Ranking the Albums: Player
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Join Pete Pardo & Grant Arthur as they rank the albums of California pop/yacht rock legends Player. #player
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I appreciate these last two “Yacht Rock” rankings with Grant. I remember this music well. Would love more of these. Very enjoyable show!
I love Baby Come Back! After this I probably going to buy some more albums as I am not aware of the rest of their catalogue! After the last great Pablo Cruise show, I bought some CDS, thanks to Pete & Grant (Curse of the Collector ha!). Pablo Cruise is totally unknown here in The Netherlands so I might be the only Dutch guy that has their CDs now!
Love Player. I think in terms of yacht rock, Gino Vinelli is my favorite, mainly because he and his brother Joe,played some amazing high energy jazz rock fusion on most of their 70s albums. Especially on Brother to Brother and Mardi Gras.
So I thought you might want to know that your favorite yacht rocker the great Gino's last name is spelled Vannelli. :-)
Baby Come Back is the third pop song I learned how to play on the piano as a little kid. There was a great Bastien Easy piano songbook that had many of the mid 1970s hits.
lol i played it too!! ten yrs of classical lessons, but play by ear really well
@@TheZeplinfanyeah all music training helps, even if it was not what you are entirely into now I’ve found. I used to get piano lessons (I was so lucky) and I learned some stuff I dig but now I do have to admit I had my piano teacher teach me ABBA songs which isn’t exactly in my repertoire right now lol. Oh well it’s all just music.
@@glenfinston704 lol love it!! no abba in mine either!!
Go for the trifecta: Little River Band ranking!!!
@2:00, I dated a guy named Mike, of whom lived in Virginia. And, the real thing i loved about this dating experience was that, he knew of all these record shows. The only way I could contact him was via beeper. Somehow, the record shows information went to him. Now, he was quite younger than I, and, I met him through a Washington Post Newspaper personal section where he was interested in meeting an older woman. His reasoning on this was because he loved the band 'Led Zeppelin'. He wanted to seriously date a woman of whom grew up in the time period. Though, he lied to me. he told me he was 30 years old, and, well, he was only 21 years old.
Only knew the hit single but already listened to the first album today. Some great listening there. Headed to your other top three recommendations in the coming week. Thanks, Grand and Pete, for an unexpected ranking on SoT and hoping these will continue for some time. Anxiously awaiting your next planned ranking show as announced. Thanks again.
I remember sitting on a plane right behind the original members of Player, with the rest of the band behind me, from Biloxi to Atlanta.
Ronn Moss the bassist would later
become well known on daytime
soap operas as the original Ridge
Forrester on the Bold and the Beautiful
for many years Thanks.🎸🎸🎹🥁
🎵🎶🎼🎼🎶🎵
That's the only reason I even know about this band. The Bold and the Beautiful was a massive hit in Finland in the early 1990s. Ronn Moss came here the first time in the mid-90s and I think has many Finnish friends. Based on a quick Google search, Player albums are very hard to find here, though.
I guess everybody (at least in Europe) knows Ronn Moss for "The bold and the beautiful" and then has discovered his former career as a talented musician. Here in Italy he still is a TV superstar , he's participated to dozen of famous programmes and , he often has played and sang acoustic set and he was superbe!
@@lifeisnice23Ronn actually left PLAYER in 1981 after 3rd album(1980) ROOM WITH A VIEW to move to Italy 🇮🇹 to launch his acting career.
Pete and Grant are a good duo. Really enjoy these yacht rock reviews fellas!
Carves letters into arm and lights them on fire ...." PLAYYYERRRRRRR !!!!!"..... jk
LOL. Funny. Do they also have a "Hell Awaits" album?
Player I saw Peter Beckett last year he joined ambrosia on stage and last night I saw Pablo cruise last night in honor of last show you two did
The song "Melanie" might have been the 3rd & final 45 single from their self-titled!! The song "Prisoner Of Your Love" (went to # 27 on Billboard Hot 100 in November of 1978) was 3:39 (45 edited single) but the album version runs 6:27 in length!!
Thank you for sharing this valuable information guys! I now know how to start my Player collection.
Wow, Come On Out -> Baby Come Back, holey moley what juicy 70’s greatness! First time hearing Melanie, what a beauty! Let’s throw in Every Which Way amazing! So awesome, thank you! From the first Player record. Really sophisticated, love the guitar harmonies and vocal harmonies, and songwriting craft, all exceptional! Cancellation another scorcher!
Then moving to their second record, the opening Let Me Down Easy has sweet vocal harmonies and lovely melody, and track 2 Love In The Danger Zone has great melodic lead guitar, before going back to 70’s rock sweetness! I Just Wanna Be With You another stunner! Forever a complete borrowing of Lido Shuffle from Boz Scaggs 1976 fantastic record Silk Degrees but still fun! Prisoner of your love additional awesome melodic yacht rock, really great guitar work and creativity found in keys and tight rhythm section make it hypnotic. Closing Wait Until Tomorrow lovely samba chant at the end compelling. I still think the first record is a tiny bit better, but it’s hard to measure lol!
I had a player album back in day
Still have the original 45 from 1977 baby come back and it has this really groovy tune on the flip side called Love is where you find it.
Cool! I had the 45 as a kid.
In in the Chicago area, The big record store has always been rolling stones. It remains to this day one of the last record store holdouts.
I hope they stay around,, Great store still!
It is and they still have a lot of stuff there, I was just there a couple days ago.
What a coincidence. I just picked up the first two albums on CD a few weeks ago and was super impressed by the deeper cuts. Great timing on this! Ambrosia or Bread next?
I said LRB 2 great versions with members
Glen Shorrock original and John Farnham 80s version good too
Already did Ambrosia a while ago…Bread in the future for sure!
We are doing Badfinger next! Oh yeah!!
@@sotdude7 bread great stuff David and Jimmy.
Maybe LRB someday
Have a good Sun
Cool show. Agree with Pete that Tower, especially the Broadway location, had the best import section. When I moved to San Francisco I lived a few blocks from the Tower store on Columbus. Definitely put a dent in my wallet.
Great show as always from these guys! Love seeing Grant on here more he deserves the exposure!
PLAYER was a good band, not great, good. But I will say this...
"Baby Come Back" is one of the catchiest, best produced, excellent singles of the mid to later 1970s. And it is the best thing Player ever did. Silver Lining, Love In The Danger Zone and Melanie are all good as well
---> GRANT, you are on CRACK if you think "This Time Im In it For Love" is better than "Baby Come Back"!
Honestly, man, just chill down a bit. I was enthusiastic about this music (along w/Pablo Cruise, LRB, Bob Welch, Firefall, etc.) back in the late 70s, and made collections in the early 90s. It's nice to see your excitement now, but you should've been this exuberant at least 20 years ago. Still, any time is a good time.
The GROOVE on Baby Come Back is a flat out "stone groove." One of the finest. One that sticks in your mind & gets sampled quite a bit due to its brilliance. "This Time
..," while a decent/okay to good song, does NOT come NEAR to "Baby Come Back" in quality or in tight, memorable musical moments. It's a total, "Hey, they want us to make another hit....but we don't have one...okay, well, just come up with something" kinda track.
*And the lyrics of "Baby Come Back" are far superior as well. It's emotional and gets under your skin. The other tune is just kinda "meh... who realiy cares."
So, thumbs up to your enthusiasm, and a huge thumbs down to your choice of song.
Btw, I'm a hard rock guy first. And then funk, soul, prog, etc. But this mellow, easy going cool music of the great 1970s is special as well.
I'll just say this, don't go into A&R. Because choosing that quasi-half assed tune as superior to the brilliant "Baby Come Back" would definitely get your ass ffired.
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Video of Elton John at Tower shopping
Great to see a serious Yacht Rock band get some coverage
Player had two top 10 hits. BABY COME BACK-THIS TIME IM IN IT FOR LOVE . They definitely weren't a one hit wonder. I had every album they made.
River North label was formerly owned by actress Crystal Bernard (of the TV series "Happy Days" & "Wings") which she also did 2 country albums "The Girl Next Door" in 1994 & "Don't Touch Me There" in 1996. Also Peter Cetera "One Clear Voice" (also on River North CD) did a duet with Crystal "I Wanna Take Forever Tonight" in 1995!! Also Jim Messina also did a duet with Crystal, the remake of Loggins & Messina 1973 song "Watching The River Run" (which was the name of the CD) in 1996.
Baby come back is a classic sampled breakbeat tho. Great groove
Great vid guys. I only know the one song but will definitely check out the first three if I see them in a dollar bin. Crazy how a lot of these yacht rock groups also did rock songs that no one knew
The Tower Records import section was no comparison to Peaches, I have been to both. I have a good friend from the Detroit area that has worked at Amoeba in SF for many years now, his name is Tom Lynch, so if you ever go there Grant you can tell him you know Scott Pelzel.
I love Amoeba in SF at the end of the Haight. I’ve got to watch my pocketbook in there, could EASILY spend too much!
Pete, have you ever heard if a Canadian band called thundermug? Had a cool song called Africa in 1972 or 73. Killer bass line. I just recently was introduced to this band. Check them out if you've never heard of them.
Great show fellas. Grant obviously knows his Soaps too well, so his ‘man card’ needs to be revoked asap 😲
Most people don’t realize that Peter Beckett of Player filled in with Little River Band for about 9 years in the 90’s and was mostly touring. They did record a live album with Beckett and some other studio stuff. Beckett is a talented guy. Great video!!!
The Police 86 remix song, "Don't Stand So Close To Me" 86 is outstanding.
Great show!
Looking forward to future ranking shows with Grant about Pages, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Gino Vanelli.
gino so under-rated...
Vannelli. Yes, great musicians. :-)
We had harmony house record in the seventies in Detroit
The song "Silver Lining" (from 1978 "Danger Zone") is missing from their CD compilation "Baby Come Back: The Best Of Player".
This Time I'm In It For Love- sent me down this "oh man what song am I thinking of?" Rabbit hole.
30 minutes later I'm ther with LRB -Lady.
We had Oz records in Stone Mountain, GA until the mid 80's...Wizard of Oz themed...flying monkeys on a ceiling track holding baskets. Staff used them to transport merchandise from front registers from the back of store. So cool as a 10 yr old kid! Also, had a yellow brick road to follow all through the store. Long for those days again!
I love the first 3 albums from Player. Under rated from the 70's. So much more than "Baby Come Back"!
The song "If Looks Could Kill" (from 1982 "Spies Of Life") is one great song!! Saw Player do that on the TV show "Solid Gold"!! (NOT the Heart song from their self-titled 1985 album).
It is a great song indeed; I played it on college radio; they also did that song on "American Bandstand" followed by an interview and "Thank You For The Use Of Your Love." Then Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley did great solo albums.
Besides Tower & Peaches, there was Harmony House in the Detroit area!!!
Miles Joseph replaced Gary Richrath in REO Speedwagon but he didn't stick around long enough to record with them. There are some live shows featuring him, kicking around the internet. He died in 2012, sadly.
Not a band I know beyond the big hit. You've inspired me to check out the first three albums, at least. Job done, chaps!
The self titled is by far the best thing they did. All of their best songs they worked up were on that 1977 lp. Danger zone is a distant 2nd and I mean distant. There is some dreck on danger zone
Not to be confused with fusion classic Players of course...I own about a dozen Player tunes from 1977-81. They were OK, a little too commercial/smooth for my taste, overall just not enough 'oomph'/attack. "Silver Lining" & "Take Me Back" rock. This episode follows the Pablo Cruise one - I do like Player more (as PC basically didn't do anything for me - I suspect if you loved PC there's a good chance you like Player too). As far as rankings go, their first two for me are far & away their best. Some of it's decent AOR more than Yacht Rock. Probably the debut by a nose as their top album. The record starts out pretty strong with the first four tunes, then kinda fizzles for me. Except when I relistened to this album I quite liked "Cancellation" - quite possibly my fave Player tune. From the 2nd one the track "Wait Until Tomorrow" gives me ARS vibes...Then I'd call a 3-way tie between Room With A View/Spies Of Life/Too Many Reasons (one interesting track per). I don't have Lost in Reality so can't say anything about that one...
Adult Contempo? Check✔Most of this just isn't anything I reach for very often, maybe when I'm trying to fall asleep & can't - ahh those 'relaxed rhythms'!😎...Cringing a little at the Steely Dan/Thin Lizzy comparisons, they're such better bands. Still holding out for that future Bread episode!
Would be awesome if Grant & Pete could Do Honeymoon Suite now they are mentioned. Very underrated Canadian band! I know Pete isn't the biggest fan but give them another chance I share the love of guitar in music as Pete and they have some fantastic guitar playing. I think some of the albums are on par with other AoR classics.
Peter Beckett is always playing somewhere.
Gary player?
Thank you for covering Player and Pablo Cruise. How about Orleans?
Maybe down the road aways....Bread coming soon!
I would love to see you do a new ranking the albums of John waite..including his Era from his last 4 albums. .WHEN YOU WERE MINE..TEMPLE BAR ...FIGURE IN A LANDSCAPE...AND ROUGH AND TUMBLE...these albums are more adult contemporary by far but I would love to see a new john wait albums ranking
# 6."Lost In Reality"
# 5 "Too Many Reasons"
# 4 "Danger Zone"
# 3 "Room With A View"
# 2 "Spies Of Life"
# 1 "self titled"
I do not have the Peter Beckett 1990 CD, J.C. Crowley 1988 RCA country CD, or the Ronn Moss solo material.
Heck Yeah SOT!!!……..What was not to like ‘bout the Good Ole Record Store??….I mean. it only has everything that makes me happy in life--Books, Music, and Movies!!!…(Shout Out to Grant, great job, man)
thanks for the kind words 🙂
Damn. Just listened to Man on Fire. And THATS the same band that recorded Baby Come Back???
Silver Lining is my favorite song by Player. Good rocker
When is the Barry Manilow album ranking?
Right after the "genius of England Dan & John Ford Coley" show...😎
@@wolf1977 A musical act influenced by the Eagles hit Take it Easy, a song which sort of created an entire subgenre of music
Too true! Maybe Donny and Marie also!
I remember Peaches, we had one in metro Detroit. I still have a t-shirt!
I much prefer "Danger Zone" to the debut. Aside from "this time I'm in it for love" and "Baby come back" of course.
Grant is terrific, but you should have tried to get Ronn Moss or Peter Beckett on.
Palladin is a great album. Classic British underground proto prog.
Peaches was great store I had went to in Sw Ohio. Great show On Player.
Grant's the man!
California. AOR. Yacht 'rock'. SO MUCH FAIL
If the band want to appeal to modern audiences, they hould change the name from Player to Playah.
lol
BTW: those really into Yacht music might be interested in Steve Eaton's two 70's albums: Hey Mr. Dreamer (1974) & s/t (1979). The first slightly pre-dates the YR genre but has significant elements, in an acoustic/folky way. Good singer, maybe too laid back for many on SoT but some good tunes. Great supporting cast on both = Jim Gordon, Dean Parks, Steve Lukather, Lee Sklar, Jim Horn & Tom Scott (and one of the guitarists Mike Deasy even released an album called Friar Tuck/Friar Tuck And His Psychedelic Guitar way back in '67). The later s/t album is more poppy
Nice video...
How about record theater
And if you are into great entertaining bad movies. Check out Ron Moss in "A hard ticket to Hawaii"
Baby come back
Sea of Tranquility, dude to the left of my viewing. You are wearing a red hat labeled "Vox". Question, why is the word "Vox" not included in the scrabble dictionary?
I've always considered Mister Mister and Mike and the Mechanix as music that sounds Christian, but isn't actually Christian. 1980s Pop has never been a favorite type of music, especially the Adult Contemporary Easy Listening music. It seems like they removed everything that made 1970s Pop music that was remotely interesting
I used to spend 30-$50 a week on albums @ Peaches or Record & Tape Outlet ( morse rd. Columbus ohio location) starting in late 70s, my high school years..still have all that vinyl...always loved player
These were in my neighborhood. When I heard him say "central Ohio", I thought that maybe this guy was a neighbor back then.
Only thing missing from "I just want to be with you" is a Ron Jeremy porn mustache and a pizza 🍕 delivery dude at the door 🚪