Minute By Minute
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| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Drums: | Cozy Powell |
| Bass: | Raphael Soffner |
| Backing Vocals: | Lisa Boray |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
Long Hot Night
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Backing Vocals: | Ankie v.d. Pas, Lenny Bouman & Polle Eduard |
| Piano: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Organ: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Accoustic Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
| Sax: | Candy Dulfer |
| Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
A Million Miles Away
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Guitar & Guitar Solo: | Jan Akkerman |
| Horns: | Gerbrand Westveen |
| Organ: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Backing Vocals: | Lisa Boray |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
Go Back To Sleep
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Keyboards: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Backing Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
Short Avenue
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Acoustic Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Horns: | Gerbrand Westveen |
| Backing Vocals: | Ankie v.d. Pas & Lenny Bouman |
Black & Blue
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard & Lisa Boray |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Keyboards: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Backing Vocals: | Polle Eduard, Lisa Boray & Ray Fenwick |
| Sax Solo: | Gerbrand Westveen |
| Horns: | Gerbrand Westveen |
I'll Be Back
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Keyboards: | Henri v.d. Bosch |
| Bass: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitars: | Ray Fenwick |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Acoustic Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
| Backing Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
It'll Be Alright On The Night
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Backing Vocals: | Lisa Boray |
Homesick
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Backing Vocals: | Ankie v.d. Pas & Lenny Bouman |
Tijuana Holiday
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Bass: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitars: | Ray Fenwick |
| Horns: | Gerbrand Westveen |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Backing Vocals: | Ankie v.d. Pas |
Three Times Your Age
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Drums: | Cozy Powell |
| Keyboards: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Bass: | Raphel Soffner |
Kathy's Love
| Guitars: | Ray Fenwick |
| Drums: | Cozy Powell |
| Keyboards: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Sax: | Candy Dulfer |
| Guitar Solo: | Jan Akkerman & Ray Fenwick |
The friendship between Ray and Polle goes all the way back to the 1960s, when they were both playing in the Tee Set (1967), and it was this group that had brought them their first worldwide success.
In early 1987, as the Back To The Sixties reunion was getting underway, Ray and Polle decided to cut a new album. It turned out to be a blues project, named Minute By Minute. They branded it "Home-Grown Adult Pop".
Following the recording of a 12-track demo, they proceeded to record the CD, chosing only the best musicans to work on the recording; Cozy Powell was chosen for the drum parts, Jan Akkerman and Candy Dulfer collaborated on guitar and saxophone respectively, Gebrand Westveen arranged all the horn parts, Liza Boray sang a duet with Polle on "Black & Blue" and also contributed some backing vocals, Frank Papendrecht played bass and Bob Langenberg also played drums.
In april 2002 the CD is re-released by british label "Angel Air" with a new lay-out and a new title: "Long Hot Night". The original recordings are beautifully remastered and four bonus tracks are added to the CD. After thirteen years this album sounds as strong as ever and songs like "Don't Mess With Fire", "Short Avenue" and "Tijuana Holiday" are still a part of Polle's setlist.
The first demo recordings
for this CD were recorded in 1987, when the band was going to be called
"Blue Horizon". We later changed the name to "Minute By
Minute", to avoid confusion with the Blue Horizon record label. Since
the album's last release in the mid '90s the recordings have been remastered
and include our original demos. The project was the brain-child of myself
(Ray Fenwick) and
Polle Eduard.
polle and I first met in the '60s when we played together in the very
succesful Dutch group, Tee Set. I
was the guitarist and Polle was the bass player.
After a time we became disgruntled with our position in the group and
along with keyboard player / songwriter Hans van Eijck we left and formed
After Tea. We again found chart succes,
but I eventually left to join the The
Spencer Davis Group. Through the subsequent decades Polle and I have
remained firm friends, so when we decided to record together again we
really just picked up where we left off. As we had both developed as songwriters
we decided that the material for the CD should totally self-penned.
Since those heady 'flower-power' days with the Tee Set and After Tea my
love affair with Holland has continued to grow. I still work there ehenever
I get the opportunity. When it came to selecting the musicians for the
album, we chose people we had either worked with or knew about from their
reputation.
My first meeting with Jan
Akkerman came when we were on tour in the U.S. in the early '70s.
He was playing guitar as part of Focus and I had the same job with The
Spencer Davis Group. We became good friends. Jan is a suberb musician
and a "great bloke". In the late '80s we were reunited when
we played together as part of the Forcefield group project. Jan performed
on two of the group's four albums along with drummer Cozy
Powell and vocalists Graham Bonnet and Tony Martin.
My introduction to Cozy
Powell came via the Deep
Purple 'family tree'. At the same time as was part of the Ian
Gillan Band, and he was the drummer with Ritchie
Blackmore's Rainbow. Having previously worked together on the Forcefield
project I asked Cozy if he would play on some Minute By Minute tracks.
He agreed instantly and came to Holland for the recordings.
Candy Dulfer was
recommended by Bobby van den Berg, one of the keyboard players on the
album. Bobby later became part of Candy's touring band. It was at the
time of these recordings that Candy was starting to gain recognition for
her superb innovative playing. I knew it would not be long before she
hit the 'big time' and I 'sure was' proved right!
Lisa
Boray is one of Holland's busiest session singers; I knew she had
a great voice having been a big fan of her '80s disco hit "Break
It Out".
All the musicians on this album give "100% performances", and
not least my musical partner Polle
Eduard. His vocals are always fresh and exciting and his song writing
skills shine through. I love his use of the English language, he always
manages to convey so much with so few words. Not bad for a Dutchman!
Since these recordings were made, Cozy
Powell is sadly no longer with us, having been killed tragically in
a car accident. He once told me that he loved this album and often played
it. With this in mind, Polle and I would like to dedicate this release
to the memory of Cozy.
Ray Fenwick, 2002
Following is the list of all the musicans that participated in the recording of this album:
Don't Mess With Fire
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Drums: | Cozy Powell |
| Bass: | Raphael Soffner |
| Backing Vocals: | Lisa Boray |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
Long Hot Night
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Backing Vocals: | Ankie v.d. Pas, Lenny Bouman & Polle Eduard |
| Piano: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Organ: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Accoustic Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
| Sax: | Candy Dulfer |
| Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
A Million Miles Away
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Guitar & Guitar Solo: | Jan Akkerman |
| Horns: | Gerbrand Westveen |
| Organ: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Backing Vocals: | Lisa Boray |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
Go Back To Sleep
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Keyboards: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Backing Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
Short Avenue
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Acoustic Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Horns: | Gerbrand Westveen |
| Backing Vocals: | Ankie v.d. Pas & Lenny Bouman |
Black & Blue
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard & Lisa Boray |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Keyboards: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Backing Vocals: | Polle Eduard, Lisa Boray & Ray Fenwick |
| Sax Solo: | Gerbrand Westveen |
| Horns: | Gerbrand Westveen |
I'll Be Back
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Keyboards: | Henri v.d. Bosch |
| Bass: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitars: | Ray Fenwick |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Acoustic Guitar: | Polle Eduard |
| Backing Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
It'll Be Alright On The Night
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Backing Vocals: | Lisa Boray |
Homesick
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Bass: | Frank Papendrecht |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Backing Vocals: | Ankie v.d. Pas & Lenny Bouman |
Tijuana Holiday
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Drums: | Bobby Langenberg |
| Bass: | Polle Eduard |
| Guitars: | Ray Fenwick |
| Horns: | Gerbrand Westveen |
| Keyboards: | Bobby v.d. Berg |
| Backing Vocals: | Ankie v.d. Pas |
Three Times Your Age
| Vocals: | Polle Eduard |
| Drums: | Cozy Powell |
| Keyboards: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Guitar: | Ray Fenwick |
| Bass: | Raphel Soffner |
Kathy's Love
| Guitars: | Ray Fenwick |
| Drums: | Cozy Powell |
| Keyboards: | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Sax: | Candy Dulfer |
| Guitar Solo: | Jan Akkerman & Ray Fenwick |