1975 Juice Newton – Juice Newton & Silver Spur
Juice Newton & Silver Spur is the debut album by country-rock singer Juice Newton, credited as Juice Newton & Silver Spur. The album contains Newton’s first charting single, “Love Is a Word,” and the original version of “The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known),” which was re-recorded in 1981 and became a #1 hit.
Tracks
1 Catwillow River (Otha Young) 2:52
2 Just Remember Who Your Friends Are (Otha Young) 3:12
3 Love Is A Word (Otha Young) 2:50
4 The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known) (Otha Young) 3:34
5 Roll On, Truckers (Otha Young) 2:35
6 Won’t You Stay (Just A Little Bit Longer) (Otha Young) 3:13
7 It’s High Time (Tom Kealey) 3:23
8 You Please Me (Tom Kealey) 2:48
9 The Shelter Of Your Love (Otha Young) 3:08
10 Stand By Me, Jesus (Otha Young) 3:26
Biography
Musicians
1 Catwillow River
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
Guitar | Otha Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Juice Newton |
Acoustic Guitar | Otha Young |
Vocals | Juice Newton |
Background Vocals | Tom Kealey |
Background Vocals | Otha Young |
2 Just Remember Who Your Friends Are
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Drums | Hal Blaine |
Guitar | Otha Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Otha Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Juice Newton |
Piano | Mike Melvoin |
Percussion | Hal Blaine |
Vocals | Juice Newton |
Background Vocals | Otha Young |
Background Vocals | Tom Kealey |
3 Love Is A Word
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Drums | Hal Blaine |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Rusty Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Juice Newton |
Piano | Mike Melvoin |
Vocals | Juice Newton |
Background Vocals | Otha Young |
Background Vocals | Tom Kealey |
4 The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known)
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Drums | Hal Blaine |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Rusty Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Otha Young |
Piano | Mike Melvoin |
Vocals | Juice Newton |
5 Roll On, Truckers
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Percussion | Hal Blaine |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Rusty Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Otha Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Juice Newton |
Dobro | Rusty Young |
Piano | Mike Melvoin |
Vocals | Otha Young |
Background Vocals | Tom Kealey |
Background Vocals | Juice Newton |
6 Won’t You Stay (Just A Little Bit Longer)
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Drums | Hal Blaine |
Guitar | Otha Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Juice Newton |
Acoustic Guitar | Otha Young |
Vocals | Juice Newton |
Background Vocals | Otha Young |
Background Vocals | Tom Kealey |
7 It’s High Time
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Drums | Hal Blaine |
Guitar | Otha Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Juice Newton |
Vocals | Juice Newton |
Organ | Mike Melvoin |
Piano | Mike Melvoin |
Background Vocals | Otha Young |
Background Vocals | Tom Kealey |
8 You Please Me
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Drums | Hal Blaine |
Piano | Mike Melvoin |
Guitar | Otha Young |
Pedal Steel Guitar | Rusty Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Otha Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Juice Newton |
Vocals | Tom Kealey |
Background Vocals | Juice Newton |
Background Vocals | Otha Young |
9 The Shelter Of Your Love
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Drums | Hal Blaine |
Guitar | Otha Young |
Guitar | Juice Newton |
Vocals | Juice Newton |
Background Vocals | Otha Young |
Background Vocals | Tom Kealey |
10 Stand By Me, Jesus
Bass | Tom Kealey |
Drums | Hal Blaine |
Acoustic Guitar | Otha Young |
Acoustic Guitar | Juice Newton |
Organ | Mike Melvoin |
Piano | Mike Melvoin |
Vocals | Juice Newton |
Background Vocals | Otha Young |
Background Vocals | Tom Kealey |
Liner Notes
Producer – Bones Howe
Co Producer – Jerry Stroud
Engineer – Bones Howe, Geoff Howe
Mastered By – Kevin Gray
Art Direction – Frank Mulvey
Design, Graphics – Gribbitt!
Photography – Buddy Rosenberg
Engineered At Wally Heider Recording Studio, LA
Mastered At Artisan Sound Recorders
Phonographic Copyright RCA
Copyright RCA
August 17, 2015 @ 22:17
Wow, haven’t heard that name in a while! 🙂