MUSICIANS

Paul Roberts - vocals,backing vocals and guitars.
Les Davidson - guitars.
Jeremy Meek - bass,
Steve Jackson - drums,
Andy Giddings - keyboards          (Tracks 1,4,5,7 & 9)

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS : 

Robin Langridge - keyboards,
Dean Ross - keyboards,
Morris Michael - guitar & backing vocals,
Noel McCalla - backing vocals,
Leo Sayer - backing vocals (courtesy of Silverbird),
Bobby McLachlan - backing vocals,
Luigi Salvoni - drum programming (track 7)

PRODUCED - Paul Roberts

At the end of 1987 with my wife Gisela and our two children I moved to Somerset from London. I made it my priority, once we had settled, to finally resolve a publishing dispute over some of my early material. The case had endured for more than ten years and was now languishing at the bottom of some solicitor's filing cabinets. As this involved the publishing rights to Driver's Seat, I really wanted this one out of the way. I won't bore you with the details but the case was finally settled in 1991. This had the effect of freeing the song for exploitation. The first thing that happened was "Pioneer" used the song in an advert for car stereos. An enterprising Dutch record company got Driver's Seat to number one in Holland, its best chart position anywhere ever. Around this time I met one Jeff Dexter through Loz Netto, Loz had contacted me with a view to doing some work together. The difficulty with that, among other things, was Loz living the other side of England from me, anyway things didn't work out with Loz, but Jeff whose career in management dated back to the sixties took over a few managerial duties. Following it's re-release in Germany we toured with a band comprising Les Davidson, Steve Jackson, Jeremy Meek, Andy Giddings and myself, it was perhaps the most relaxed and enjoyable tour of my career. It was under publicised as we had no new record to promote, but it showed that there was still an audience and a surprisingly diverse one at that, parents showing up with their teenage kids etc.

After the tour I really wanted to record some of the new stuff with the band. We had performed some of it on tour to a really good response. They agreed to do it for a percentage rather than a fee and Les persuaded a Mr Tony Eyers to give us studio time on a promise. All went well until the mixing stages, when the engineer I had lined up to mix, pulled out. The studio was booked and we needed someone fast, not for the first time I was talked into using someone I didn't know, and not for the first time I regretted it. There's a saying in the recording world, "we'll sort it out in the mix" well the opposite is just as likely to happen, which is why there are mix specialists. I didn't know enough to take over and it had proved to be a struggle to get anywhere near to what I wanted, as a result some really good tracks were compromised. To cap it all the studio has since closed and Tony Eyers has disappeared along with the multi tracks, meaning I can't remix. The album was released in Germany and Holland and Benelux. I kind of think of it as a missed opportunity but only through budget constraints.