Moxy II (album)

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Moxy II
Moxy II cover
Studio album by Moxy
Released 1976
Recorded April 1976 Toronto
Sound Stage Sudios
Genre Hard rock/Heavy metal
Length 35:40
Label Mercury Records
Producer(s) Jack Douglas
Edward Leonetti
Professional reviews
Moxy chronology
Moxy
1975
Moxy II
1976
Ridin' High
1977


Jacket sleeve cover
Jacket sleeve cover

Moxy II is the second album by the Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band Moxy, released in 1976. The album was recorded in Toronto, Canada at Sound Stage studio in April 1976 with Jack Douglas producing. The album produced two song's that hit the charts in Canada with "Take It Or Leave It" that reach number 14 and "Cause There's Another" that reach number 16 on the Top 30 on CHUM (AM) in Toronto Canada,[1] and the KISS-FM Texas hits "Midnight Flight" and "One More Heartbreak". The album sold well because of strong live appearances that included tours with Black Sabbath,[2] Boston and Triumph[3] with heavy promotion by the label (Polydor) (Mercury Records).

Contents

[edit] Credits

  • Buzz Shearman - Vocals
  • Earl Johnson - Slide guitar, Guitar & His Dixie Entertainers
  • Buddy Caine - Guitar
  • Terry Juric - Bass
  • Bill Wade - Drums, Percussion
  • Mika Sharun - Vocals (Background)
  • Steve Byron - Vocals (Background), Assistant
  • The Wisconsin Kid (Background vocals)
  • Edward Leonetti - Producer
  • Jack Douglas - Producer
  • Jay Messina - Mixing, Mixing Engineer
  • Lee DeCarlo - Engineer

[edit] Track listing

  1. Cause There's Another - 3:43 (Buddy Caine, Buzz Shearman)
  2. Take it or Leave It - 3:42 (Buddy Caine, Buzz Shearman)
  3. Through the Storm - 3:59 (Earl Johnson)
  4. One More Heartbreak - 2:37 (Earl Johnson)
  5. Slippin' Out - 4:01 (Earl Johnson, Bill Wade, Terry Juric)
  6. Midnight Flight - 3:29 (Earl Johnson)
  7. Change in My Life - 4:37 (Buddy Caine, Buzz Shearman)
  8. Tryin' Just for You - 4:28 (Buddy Caine, Buzz Shearman)
  9. Wet Suit - 4:52 (Buzz Shearman, Buddy Caine, Terry Juric, Bill Wade, The Wisconsin Kid)
Audio samples:

[edit] Reissued

Moxy’s original catalogue of albums were again available starting in 1993 when Valerie Shearman ("Buzz" widow) oversaw the release of all of Moxy's back catalogue of albums on CD through Pacemaker Records, and again starting in 2003 this time through Unidisc Music Inc.

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[edit] References

Moxy
Members
Buzz Shearman • Earl Johnson • Buddy Caine • Bill Wade • Terry Juric
Tommy BolinMike Reno • Danny Bilan • Brian Maxim • Jim Samson • Kim Hunt • Alex Machin
Discography

Studio albums: - Moxy (1975) • Moxy II (1976) • Ridin' High (1977) • Under The Lights (1978) • Moxy V (2000)

Live album: - Raw (2002)

Compilation albums: - A Tribute to Buzz Shearman (1984) • Best Of Moxy: Self-Destruction (1993)