Sealed LP: Orleans: Waking and Dreaming

$

25

Orleans: Waking and Dreaming
FACTORY SEALED LP Format: Album
Country: U.S.A.
Record Company & Release Number: Asylum: 7E-1070
Original release date: 1976
Bar Code: NONE Condition of the cover: Mint
Condition of this Album: Sealed - Assumed Mint
My inventory number: 208644B
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds, 1 ounces
Notes: Sticker on the shrink wrap as shown in the photo below. Please contact me if you have any difficulty viewing the photos.
Songs

• Reach
• What I Need
• If I Don't Have You
• Waking and Dreaming
• Sails
• Still the One
• Bum
• Golden State
• Path
• Spring Fever

• Jerry Marotta: Drums
• Chuck Plotkin: Producer
• John Hall: Guitar, Vocals
• Val Garay: Engineer
• Lance Hoppen: Bass, Vocals
• Larry Hoppen: Organ, Vocals, Guitar, Clavinet, Piano (Electric)
• Wells Kelly: Organ, Vocals, Tambourine, Piano, Drums, Keyboards
• Greg Ladanyi: Engineer
• Orleans: Main Performer
• Linda Ronstadt: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Michael Brecker: Saxophone
• Blue Mitchell: Trumpet

As with previous Orleans albums, Let There Be Music, from earlier in 1975, and the self-titled 1973 disc on ABC records, the majority of the music on Waking and Dreaming is from the pens of John Hall and Johanna Hall. "Still the One" was the big hit, its inverted Chuck Berry riff embracing a timeless sentiment every lover wants to hear: "We're still having fun -- and you're still the one." The sounds shift on the album, working best when themes of love come into play, the touching "If I Don't Have You" being a real standout. While the late Wells Kelly provides one of the weaker tracks, "The Bum," a collaboration by Larry Hoppen and Marilyn Mason, the album's closing song, "Spring Fever," is a real sleeper. It's an indication of the duo's songwriting skills which led to 1979's big hit, "Love Takes Time," providing evidence that the Hoppens had a right to carry on with the band name despite John and Johanna Hall having such a lock on the songwriting. Charles Plotkin's production works, especially on the hit and "Golden State," a laid-back folky/jazzy understated ode, while the title track shows potential but drifts off into a jam. The biggest problem with Waking and Dreaming, outside of the dreadful album cover of the not very photogenic longhairs posing seemingly naked for the camera, is that the band moves away from its area of success, the tight vocal harmonies and the cousin-to-the Eagles soft rock sound that was perfect for Asylum records. When the band gets heavy, as on the AOR-styled '7s funk of "What I Need," Orleans loses its identity. "Still the One" is as hard as this band should've rocked with John Hall at the helm, light enough for soft rock, strong enough to dance to. The reggae of "The Path" is a nice diversion, but the folky sounds of "Sails" is the kind of album track the fans expect, and it delivers the goods. It is John Hall at his isolated finest, the keyboards building with the singer, creating a niche for the voices to come in and fill. "Sails" is short, sweet, and magical, the kind of number that Waking and Dreaming should have had more of to surround the rare jewel of a hit song that "Still the One" is. ~ Joe Viglione, All Music Guide

Best known for their hits "Still the One" and "Dance With Me," Orleans was founded in New York in 1972 by John Hall, Larry Hoppen and Wells Kelly. Hoppen's brother Lance joined before the group signed with ABC Records in 1973; working with producers Barry Beckett and Roger Hawkins at Muscle Shoals Studios, they released their self-titled debut later that year. In 1974 Orleans recorded a self-produced album in New York's Bearsville Studio, but ABC didn't like it and dropped the group from the label, leaving Asylum to release the album Let There Be Magic in 1974, spurring the group's first big hit, 1975's "Dance with Me."

Their album Waking and Dreaming contained the hit "Still the One," which ABC-TV used as a theme song for that year. In 1977, Hall, who wrote many of the groups hits with his wife Johanna, left the group to pursue a solo career. He recorded two solo albums after signing with Elektra Records, and became something of a spokesman for the anti-nuclear power movement, helping to organize a group called MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy). Hall eventually worked with Jackson Browne, Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt to organize the No Nukes concerts at Madison Square Garden in 1979.

Without Hall, Orleans went through several other personnel changes before it had a number 11 hit with "Love Takes Time," from the album Forever. Though MCA's Infinity label went bankrupt in 1980, the group persevered, performing together in clubs and releasing the album One of a Kind in 1982. In 1984 Kelly died in London of a heroin overdose, and by the early '90s, Hall ditched his solo career and returned to performing with Orleans. After the group released 1994's Orleans Live, Vol. 1, and 1995's Analog Men on its own Major Record Label, Hall and the Hoppen brothers continued to tour as an acoustic trio.

This record came from a record store called "Phantasmagoria" which was located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Phantasmagoria went out of business in 1978. I purchased most of their unsold inventory some years later when I owned "Music Madness" - a new & used record store in Catasauqua.

Phantasmagoria used round colored stickers to indicate the price of the albums. They had a sign on the wall with the color sticker combinations for the customers to use so they knew the price of the albums. Most of the albums still have these stickers on them, and in some rare cases, the stickers are written on. Some of the records have prices on them. This is the price you would have paid for the record in 1978 if you would have bought it at Phantasmagoria. Please don't confuse these prices with their current value.

All sealed records are being sold as collector's items and cannot be returned due to manufacturer's defects. It may be almost impossible to replace many of the sealed albums I am selling.

All pictures are of the exact item being sold. The pictures always supersede any written description of this item.

I always leave feedback before your item ships. Please consider leaving feedback for me after you have had a chance to inspect and enjoy your purchase.

Please avoid questions on the last day of the auction. I might not have enough time to give you an answer before the auction ends.

All album reviews, credits and artist biographies are from AllMusic Guide. If you haven't been to their web site, you have to check it out. It's one of the most comprehensive music references on the internet. In some cases, credits may include reissue (CD) information. Obviously any credits referenced to CDs do not apply to this album release.

If you have any special shipping requirements (extra padding, oversized boxes, etc., you must let me know BEFORE making your payment. Your free shipping is based my standard packaging (new boxes, padded envelopes, etc.).

I am no longer offering media mail until the current virus issue has been resolved. The USPS is earning a bad reputation for damaging packages and/or delaying delivery time for media mail.

I am now including free First Class shipping with insurance for all USA buyers. I want your package to be delivered as rapidly as possible, and in the same condition as I sent it.

If your invoice does not include free first class postage, please send a request for an updated invoice.

Your item(s) will be shipped within 2 business days after I receive your cleared payment. When possible, I try to ship the same day your payment clears.

Local pick-up is fine with me. Contact me before making your payment to setup a time and place that is convenient for the both of us.

If you have any special shipping requirements (extra padding, oversized boxes, etc., you must let me know BEFORE making your payment. Your free shipping is based my standard packaging (new boxes, padded envelopes, etc.).

If you purchase multiple items, please wait until you've made all your purchases so I can send you an invoice with your correct postage.

The buyer is responsible for all customs regulations and fees in their own country.

If the total weight of your package is 4 pounds or more, the Post Office requires it to shipped by International Priority Mail. This is their policy, not mine.