Intergalactic Touring Band
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The Intergalactic Touring Band (IGTB) was not an actual music group but rather a science fiction pop music concept album released in 1977 by the now defunct Passport Records. The ensemble album featured many star performers from progressive rock and other genres, including Meat Loaf, Ben E. King, Larry Fast (Synergy), Percy Jones, Annie Haslam, Rod Argent, and many others. The songs are loosely held together by an epic theme of multi-generational space travel and human space colonization.
[edit] Fictional Band Members
Hope Larson - Lase Keyboard Panel Ixol Phaane - Computerized Keyboard Synthesis Justice Conrad - Globe Lase Base Krys - Holographic Percussion Raif Reed - Lase Guitar
[edit] List of Songs and Performers
Approach (Overture) Members of the London Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz Orchestral Arrangement by Wil Malone Synthesizers & Mellotron-Larry Fast
Silver Lady Lead Vocal-Rod Argent Acoustic and Electric Guitars-David Scance Fender Bass-Peter Sobel Keyboards-Brian Cuomo Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Synthesizers, Mellotron & Vocoder-Larry Fast Effect Vocal-Irene Conrad Silver Lady Vocal-Marge Raymond Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson, David Scance, Marty Scott, Peter Sobel Orchestral Arrangement-Wil Malone and Stephan Galfas
Universal Zoo/Why Lead Vocal-"Universal Zoo"-Arthur Brown Lead Vocal-"Why"-Joel Krantz Electric Guitars-David Scance Fender Bass-Peter Sobel Fretless Bass on "Why"-Percy Jones Keyboards-Brian Cuomo Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Primitive Percussion-Paul Marchetti, Marty Scott, Peter Sobel Synthesizers & Vocoder-Larry Fast Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson Additional Vocals-Marty Scott, Peter Sobel, Bill Guerra Orchestral Arrangement-Danny Beckerman Effects Vocal-"The Boss"
Starship Jingle Lead Vocal-Pepe Marchello Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance Electric Autoharp-Marty Scott Fender Bass-Peter Sobel Keyboards-Brian Cuomo Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Synthesizers-Larry Fast Flutes-John Zangrando Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson Prepared effects-Larry Fast, Marty Scott, Peter Sobel Orchestral Arrangement-Wil Malone, Stephan Galfas
Heartbreaker Lead Vocal-Dave Cousins Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance Bass-Peter Sobel Keyboards-Brian Cuomo Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Synthesizers-Larry Fast Flutes-John Zangrando Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson Orchestral Arrangement-David Bedford, Stephan Galfas
First Landing Lead Vocal-Steve Barth Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance Bass-Frank Prescod and Peter Sobel Keyboards-Brian Cuomo Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Additional Percussion-Mighty Young Joe Intile, B. E. Synthesizers-Larry Fast Orchestral Arrangement-Wil Malone and Danny Beckerman Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson Additional Vocals-The Passport Munchkins
Reaching Out Lead Vocal-Annie Haslam Members of the London Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz Orchestral Arrangement by Wil Malone Acoustic Guitars-Anthony Phillips and Peter Sobel Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Tympani-Mighty Young Joe Intile, B. E.
Space Commando Lead Vocal-Mr. Snips Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance Bass-Peter Sobel Keyboards-Brian Cuomo Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Additional Percussion-Marty Scott Synthesizers-Larry Fast Orchestral Arrangement-David Bedford & Stephan Galfas Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson
Robot Salesman Lead Vocal-Jim Cuomo Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance Electric Guitar-Ryche Chlanda Acoustic Guitars-Peter Sobel Bass-Frank Prescod Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Synthesizers, Mellotron & Vocoder-Larry Fast Orchestral Arrangement-Stephan Galfas & Brian Cuomo
Love Station Lead Vocal-Ben E. King Electric Guitars-John Tropea Bass-Frank Prescod Keyboards-Brian Cuomo Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Additional Percussion-Peter Sobel Synthesizers-Larry Fast Sax Solo-Clarence Clemons Guitar Solo-John Tropea Orchestral Arrangement-David Bedford, Stephan Galfas & Brian Cuomo Background Vocals-Janis Pendarvis & Friends
A Planet Called Monday/Epilogue Lead Vocal-"A Planet Called Monday"-Francis Rossi Lead Vocal-"Epilogue"-Jeffrey Leynor Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Synthesizers-Larry Fast Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson, David Scance Orchestral Arrangement-Danny Beckerman Electric Guitars-David Scance Bass-Peter Sobel Keyboards-Brian Cuomo
Keeper Keep Us Lead Vocal-Meat Loaf Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance Acoustic Guitars & Bass-Peter Sobel Fretless Bass-Percy Jones Keyboards-Brian Cuomo Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti Synthesizers-Larry Fast Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson Orchestral Arrangement-Wil Malone
[edit] External links
Steve Douglas Huddleston's IGTB Tribute Site: http://www.kongaloid.org/igtb/igtb.html SciFi.com Review: http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue325/sound.html Tentative Review: http://www.tranglos.com/marek/yes/tr_84.html The Music Index Review: http://www.themusicindex.com/rockahead/reviews/intergalactic.htm Song samples at eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/10859/10859940.html MP3 Sample of "Keeper Keep Us" at Meat Loaf Lyrics Site: http://website.lineone.net/~arands/index.htm/Keeperkeepus.htm
