Rock Archeologia

Alabama - Close To Home (1973) 

Artist: Alabama
Album: Close To Home
Label: Smile Records
Catalog#: SMS2
Format: Acetate, LP, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 1973
Genre: Southern Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Duration: 00:38:36

• Not to be confused with the American act with the same name, the Toronto conglomeration of Alabama was steeped in Cajun and Acadian sounds from the principle songwriting team of Fykes and Knight. The duo had hooked up with McLean and Sembaluk in the early '70's under the Alabama moniker. Sembaluk had been a founding member of Brutus with Walter Zwol. • Their recording career was short lived with one album and two singles in 1973 on the Smile label. Sembaluk and Knight would go on to engineer albums by other artists including The Stampeders' 'Hit The Road' in 1976.

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 • Side One:
A1. Children's Castles 03:40
A2. Song Of Love 04:25
A3. So I Flew Away 04:00
A4. In The Sky 02:51
A5. People And Places 03:58
 • Side Two:
B1. Highway Driving 04:20
B2. The Ones You Love 03:07
B3. Gunslinger's Lament 04:44
B4. Quicksand 02:14
B5. Understanding 03:26
B6. Southwinds 01:46

Members:
Bass, Vocals – Hector McLean
Design – Ran MacDonald
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Len Sembaluk
Engineer – Ken Friesen
Keyboards, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Rick Knight
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Flute – Buster Sykes
Orchestrated By – Hagood Hardy
Producer, Arranged By – Hilly Leopold

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