No More, No Less

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No More, No Less
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ReleasedMay 1973
RecordedEarly 1973 at Peppermint Studios, Youngstown, Ohio
Genre Rock, pop rock, power pop
Length35:32
Label Mercury Records
Producer Paul Nelson (Executive Producer) and John Grazier
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Christgau's Record Guide B [1]

No More, No Less is the first album by the Youngstown, Ohio band Blue Ash, released in 1973 on Mercury Records SRM1-666. (see 1973 in music). The album is composed mostly of originals with two covers, "Dusty Old Fairgrounds" by Bob Dylan and "Any Time at All" by The Beatles. The album remained out of print for many years until re-released on CD by Collector's Choice Music in late 2008.

Youngstown, Ohio City in Ohio, United States

Youngstown is a city in and the county seat of Mahoning County in the U.S. state of Ohio, with small portions extending into Trumbull County. According to the 2010 Census, Youngstown had a city proper population of 66,982, while the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area it anchors contained 565,773 people in Mahoning and Trumbull counties in Ohio, and Mercer County in Pennsylvania.

Blue Ash is a United States band, formed in Ohio in the summer of 1969 by bassist Frank Secich & vocalist Jim Kendzor. Guitarist Bill Yendrek and drummer David Evans were recruited later that summer.

1973 in music Overview of the events of 1973 in music

This is a list of music-related events in 1973.

Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her?)" (Secich, Bartolin) – 3:05
  2. "Dusty Old Fairgrounds" (Bob Dylan) - 2:46
  3. "Plain to See" (Secich, Bartolin) - 2:41
  4. "Just Another Game" (Secich, Bartolin) - 2:57
  5. "I Remember A Time" (Secich, Bartolin) - 2:55
  6. "Smash My Guitar" (Secich, Bartolin) - 3:15

Side Two

  1. "Anytime At All" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:19
  2. "Here We Go Again" (Secich, Bartolin) - 3:23
  3. "What Can I Do For You?" (Kendzor) - 3:50
  4. "All I Want" (Secich, Bartolin) - 2:57
  5. "Wasting My Time" (Secich, Bartolin) - 2:50
  6. "Let There Be Rock" (Secich, Bartolin) - 2:33

Personnel

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Frank Secich is an American rock musician, songwriter, author and record producer. He was the bass player and founding member of the group Blue Ash from 1969–79 and guitarist and bassist for the Stiv Bators band from 1979 until 1981. He played in the Cleveland-based group Club Wow with Jimmy Zero of the Dead Boys from 1982–85 and produced the Ohio band the Infidels from 1985-1990. He is currently the rhythm guitarist for the Deadbeat Poets who were formed in 2006 in Youngstown, Ohio. Frank Secich's autobiography "Circumstantial Evidence" was published by High Voltage Publishing of Australia in 2015.

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References

  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 21, 2019.