Ready to Deal

Ready to Deal
Studio album by Renée Geyer Band
Released	24 November 1975
Recorded	August–September 1975
Genre	Soul/R & B
Length	40.33
Label	RCA/Mushroom
Producer	Renée Geyer Band, Ernie Rose
Renée Geyer Band chronology
It's a Man's Man's World (1974) Ready to Deal (1975) Really Really Love You: Live at the Dallas Brooks Hall (1976)

Ready to Deal is the third solo album by Australian singer Renée Geyer and her Renée Geyer Band. Geyer had formed a touring outfit with session musicians. However, unlike her two previous albums where Geyer performed contemporary soul and R&B hits, original material predominated here.

In October 2010, Ready to Deal by Renée Geyer was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 3 References 4 External links

Track listing

1. "Sweet Love" (Renée Geyer, Mal Logan, Barry Sullivan, Mark Punch, Greg Tell)^[2] – 3.22
2. "If Loving You Is Wrong" (Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson, Carl Hampton)^[3] – 4.22
3. "Spilt Milk" (Logan, Geyer, Sullivan, Tell, Punch)^[4] – 5.02
4. "Whoop" (Logan, Geyer, Sullivan, Tell, Punch)^[5] – 6.53
5. "Heading in the Right Direction" (Garry Paige, Punch)^[6] – 4.04
6. "Two Sides" (Geyer, Logan, Sullivan, Punch, Tell)^[7] – 3.32
7. "Ready to Deal" (Geyer, Logan, Sullivan, Punch, Tell)^[8] – 3.32
8. "Love's Got a Hold" (Geyer, Logan, Punch, Sullivan, Tell)^[9] – 3.48
9. I Really Love You (Geyer, Logan, Sullivan, Punch, Tell)^[10] – 5.55

Credits

Renée Geyer Band members

• Renée Geyer — vocals, backing vocals
• Mal Logan — keyboards
• Mark Punch — guitar
• Barry "Big Goose" Sullivan — bass guitar
• Greg Tell — drums

Additional musicians

• Tony Buchanan — saxophone, flute
• Russell Smith — trumpet

Recording details

• Producer — Renée Geyer Band, Ernie Rose
• Engineer — Ernie Rose
• Studio — Bill Armstrong Studios, Melbourne, Australia

References

• Original album
• Chris Spencer's Who's Who of Australian Rock

1. ^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9. 
2. ^ ""Sweet Love" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Sweet%20Love. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
3. ^ ""If Loving You Is Wrong" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=If%20Loving%20You%29Is%20Wrong. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
4. ^ ""Sweet Love" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Spilt%20Milk. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
5. ^ ""Whoop" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Whoop. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
6. ^ ""Heading in the Right Direction" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Heading%20in%20the%20Right%20Direction. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
7. ^ ""Sweet Love" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Two%20Sides. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
8. ^ ""Ready to Deal" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Ready%20to%20Deal. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
9. ^ ""Love's Got a Hold" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Loves%20Got%20a%20Hold. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
10. ^ ""I Really Love You" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Really%20Love%20You. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 

External links

• Official website
• HowlSpace