Zephyr (Zephyr album)

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Zephyr
Zephyr Cover 69.jpg
Studio album by
Released1969
Recorded Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Hard rock, blues rock
Length44:43
Label Probe (original release)
One Way
Producer Bill Halverson
Zephyr chronology
Zephyr
(1969)
Going Back to Colorado
(1971)
Professional ratings
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Zephyr is the debut album by the band Zephyr, released in 1969.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Sail On" (Tommy Bolin, Candy Givens) – 7:22
  2. "Sun's a Risin'" (Bolin, David Givens) – 4:45
  3. "Raindrops" (Dee Clark) – 2:40
  4. "Boom-Ba-Boom" (D. Givens) – 1.20
  5. "Somebody Listen" (D. Givens, C. Givens, Bolin, John Faris) – 6:10

Side two

  1. "Cross the River" (C. Givens, D. Givens) – 4:43
  2. "St. James Infirmary" (Joe Primrose) – 5:15
  3. "Huna Buna" (C. Givens, Bolin) – 2:26
  4. "Hard Chargin' Woman" (Bolin, Robbie Chamberlin, Faris, C. Givens, D. Givens) – 8:40

Personnel

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r22677