Real to Reel is the fourth studio album by American progressive rock band Starcastle. It was their final release on Epic Records.
| Real to Reel | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 21, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | April and May 1978 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant in Sausalito, California | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 37:10 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Jeffrey Lesser | |||
| Starcastle chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C [2] |
Reception
editReal to Reel marked a drastic change of direction from their previous progressive rock efforts to a more album-oriented rock sound. It was a commercial failure, generally panned by critics and fans alike [3] and ultimately led to Starcastle disbanding. Bassist Gary Strater moved to San Francisco before forming a new version of the band in 1985 that featured future Vicious Rumors guitarist Mark McGee.[4]
Track listing
editAll songs written by Starcastle, except where noted.
- "Half a Mind to Leave Ya" - 4:48
- "Whatcha Gonna Do (When It All Comes Down On You)" - 3:33
- "We Did It" - 3:54
- "Nobody's Fool" - 4:00 (J. Lesser and Starcastle)
- "Song For Alaya" - 3:06
- "So Here We Are" - 3:57 (J. Lesser and Starcastle)
- "She" - 3:43 (J. Lesser and Starcastle)
- "The Stars Are Out Tonight" - 3:53
- "When The Sun Shines At Midnight" - 6:16
Personnel
edit- Starcastle
- Terry Luttrell - lead vocals (except on "Song For Alaya")
- Stephen Hagler - lead vocals (on "Song For Alaya"), backing vocals, electric guitar, piano
- Matthew Stewart - backing vocals, electric guitar, slide guitar, electric sitar
- Gary Strater - backing vocals, bass guitar, clavinet
- Herb Schildt - piano, synthesizer, organ, string arrangements
- Stephen Tassler - backing vocals, drums, percussion
- Production Staff
- Engineering and mixing - Jeffrey Lesser and Tom Pye
- Assistant engineer - Rick Sanchez
- Personal direction - Artistic Vision LTD, Irv Zuckerman, Steve Schankman, Paul Tassler
- Photography - Bob Seidemann
References
edit- ^ Real to Reel at AllMusic. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Starcastle". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Starcastle - Real To Reel". www.tranglos.com. Archived from the original on 2003-09-21.
- ^ "Mark McGee - Starcastle".