SUPERTRAMP – BROTHER WHERE YOU BOUND LP – Nr MINT

Supertramp – Brother Where You Bound
(A&M Records  1985  AMLH65014  SA Press)

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners and some ringwear
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Supertramp (known as Daddy in 1969–1970) are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they later incorporated a combination of traditional rock, pop, and art rock into their music. The band’s work is marked by the songwriting of founders Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson and the prominent use of Wurlitzer electric piano and saxophone.

While the band’s early work was mainstream progressive rock, they would enjoy greater commercial success when they incorporated more conventional and radio-friendly elements into their work in the mid-1970s, going on to sell more than 60 million albums. They reached their commercial peak with 1979’s Breakfast in America, which has sold more than 20 million copies.

Though their albums were generally far more successful than their singles, Supertramp did enjoy a number of major hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Hodgson’s songs “Give a Little Bit”, “The Logical Song”, “Take the Long Way Home”, “Dreamer”, “Breakfast in America”, “It’s Raining Again”, and Davies’ songs, “Bloody Well Right”, “Goodbye Stranger”, and “Cannonball”. The band attained significant popularity in the United States, Canada, Europe, South Africa, and Australia. Since co-founder Hodgson’s departure in 1983, Rick Davies has led the band by himself.

Brother Where You Bound is the eighth studio album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1985. It was their first album after original member Roger Hodgson left the band, leaving Rick Davies to handle the songwriting and singing on his own. The album features the Top 30 hit “Cannonball”, edited down from the seven-and-a-half-minute album version.

Brother Where You Bound reached number 20 on the UK Albums Chart and number 21 on The Billboard 200 in 1985, and went Gold according to the band’s then label A&M Records in 1985, although the R.I.A.A. hasn’t certified it yet.

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Davies.

Personnel

• Rick Davies – keyboards, vocals
• John Helliwell – saxophones
• Bob Siebenberg – drums
• Dougie Thomson – bass

Additional personnel

• Marty Walsh – guitar
• Doug Wintz – trombone on “Cannonball”
• Cha Cha – backing vocals on “Still in Love”
• David Gilmour – guitar solos on “Brother Where You Bound”
• Scott Gorham – guitar on “Brother Where You Bound”
• Brian Banks – synclavier programming
• Anthony Marinelli – synclavier programming
• Scott Page – flute on “Better Days” & “Brother Where You Bound”
• Gary Chang – Fairlight & PPG programming

Production

• Producers: David Kershenbaum, Supertramp
• Engineer: Norman Hall
• Assistant engineer: Steve Crimmel
• Mixing: Mark Ettel
• Mixing assistant: Steve McMillan
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Re-mastering: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina
• Track engineer: Allen Sides
• Programming: Gary Chang
• Synclavier programming: Brian Banks, Anthony Marinelli
• Art direction: Norman Moore
• Design: Norman Moore
• Tray photo: Tom Gibson