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The Backroom Boys & Girls: Brief Encounters

Brief Encounters The Backroom Boys & Girls Stormy Turtle Records / BMG-Ariola/ARIS 831 500-938 (LP, Germany, 1990) Stormy Turtle Records STRC 009 / BMG-Ariola/ARIS 883 510-907 (CD, Germany, 1997)

All tracks recorded at Bark Studios, Walthamstow, London, except Say What You Say which was recorded at Trax Recording Studio, Hollywood/California and Bark Studios
Engineer: Brian O'Shaughnessy
Produced & mixed by Doug, Jerry & Brian
Design & Artwork: Andreas Wittig

Musicians

Doug Morter, vocals, guitar;
Jerry Donahue, lead guitar, bass, vocals;
Matt Clifford, keyboards, vocals;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Graham Lister, bass, vocals;
Mae McKenna, vocals;
Linda Hayes, vocals;
Marc Donahue, keyboards;
Bob Militello, saxophone;
Gary Mallaber, drums;
Rick Kemp, bass;
Julian Dawson - harmonica

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
Brief Encounters (4.42) Fals Hands (Across the Table) (5.25) Shifting Sands (4.07) Say What You Say (3.53) Deep in the Darkest Night (4.30)	Girl on a Harley (4.08) I Don't Want (5.29) Two Dancers (4.45) Five Minutes More (4.35) Taking the Easy Way Out (3.44)

All tracks Doug Morter, pub. Dinsdale Music, except
Track 4 Jerry Donahue, Doug Morter, pub. Dinsdale Music
Track 5 Rick Kemp; pub. Kempire Music Ltd
Track 8 Buckley

Sleeve Notes

Brief Encounters

Doug Morter, lead vocals, guitar;
Jerry Donahue, lead guitar;
Matt Clifford, keyboards;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Graham Lister, bass

Fals Hands (Across the Table)

Doug Morter, lead vocals, guitar;
Jerry Donahue, lead guitar;
Matt Clifford, keyboards;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Graham Lister, bass

Shifting Sands

(Morter, published by Dinsdale Music)

Doug Morter, lead vocals, guitar;
Jerry Donahue, lead guitar;
Matt Clifford, keyboards;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Graham Lister, bass;
Mae McKenna, lead & backing vocals

Say What You Say

Doug Morter, lead & backing vocals;
Linda Hayes, lead & backing vocals;
Jerry Donahue, all guitars, bass;
Marc Donahue, keyboards;
Bob Militello, saxophone;
Gary Mallaber, drums

Deep in the Darkest Night

Doug Morter, lead & backing vocals, lead guitar;
Jerry Donahue, 2nd lead guitar;
Mae McKenna, lead & backing vocals;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Rick Kemp, bass

(See also Deep in the Darkest Night on Rick Kemp's album Escape, on Maddy Prior's album Going for Glory and on Maddy Prior's album Year)

Girl on a Harley

Doug Morter, lead vocals, guitar;
Jerry Donahue, lead guitar, backing vocals;
Matt Clifford, keyboards, backing vocals;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Graham Lister, bass, backing vocals;
Mae McKenna, lead & backing vocals;
Julian Dawson, harmonica

I Don't Want

Doug Morter, lead vocals, lead guitar;
Jerry Donahue, 2nd lead guitar;
Mae McKenna, lead & backing vocals;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Rick Kemp, bass;
Julian Dawson, harmonica

Two Dancers

Doug Morter, lead vocals, guitar;
Jerry Donahue, lead guitar;
Matt Clifford, keyboards;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Graham Lister, bass

Five Minutes More

Doug Morter, lead vocals, guitar;
Jerry Donahue, lead guitar;
Matt Clifford, keyboards;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Graham Lister, bass

Taking the Easy Way Out

Doug Morter, lead vocals, guitar;
Jerry Donahue, lead guitar;
Matt Clifford, keyboards;
Gerry Conway, percussion;
Graham Lister, bass;
Mae McKenna, lead & backing vocals