Can Wait 4:38 A4 All Revved Up With No Place To Go 4:19B1 Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad 5:23 Paradise By The Dash Board Light (8:28) B2-I Paradise B2-II Let Me Sleep On It B2-III Praying For The End Of Time B3 For Crying Out Loud 8:45
*(all photos are of the actual item)
- Manufactured By – Epic Records
- Recorded At – Bearsville Studios
- Recorded At – Utopia Sound
- Recorded At – The Hit Factory
- Recorded At – House Of Music, West Orange, NJ
- Mastered At – The Cutting Room
- Backing Vocals – Ellen Foley (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6), Kasim Sultan* (tracks: 1), Marvin Lee* (tracks: 6), Rory Dodd (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), Todd Rundgren (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
- Bass – Kasim Sultan* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- Concertmaster – Gene Orloff (tracks: 7)
- Cover – Jim Steinman
- Drums – John Wilcox (tracks: 4, 5, 7), Max Weinberg (tracks: 1, 2, 6)
- Featuring, Vocals – Ellen Foley (tracks: 6)
- Guitar – Todd Rundgren (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
- Guitar [Motorcycle] – Todd Rundgren (tracks: 1)
- Illustration – Richard Corben
- Keyboards – Jim Steinman (tracks: 1, 2, 6), Roy Bittan (tracks: 1, 2, 6), Todd Rundgren (tracks: 1)
- Narrator – Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto* (tracks: 6)
- Orchestra – Members Of The New York Philharmonic* (tracks: 7), Members Of The Philadelphia Orchestra* (tracks: 7)
- Percussion – Jim Steinman (tracks: 1, 2), Marvin Lee* (tracks: 2), Todd Rundgren (tracks: 1, 2)
- Piano – Cheryl Hardwick (tracks: 7), Roy Bittan (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Steve Margoshes (tracks: 7)
- Producer, Mixed By, Engineer, Arranged By – Todd Rundgren
- Saxophone – Edgar Winter (tracks: 2, 4, 6)
- Synthesizer – Roger Powell (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6)
- Written-By, Arranged By – Jim Steinman
Notes
Issued with custom printed inner-sleeve with credits + lyrics.Original release is on an orange label, with no barcode on cover.
Recorded at Bearsville Sound, Bearsville, N.Y.; Utopia Sound, Lake Hill, N.Y.; The Hit Factory, New York City, N.Y.; House Of Music, West Orange, N.J.
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Etched): AL 34974-4A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Etched): P BL 34974-1D
There is no other album like Bat Out of Hell, unless you want to count the sequel. This is Grand Guignol pop -- epic, gothic, operatic, and silly, and it's appealing because of all of this. Jim Steinman was a composer without peer, simply because nobody else wanted to make mini-epics like this. And there never could have been a singer more suited for his compositions than Meat Loaf, a singer partial to bombast, albeit shaded bombast. The compositions are staggeringly ridiculous, yet Meat Loaf finds the emotional core in each song, bringing true heartbreak to "Two out of Three Ain't Bad" and sly humor to "Paradise by the Dashboard Light." There's no discounting the production of Todd Rundgren, either, who gives Steinman's self-styled grandiosity a production that's staggeringly big but never overwhelming and always alluring. While the sentiments are deliberately adolescent and filled with jokes and exaggerated clichés, there's real (albeit silly) wit behind these compositions, not just in the lyrics but in the music, which is a savvy blend of oldies pastiche, show tunes, prog rock, Springsteen-esque narratives, and blistering hard rock (thereby sounding a bit like an extension of Rocky Horror Picture Show, which brought Meat Loaf to the national stage). It may be easy to dismiss this as ridiculous, but there's real style and craft here and its kitsch is intentional. It may elevate adolescent passion to operatic dimensions, and that's certainly silly, but it's hard not to marvel at the skill behind this grandly silly, irresistible album.
On Jan-23-22 at 14:28:20 PST, seller added the following information:
*Note: In descriptions, there is an error on the selection number. EK 34974 should read PE 34974 and 1999 compact disc should read 1977 1st Edition vinyl record. Apologies.
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