1996 Stephen Bishop – Blue Guitars

Blue Guitars is a studio album by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop. An album with the same title was released in Japan in 1994.

The Japanese release includes two tracks, “Yeh Yeh” and “Natalie”, not found on the American version. The American release includes two tracks, “On Blonde Street” and “Wall Around Your Heart”, not found on the Japanese version. These tracks were produced by Jeff Jones. All others were produced by Andrew Gold. Some track lengths are also substantially different between the two releases

Tracks

1  I Go Numb (Stephen Bishop, Tom Snow, Andrew Gold) 4:12
2  Dive into the Pool of Love (Stephen Bishop, Tom Snow) 4:14
3  On Blonde Street (Stephen Bishop) 5:02
4  When You Love Somebody (Stephen Bishop) 4:33
5  (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet (Freddie Gorman, Bob Hamilton) 3:24
6  Wall Around Your Heart (Stephen Bishop) 5:44
7  The King of Tonga (Stephen Bishop) 3:58
8  Picasso Played a Blue Guitar (Stephen Bishop) 4:33
9  Italian Rain (Stephen Bishop) 4:29
10  Let Your Heart Remember (Stephen Bishop, Jeff Jones) 4:19
11  When Love Was Grand (Stephen Bishop) 3:37
12  Separate Lives (Stephen Bishop) 4:24
13  Rebecca´s Theme (Stephen Bishop) 1:58

Media

Musicians

DrumsAndrew Gold
GuitarAndrew Gold
Acoustic GuitarAndrew Gold
KeyboardsAndrew Gold
VocalsStephen Bishop

Other Musicians

1 I Go Numb

12 String GuitarAndrew Gold


2 Dive into the Pool of Love

GuitarMichael Thompson
Background VocalsMichael McDonald


3 On Blonde Street

DrumsJeff Jones
GuitarJeff Jones
Acoustic GuitarStephen Bishop
KeyboardsJeff Jones
PianoJohn Jarvis
SynthesizerJohn Jarvis
PercussionJeff Jones


4 When You Love Somebody

Acoustic GuitarStephen Bishop
SaxDavid Woodford
Background VocalsDavid Crosby


5 (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet

Background VocalsAndrew Gold


6 Wall Around Your Heart

PianoJohn Jarvis
Acoustic GuitarStephen Bishop


8 Picasso Played a Blue Guitar

Acoustic GuitarStephen Bishop


9 Italian Rain

Acoustic GuitarStephen Bishop
MandolinAndrew Gold
PianoJon Gilutin
PianoAndrew Gold
SynthesizerJon Gilutin
SynthesizerAndrew Gold
FluteAndrew Gold


10 Let Your Heart Remember

Background VocalsMichael McDonald
Background VocalsAndrew Gold


11 When Love Was Grand

Acoustic GuitarStephen Bishop


12 Separate Lives

Acoustic GuitarStephen Bishop


13 Rebecca´s Theme

Acoustic GuitarStephen Bishop

Liner Notes

Producer – Andrew Gold
Digital Editing – Jeff Silverman
Engineer – Andrew Gold, Bill Cooper
Mastered By – Eddie Schreyer
Mixed By – Andrew Gold

Mastered At Future Disc
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Pony Canyon Inc.
Copyright (c) – Pony Canyon Inc.
Manufactured By – Pony Canyon Inc.