David Lasley / Demos

David Lasley, known for his incredible falsetto vocals and good songwrting works such as "Jojo" performed by Boz Scaggs, made a demo album and distributed in very limited number of vinyl in 1981 for the purpose to show his songwriting talent and to get the deal as a solo artist. As a result, David had succeeded to release his masterpiece album "Missin' Twenty Grand" in 1982 under EMI America. And needless to say, many songs on this demo album were recorded by many artists in 80's.
This demo album has been one of most wanted collector-items among crazy Westcoast /AOR fans for a long time because of its marvelous sound quality and perfectness achieved by the support of very talented musicians such as David Sanborn, David Benoit and others.And now, COOL SOUND has succeeded to get this demo album (24 tracks on 2 Vinyl as original) alive again with a quite large number of bonus tracks. 40 tracks on 2 CD remastered by Bob Stone!! For your information, several tunes including on the original Demo album are the alternative version featuring David Lasley's own vocals instead of those of guest vocalists.

Release: 25 November, 1999
Label:Cool Sound Inc, Japan (COOL-037)

Tracks:
Disc 1
1. Somebody's Angel
2. Lead Me On
3. I Should Have Been You
4. Before Love's Gone
5. Nobody's Soldier
6. Love Be Kind To Me
7. Promise Of Love
8. I Don't Go Shopping
9. Worlds Apart
10. Heart Like A Radio
11. Everlasting
12. The Blue Side
13. Missing You (If I Had The Chance)
14. Treat Willie Good
15. 'Til I Walk With You(Footsteps)
16. Smalltown Change
17. I Am Ready Now
18. To Keep From Gettin' A Lickin'
19. Trouble Land
20. You Bring Me Joy

Disc 2
1. Save Me
2. Your Voice
3. Thank You For The Moment
4. Love Is
5. Crazy Man
6. Save It All For You
7. Makin' A Bad Thing Good
8. I Fell Out Of The Magnolias
9. There's A Star For Everyone
10. Closed Doors
11. Meant For You
12. I'm Waving My Flag
13. Heart So Full Of Love
14. O.K.Freddie
15. This Christmas, This Year
16. Troubled Past
17. S'cuse Me While I Fall In Love
18. Selflessly
19. Don't Smile At Me, I Already Know
20. I'll Take You Back

Producer: David Lasley

David Lasley: Vocals

- Musicians -
Keyboards: David Benoit, Don Paul Yowell, Peter Allen, Aaron Zigman, Michael Ruff
Piano: Jay Saunders, Marsha Malamet, Don Paul Yowell, Marc Shaiman, Luther Vandross, Tom Coppola
Bass: Wade Short, David Williams, Kenny Lewis, Jason Scheff, Jimmy Haslip
Drums: Mitchell Roberts, Gary Ferguson, David Garibaldi, John Wilcox, Robbie Blumenthal
Guitars: Marty Walsh, Todd Robinson, John Whelock, Dennis Kilman, Chuck Cochran, Jeff Sigman, David Spinozza
Sax: David Sanborn, Joel Paskin
Percussion: Curry Tjader
Guest Lead Vocals: Hans Van Veen (Track 9 of Disk1), DonYowell (Duet with David Lasley on Track16 of Disk1), Luther Vandross (Duet with David Lasley on Track17 of Disk2)
Background Vocals: Charlo Crossley, Frannie Glode, Sylvia St.James, Arnold McCuller, Lynn Pitney, Peter Allen, Marcy Levy, Tommy Funderburk, Don Yowell, Hans Van Veen, Johann Harris, Esra Mohawk, Eloise Laws, Jason Scheff, Ula Hedwog

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