Sanford Townsend Band ( Sanford And Townsend / Smoke From A Distant Fire )

Ed Sanford and John Townsend got known for their songwriting works around 1975 when "Just Another Lie" was recorded by Nigel Olsen on his 1st solo album. In 1976, Loggins and Messina performed "Peacemaker" on their 1976 album "Native Son". Those career gave them chance to release their own project's album. At the first time, as "Sanford Townsend Band", they released their self-titled first album in 1976. Warner USA re-titled the same album as "Smoke From A Distant Fire" in August 1977 because Warner wanted to promote them as the new duo unit as "Sanford and Townsend" after the smash hit of their third single "Smoke From A Distant Fire" in the summer of 1977.

Release: 1976
Label: Warner Bros. Records, USA (BS 2966)

First Reissued CD Release: 26 July, 2000 (Warner Music, Japan, WPCR-10755)

Tracks:
1. Smoke From A Distant Fire
2. Moolah Moo Mazuma (Sin City Wahh-oo)
3. Oriental Gate ( No Chance Of Changin' My Mind)
4. Shake It To The Right
5. Squire James
6. Does It Have To Be You
7. Lou
8. Sunshine In My Heart Again
9. In For The Night
10. Rainbows Colored In Blue

Producers: Jerry Wexler, Barry Beckett

Sanford Townsend Band:
Ed Sanford: Keyboards and Vocals
John Townsend: Lead Vocals and Keyboards
Otis Hale: Guitar, Woodwinds
Roger Johnson: Guitar
Jerry Rightmer: Bass
Jim Varley: Drums

- Musicians -
Keyboards: Barry Beckett
Percussion: Tom Roady
Backing Vocals: Kenny Loggins, George Hawkins, Billy Townsend
Basso Produndo: Tex Wex
Woodwinds: Jon Clarke

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