ANOTHER GREY AREA, RCA LP 6029, 3/1982, UK, and Arista AL 9589, 3/1982, USA

Executive Producer - Jack Douglas Produced by Jack Douglas & Graham Parker Engineered by Lee De Carlo Assistant Engineers: Danny Caccavo, Josh Abbey & James Ball Musical Associate: Tony Davilio Recorded at Record Plant, N.Y. Mixed at Record Plant & Power Station, N.Y. Mastered at Sterling Sound, N.Y., by George Marino Graham Parker: vocals, electric & acoustic guitars Nicky Hopkins: acoustic piano George Small: keyboards & ondioline Hugh McCracken: electric guitars & harmonica David Brown: electric guitars Doug Stegmeyer: bass Michael Braun: drums Kurt McGettrick: saxes, flute & baritone sax solo on "Thankless Task" Jim Clouse: saxes Paul Prestopino: banjo Jack Douglas: percussion Backing vocals: Krystal Davis, Karen Lawrence, Eric Troyer, Fred Hostetler Photography: Michael Halsband Lettering: Dartlan Guille Layout: Ben Kelly All songs written by Graham Parker Thanks: Siggy D'Ambrosia Ruth Rosenberg & Loretta Geary Management: Tingle Creek Management Ltd. 45-53 Sinclair Rd., London, W14, For Fan Club info, please contact, Iris Wolfe, 75 Milford Lodge, Milford, Surrey. England.

1 TEMPORARY BEAUTY 3:48 2 ANOTHER GREY AREA 2:57 3 NO MORE EXCUSES 4:25 4 DARK SIDE OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS 3:33 5 CAN'T WASTE A MINUTE 3:26 6 BIG FAT ZERO 2:40 7 YOU HIT THE SPOT 3:27 8 IT'S ALL WORTH NOTHING ALONE 4:00 9 CRYING FOR ATTENTION 4:03 10 THANKLESS TASK 4:07 11 FEAR NOT 3:27

(Liner notes for the The Razor & Tie reissue from 1991)

This record was made in true mid-70s style-it went over budget by two hundred thousand bucks. That the producer turned up anywhere between two hours and two days late for the sessions didn't really help, especially with double scale musicians waiting around the lobby of one of New York's most expensive studios nursing their nose candy hangovers. The engineer, who was flown in from L.A. to do it, had to do a runner from his hotel when the record was finished because no one would pay the $16,000 hotel bill!

Adding Mercury Poisoning to this CD is so inappropriate that I feel a lasting relationship with these Razor & Tie people is inevitable. Hey chaps, I dig your irreverence! Grey Area is slick as a slimeball and Mercury Poisoning is like cavemen on crack. As for the offending track, it was written when my bilingual manager suggested that I compose a whole album of songs directed at Mercury Records. One song, however, seemed to suffice. I recorded it with the Rumour during the Squeezing Out Sparks sessions in 1978.

Graham Parker

April 1991

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