The Alpha Band (album)

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The Alpha Band
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Studio album by
Released1976
Recordedby Larry Hirsch on August 19, 20 and 21, 1976 at Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Rock
Label Arista
The Alpha Band chronology
The Alpha Band
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The Alpha Band is the debut album by the rock group The Alpha Band, released in 1976. The band was formed in 1976 from the remnants of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. The core band members were T-Bone Burnett, Steven Soles and David Mansfield. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Interviews" (T-Bone Burnett, Bob Neuwirth, Larry Poons)
  2. "Cheap Perfume" (Burnett, Neuwirth, J. Steven Soles)
  3. "Keep It in the Family" (Soles)
  4. "Ten Figures" (Burnett, Fleming)
  5. "Wouldn't You Know" (Soles)

Side two

  1. "Madman" (Burnett, Soles)
  2. "The Dogs" (Burnett, Fleming, Phil Taylor)
  3. "Arizona Telegram" (Soles)
  4. "Dark Eyes" (Burnett, Fleming)
  5. "Last Chance to Dance" (Burnett, Carson)

Personnel

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