Jennifer Warnes - The Hunter (Green vinyl)
ORDER LIMITED TO ONE ITEM PER CUSTOMER
Jennifer Warnes – lead vocals, backing vocals (A1-2, B1, B3), ornithologist (B2), additional voice (B5) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Jennifer Warnes]
Roscoe Beck – synthesizers (A1, A3), guitar (A1), bass and drum programming (A1), synth strings (A3), programming (A3), bass (A3, A4, B1, B4-5), horn arrangements (A3), string bass (A5, B2)
Bill Ginn – synthesizers (A1), Synclavier (A5, B4), acoustic piano (B1), marxophone (B1), keyboard arrangements (B4), string arrangements (B4), keyboards (B5)
Russell Ferrante – keyboards (A3-4, B3), Hammond organ (A4)
Larry Steelman – synth strings (A3)
Randy Kerber – acoustic piano (A5), synthesizers (A5)
Stephen Croes – Synclavier (A5, B1, B4)
Rob Meurer – synthesizers (B2, B5), keyboards (B5)
Van Dyke Parks – accordion (B2), arrangements (B2)
Kim Bullard – keyboards (B4)
Michael Landau – guitar (A1, A3, B1), lead guitar (A4)
David Mansfield – guitar (A1), ornithologist (B2), lap steel guitar (B3), fiddle (B3)
Robben Ford – guitar (A3), lead guitar (A4), rhythm guitar (A4)
David Grissom – guitar (B1), acoustic guitar (B3)
Eric Johnson – nylon-string guitar (B2), slide guitar (B5)
Richard Thompson – electric guitar (B2)
Mitch Watkins – acoustic guitar (B2), archtop guitar (B2)
Jorge Calderón – bass (A2, B3)
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (A1, A3-4, B1, B4-5)
John Robinson – drums (A3)
Tom Brechtlein – drums (B5)
Lenny Castro – percussion (A1-B1, B5), shaker (B2-3), ornithologist (B2), congas (B3), seed pod (B3), tambourine (B3)
Paulinho da Costa – congas (B3), dumbek (B3), shaker (B3), talking drum (B3)
Steve Forman – surdo (B3), tar (B3), rhythm composer (B3)
Judd Miller – wind synthesizer (A1, A5, B1, B4)
Bob Malach – saxophone (A1)
Larry Williams – saxophone (A1)
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (A1)
Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (A1)
Stephen Barber – horn arrangements (A5, B1), string arrangements (A5, B1), Synclavier (B1)
Suzie Katayama – cello (B2)
Larry Corbett – cello (B4)
Novi Novog – viola (B2)
Robert Becker – viola (B4)
Joel Derouin – violin (A5, B1-2, B4)
Sid Page – violin (B2, B4)
Perla Batalla – backing vocals (A1-2)
Max Carl – lead vocals (A2), backing vocals (A2)
Donald Fagen – backing vocals (A3)
Frank Floyd – backing vocals (A3)
Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals (A4, B3)
Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (A4)
Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (A4)
Blondie Chaplin – lead vocals (B3)
1 LP, standard sleeve, lyric sheet insert
Limited to 3,000 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g High Quality vinyl
Record color : green
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Impex Records
Original Label : Attic
Recorded at Acme Recording Studios (Sherman Oaks, CA); Amigo Studios and The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA); Capitol Studios, Conway Studios and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA); Groove Masters (Santa Monica, CA); River Sound Studios and The Hit Factory (New York City, NY).
Engineered by Elliot Scheiner
Mixed at the Village Recorder by Elliot Scheiner
Produced by Elliot Scheiner, Jennifer Warnes, C. Roscoe Beck
Remastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Originally released in 1992
Reissued in October 2023
Tracks:
Side A :
- Rock You Gently
- Somewhere, Somebody
- Big Noise New York
- True Emotion
- Pretending To Care
Side B :
- The Whole Of The Moon
- Lights Of Lousianne
- Way Down Deep
- The Hunter
- I Can't Hide
Awards:
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
Reviews :
"Remastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, the sonics are luscious. Warnes has always had an audiophile's ear and was hands-on with this effort-one of the last from now-defunct Cisco Records. (...). It's an example of both an artist in full charge of her powers, and analog art its very best." - Greg Cahill, The Absolute Sound
"It took Jennifer Warnes five years to construct a follow-up to Famous Blue Raincoat, and she still wasn't able to come up with a unifying concept as simple and workable as recording a set of songs by Leonard Cohen. She did find some excellent covers, including Todd Rundgren's "Pretending To Care" and The Waterboys' "The Whole Of The Moon," that may have been new to her listeners, and she got a song from Donald Fagen ("Big Noise, New York"). She also did some of her own writing, and got participation from Cohen on "Way Down Deep." All of which is to say that there are some worthy selections on The Hunter, but on the whole, this record doesn't match its illustrious predecessor." AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 , Discogs : 4,5 / 5