1985 Alan Gorrie – Sleepless Night
Alan Edward Gorrie (born 19 July 1946, Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and singer. He is a founding member of the Average White Bandand remains one of two original members in the group’s current line-up.
Having previously played in Forever More, Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre formed the Average White Band in Glasgow in 1971. They became a successful funk/R&B group, topping record charts internationally with the AWB album and “Pick Up the Pieces” single.
As part of Forever More, Alan Gorrie appeared in Lindsay Shonteff’s 1970 exploitation film Permissive, and also composed the scores for Shonteff’s films The Yes Girls (1971) and The Fast Kill (1972).
Tracks
| 1 | Up | 3:59 | |||
| 2 | Electric Between Us | 3:51 | |||
| 3 | Diary Of A Fool | 3:45 | |||
| 4 | Tha Kinda Girl | 4:27 | |||
| 5 | I Can Take It | 4:57 | |||
| 6 | The Girl Upstairs | 4:15 | |||
| 7 | Sleepless Nights | 4:30 | |||
| 8 | The Age Of Steam | 4:07 | |||
| 9 | In The Jungle | 4:18 | |||
1 Up
| Bass | Alan Gorrie |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Dann Huff |
| Keyboards | Larry Williams |
| Programming | Gary Chang |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Background Vocals | Alex Ligertwood |
| Background Vocals | Jay Gruska |
| Background Vocals | Joseph Williams |
| Vocals | Alan Gorrie |
2 Electric Between Us
| Bass | Alan Gorrie |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Dann Huff |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | Jay Gruska |
| Keyboards | Larry Williams |
| Background Vocals | Jay Gruska |
| Background Vocals | Joe Pizzulo |
| Background Vocals | Joseph Williams |
| Vocals | Alan Gorrie |
3 Diary Of A Fool
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Synthesizer | Jay Gruska |
| Synthesizer | Michael Boddicker |
| Vocals | Alan Gorrie |
4 Tha Kinda Girl
| Bass | Alan Gorrie |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Dann Huff |
| Piano | Jai Winding |
| Synthesizer | Jay Gruska |
| Programming | Gary Chang |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Sax | Ernie Watts |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Background Vocals | Jay Gruska |
| Background Vocals | Joe Pizzulo |
| Background Vocals | Joseph Williams |
| Vocals | Alan Gorrie |
5 I Can Take It
| Bass | Jeff Bova |
| Drums (programming) | Alan Gorrie |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | Jeff Bova |
| Keyboards | Alan Gorrie |
| Keyboards | Jay Gruska |
| Programming | Gary Chang |
| Woodwinds | Steve Tavaglione |
| Background Vocals | Alex Ligertwood |
| Background Vocals | Jay Gruska |
| Background Vocals | Joseph Williams |
| Vocals | Alan Gorrie |
6 The Girl Upstairs
| Bass (synthesizer) | David Paul Bryant |
| Drums (programming) | Dennis Herring |
| Guitar | Dennis Herring |
| Synthesizer | David Paul Bryant |
| Synthesizer | Jay Gruska |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Background Vocals | David Paul Bryant |
| Background Vocals | Dennis Herring |
| Background Vocals | Jay Gruska |
| Vocals | Alan Gorrie |
7 Sleepless Nights
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Guitar | Michael Mugrage |
| Keyboards | Jeff Bova |
| Keyboards | Larry Williams |
| Synthesizer | Jay Gruska |
| Synthesizer | Michael Boddicker |
| Programming | Jeff Bova |
| Background Vocals | Joseph Williams |
| Background Vocals | Michele Gruska |
| Vocals | Alan Gorrie |
8 The Age Of Steam
| Bass (synthesizer) | Larry Williams |
| Drums (programming) | Alan Gorrie |
| Guitar | Dann Huff |
| Synthesizer | Gary Chang |
| Synthesizer | Jay Gruska |
| Background Vocals | Alex Ligertwood |
| Background Vocals | Jay Gruska |
| Background Vocals | Joseph Williams |
| Vocals | Alan Gorrie |
9 Jungle
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | Jay Gruska |
| Keyboards | Randy Kerber |
| Programming | Gary Chang |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Background Vocals | Jay Gruska |
| Background Vocals | Joseph Williams |
| Background Vocals | Marc Jordan |
| Background Vocals | Michele Gruska |
| Vocals | Alan Gorrie |
Producer – Alan Gorrie, Jay Gruska
Arranged By – Jay Gruska (Tracks 1,8,9)
Arranged By – Alan Gorrie, Jay Gruska (Tracks 2, 7)
Arranged By – Alan Gorrie, Michael Mugrage (Tracks 3,8)
Arranged By (Horns), Conductor – Larry Williams (Track 4)
Arranged By – Alan Gorrie, Jeff Bova, Michael Mugrage (Track 5)
Arranged By – Alan Gorrie, David P Bryant, Dennis Herring, Jay Gruska (Track 6)
Arranged By [Saxophone] – Jay Gruska, Larry Williams (Track 6)
Engineer (Assistant) (Conway Recording Studios) – Jeff Stebbins, Rick Clifford
Engineer (Assistant) (Skyline Recording) – Britt Bacon, Ross Stein, Shanti Haas
Engineer (Recording) (Skyline Recording) – Frank Wolf
Mastered By – Brian Gardner
Recorded By, Mixed By (Conway Recording Studios) – Mick Guzauski
Recorded at Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
All additional recording & vocals done at Skyline Recording, Topanga, CA
Recorded At – Conway Studios
Recorded At – Skyline Recording
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
