Far Cry / The More Things Change...

It was July 1973 when Phil Galdston, a songwriter born in New York in September 1950, met Peter Thom coming from Montreal, Canada, who had already released his solo album "Peter Thom" in 1972 under United Artists. Those two talented musicians started songwriting collaboration and made demos for label shopping. "Why Don't We Live Together" performed by Barry Manillow in 1975 was successful enough to get an album deal. They completed their album "American Gypsies" produced by John Simon as the duo Galdston & Thom in 1977. However, this album did not sell well in spite of good reviews among true music lovers. They seemed to consider how they should do for much more highly acclaimed review and good sales. As Far Cry, Phil Galdston and Peter Thom succeeded to complete the perfect album "The More Things", the Steely Dan's "Aja" vein album by getting Elliot Scheiner known for his works with Steely Dan and also Donald Fagen himself on the backing vocals. True masterpiece album I admit.

Release: April, 1980
Label: Columbia Records, USA (NJC-36286)

First Reissued CD Release:20 June, 2001 (Sony Music Entertainment, Japan, SRCS-9840)

Tracks
1. The Hits Just Keep On Comin'
2. Eldorado Escape
3. The One And Lonely
4. Because It's There
5. It's Not As Simple As That
6. Fight, Fight, Fight
7. Ocean Eyes
8. Suddenly Strings
9. Tell Jack
10. Some Things Will Never Change

Producer: Elliot Scheiner
Executive Producer: Phil Ramone

Far Cry:
Phil Galdston: Keyboards, Vocals
Peter Thom: Vocals

- Musicians -
Keyboards: Rob Mounsey
Guitars: Steve Kahn, Mark Doyle, Jeff Mironov, Elliot Randall
Bass: Doug Stegmeyer, Will Lee, Neil Jason, Tony Levin
Drums: Liberty DeVitto, Bernard Purdie, Chris Parker, Ed Greene
Percussion: Ralph McDonald
Trumpet, Flugelhorn: Randy Brecker, Marvin Stamm
Trombone: Barry Rogers
Sax: Timmy Cappello, Ron Cuber, Dave Tofani
Background Vocals: Donald Fagen, Rob Mounsey, Frank Floyd, Patti Austin, John Barranco, William Eaton, Zach Sanders

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