Nocturnal Playground

Nocturnal Playground
Studio album by Russ Freeman
Released	April 10, 1986 (1986-04-10)
Recorded	November 18 – December 3, 1985
Studio	Juniper Recording Studio (Burbank, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:37
Label	Brainchild Alfa International (Japan)
Producer	Dean Whitney
Russ Freeman chronology
Nocturnal Playground (1986) Sahara (1994)

Nocturnal Playground is the first album by American guitarist Russ Freeman, released on April 10, 1986 by Brainchild Records. In Japan, it was released by Alfa International. After this album, Freeman formed the band the Rippingtons. Several tracks from the album appeared on The Weather Channel in its infancy, and were later used on News at 11 by Cat System Corp.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Russ Freeman.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nocturnal Playground"	6:36
2.	"Polo in the Palisades"	5:26
3.	"What She Really Wants"	4:34
4.	"Jamaican Nights"	5:30
5.	"Easter Island"	5:34
6.	"Moving Violation"	5:50
7.	"Amelia"	4:39
8.	"Paradise Cove"	4:28

Personnel

• Russ Freeman – Emulator II, electric guitars, classical guitars, guitar synthesizer, keyboard bass, Linn 9000 programming
• David Vasquez – rhythm keyboards
• Mike Watts – acoustic piano on "Amelia"
• David Renick – drums, percussion
• Steve Reid – percussion, Emulator II programming
• Brandon Fields – alto saxophone

Production

• Dean Whitney – producer
• Stephen Sharp – engineer
• Jim Emrich – assistant engineer
• Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc Systems (Hollywood, California)
• Loni Spector – cover photography
• Stylianos – back cover photography
• Kathleen Covert – art direction, design

External links

• Nocturnal Playground at AllMusic
• Nocturnal Playground at Discogs
• Rippingtons official website