Play Me Out - the debut solo studio album of former bassist and vocalist Deep Purple and Trapeze Glenn Hughes , released in July 1977 . The disc marked some changes in Hughes' style - compared to the heavy rock albums of the Deep Purple period, it began to move towards funk and soul . The album was reissued in 2010 as a special release, which included re-recorded audio from original tapes.
| Play me out | ||||
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| studio album Glenn Hughes | ||||
| Date of issue | July 1977 | |||
| Recorded by | 1976 | |||
| Genres | funky , blue-eyed soul , funk rock | |||
| Duration | 42:37 65:03 (reprint) | |||
| Producer | Glenn Hughes | |||
| Label | RPM | |||
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Content
About the album
Hughes originally planned to release a solo album before the collapse of Deep Purple. Initially, David Bowie was considered as a producer. [1] . Due to the Deep Purple tour schedule, Hughes simply didn’t have time to produce the album.
After the collapse of Deep Purple in 1976, Hughes returned to the album and began recording at the Lee Sound Studio in Pelsalle. Hughes' former groupmates for Trapeze, Mel Gallie and Dave Holland, recorded the guitar and drums for the album, respectively, and in 1976 Trapeze reunited for the tour. The reunion was short, the US tour was not completed.
Hughes returned to the studio in the autumn of 1976 to make the final touches to the album, but that was a year before the album was released. With the increasing popularity of punk rock , it was hard for Hughes to get support for the recording, so Play Me Out was originally released only in Germany . He was not released in the UK until 1978 , where he received little attention and was soon forgotten.
The album was reprinted in 1983 and 1990 in limited editions. In 1995, Play Me Out was re-released on RPM Records again, and this time five bonus tracks were included: Smile (a shortened single that never came out), two tracks were taken from an album supplement abandoned in 1978 and two from the 1994 sessions. Hughes believed that these songs were very close in spirit to Play Me Out.
Song List
- "I Got It Covered" - 5:38 (Hughes)
- "Space High" - 4:57 (Hughes)
- "It's About Time" - 4:59 (Hughes)
- "LA Cut Off" - 4:27 (Hughes)
- “Well” - 1:29 (Hughes)
- “Soulution” - 5:40 (Hughes)
- "Your Love Is Like A Fire" - 6:28 (Hughes)
- “Destiny” - 4:56 (Galley, Holland, Hughes)
- "I Found A Woman" - 4:03 (Hughes)
1995 reissue bonus tracks
- "Smile" - 4:26 (Hughes)
- "Getting Near To You" - 4:08 (Hughes)
- “Fools Condition” - 4:07 (Hughes)
- “Take Me With You” - 4:48 (Hughes)
- "She Knows" - 4:57 (Goudie, Hughes)
Record Members
- Glenn Hughes - vocals, bass, guitar and keyboards
- Mel Gally - Guitar
- Bob Bowman - Guitar
- Pat Travers - Guitar
- Dave Holland - drums
- Terry Rowley - Piano
- Robert Bailey - piano
- Ron Esprit - brass instruments
- Henry Lowther - Trumpet
- Mark Nosif - percussion
- Tim Gert - drums on tracks 11 and 12
- Mark Bonilla - various instruments on track 13
- Bruce Goudi - various instruments on track 14
Notes
- ↑ Archived copy (inaccessible link) . Circulation date October 3, 2013. Archived July 2, 2008.