Stoney & Meatloaf

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Stoney & Meatloaf
Studio album by Stoney & Meatloaf
Released	1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Soul music
Length	34:54
Label	Rare Earth
Producer	Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Professional reviews
All Music Guide: link
Meat Loaf chronology
Stoney & Meatloaf Bat out of Hell (1977)

Featuring Stoney & Meatloaf
Studio album by Stoney & Meatloaf
Released	1978
Recorded	1971
Genre	Soul music
Length	38:44
Label	Prodigal Records
Producer	Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano, Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris

Stoney and Meatloaf is the little known debut album of singer Meat Loaf, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music), a collaboration with female vocalist Stoney (Shaun Murphy). Meat Loaf and Murphy met while performing with the Detroit cast of Hair.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 1971 original release 1.2 1978/1979 re-release Meat Loaf featuring Stoney and Meatloaf 2 Personnel 3 Singles 4 Re-releases

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 1971 original release

1. "(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy As Jesus" – 2:54 (Patti Jerome / Ralph Terrana / Mike Valvano)
2. "She Waits By The Window" – 4:07 (Mike Campbell / Ray Monette)
3. "It Takes All Kinds of People" – 2:23 (Jerome / Valvano)
4. "Game of Love" – 3:50 (Eki Renrut)
5. "Kiss Me Again" – 5:08 (Campbell / Monette)
6. "What You See Is What You Get" – 2:15 (Jerome / Valvano)
7. "Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)" – 3:02 (Terrana / Valvano)
8. "Jimmy Bell" – 3:48 (Public domain)
9. "Lady Be Mine" – 4:44 (Campbell / Monette)
10. "Jessica White" – 2:43 (Campbell / Monette)

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van DePitte

[edit] 1978/1979 re-release Meat Loaf featuring Stoney and Meatloaf

1. "Jimmy Bell" – 5:14 (Public domain)
2. "She Waits By The Window" – 4:07 (Campbell / Monette)
3. "It Takes All Kinds of People" – 2:23 (Jerome / Valvano)
4. "Stone Heart" – 2:57 (Campbell / Monette)
5. "Who Is the Leader of the People?" – 4:15 (Nick Zesses / Dino Fekaris)
6. "What You See Is What You Get" – 2:15 (Jerome / Valvano)
7. "Kiss Me Again" – 4:14 (Campbell / Monette)
8. "Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)" – 3:02 (Terrana / Mike Valvano)
9. "Jessica White" – 2:43 (Campbell / Monette)
10. "Lady Be Mine" – 4:44 (Campbell / Monette)
11. "Everything Under the Sun" – 3:01 (Campbell / Monette)

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Producers "Who Is the Leader of the People": Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris
Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van DePitte
Remixed and remastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Re-mix engineer: Glen Jordan
Mastering engineer: Jack Andrews

[edit] Personnel

• Lead Vocals: Meat Loaf, Stoney Murphy
• Backing Vocals: Mike Campbell, Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers, Scorpion (Bob Babbitt, Mike Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith) and Ralph Terrana

[edit] Singles

• What You See Is What You Get (b/w Lady Be Mine [edit])
• It Takes All Kinds Of People (b/w The Way You Do The Things You Do)

[edit] Re-releases

The album was re-released several times with a different track listing under the title "Featuring Stoney and Meat Loaf". Firstly in 1978 and 1979 on the Prodigal label (PDL 2010) and again in 1986 on Tamla Motown (ZL 72217). The album contained most (but not all) of the tracks on the original album. In addition to three new tracks, some songs appear in different versions.