1983 The Tubes – Outside Inside
Outside Inside is a 1983 release on Capitol Records by The Tubes. The album was produced by David Foster. The Tubes had their biggest radio hit with the single “She’s a Beauty” (flipside of single was non-album track “When You’re Ready to Come”).
Martha Davis from The Motels appears as a guest vocalist on “The Monkey Time.” Martha Davis’ vocal performance on “The Monkey Time” was replaced by Michele Gray on the Capitol CD reissue of Outside Inside. Gray was one of The Tubes principal dancers from 1983–1985, and later married the long-term Tubes collaborator Todd Rundgren.
Tracks
1 She’s a Beauty (David Foster, Fee Waybill, Steve Lukather) 4:00
2 No Not Again (The Tubes) 3:28
3 Out Of The Business (The Tubes) 3:29
4 The Monkey Time (Curtis Mayfield, The Tubes) 3:44
5 Glass House (The Tubes) 3:29
6 Wild Women Of Wongo (The Tubes) 3:55
7 Tip Of My Tongue (Maurice White, Michael Snyder) 3:58
8 Fantastic Delusion (The Tubes) 3:55
9 Drums (The Tubes) 2:20
10 Theme Park (The Tubes) 3:13
11 Outside Lookin’ Inside (The Tubes) 0:55
Biography
Band
| Bass | Rick Anderson |
| Drums | Prairie Prince |
| Guitar | Bill Spooner |
| Guitar | Roger Steen |
| Keyboards | Vince Welnick |
| Synthesizer | Michael Cotten |
| Vocals | Fee Waybill |
Other Musicians
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Bass | David Williams |
| Guitar | Steve Lukather |
| Guitar | Freddie Washington |
| Keyboards | David Paich |
| Keyboards | Steve Porcaro |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Keyboards | James Newton-Howard |
| Sax | Gary Herbig |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Background Vocals | Patti Austin |
| Background Vocals | Bobby Kimball |
| Background Vocals | Bill Champlin |
| Background Vocals | Maurice White |
Liner Notes
Producer – David Foster
Engineer (Additional) – David Cole, Jack Leahy, Jeff Borgeson, Ken Kessie, Stacy Baird
Engineer (Assistant) – Barbara Rooney, Bob Bullock, Gene Wooley, Howard Johnston, Jeff Kliment, Larry Ferguson, Marnie Moore, Niko Bolas, Roberto Spano, Steve Schmidt, Tom Fouce, Wayne Tanouye
Engineer (Recording) – Dennis Kirk, Greg Ladanyi, Humberto Gatica
Mastered By – Larry Emerine, Stephen Marcussen
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10)
Mixed By – Greg Ladanyi (Tracks 3)
Mixed By – George Massenburg (Tracks 5, 6, 7)
Mixed By (Also Mixed By) – Fee Waybill
Art Direction – Roy Kohara, Michael Cotten, Prairie Prince
Artwork – Bill Burks, Jim English, Jim Welch, Lee Mell, Matt Leach, Phil Shima, Stan Pesket
Cover – Balfour Patterson, Paul Knotter
Design – Cotten/Prince Productions
Photography – Cees Van Gelderen, Mike Hashimoto, Doug Menuez, Ira Sandler, Jonathan Exley, Jim McCrary
Mastered At Precision Lacquer
Mixed At The Complex
Mixed At Lion Share Recording Studios
Mixed At Record One, Los Angeles
Recorded At The Automatt
Recorded At Capitol Studios
Recorded At The Complex
Recorded At Davlen Sound Studios
Recorded At Different Fur Studios
Recorded At Lion Share Recording Studios
Recorded At Manor Studio, Los Angeles
Recorded At Record One, Los Angeles
Recorded At Russian Hill Recording
Recorded At Tubesound
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