Lone Star (album)

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Lone Star
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1976 [1]
Recorded1976
Studio Sweet Silence, Copenhagen [2]
Genre Hard rock, progressive rock, [2] heavy metal
Label Epic (UK)
RockCandy Music (UK) — reissue.
Producer Roy Thomas Baker
Lone Star chronology
Lone Star
(1976)
Firing on All Six
(1977)
Singles from Lone Star
  1. "She Said She Said"
    Released: 5 Nov 1976 [3]

Lone Star is the debut studio album by Welsh hard rock band Lone Star. The album was released in August 1976. The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, who is best known for his work with Queen and The Cars. The album was later re-issue on CD in 1992 & 1996 by CBS Records/Sony. [1] The album only spent 1 week in the UK Albums Charts reaching number 47. [4] The album was produced at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark and mastered at Sterling Sound Studios, New York, United States. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She Said She Said"8:29
2."Lonely Soldier"
  • Kenny Driscoll, Tony Smith
5:09
3."Flying in the Reel"
  • Driscoll, Smith
4:54
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Spaceships"
  • Driscoll, Smith
6:44
5."A New Day"
  • Driscoll, Smith
5:14
6."A Million Stars"
  • Driscoll, Smith
3:50
7."Illusions"
  • Driscoll, Smith
3:12
Bonus CD tracks from previously unreleased BBC sessions
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Flying in the Reel"
  • Driscoll, Smith
9."A Million Stars"
  • Driscoll, Smith
10."She Said She Said"
  • Lennon, McCartney
11."Hypnotic Mover"
  • Pete Hurley, Dixie Lee, Rick Worsnop, Driscoll, Smith
12."Spaceships"
  • Driscoll, Smith

Personnel

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