Clover: Love on the Wire (Vertigo 1977) LP

Elvis Costellon ensilevyn taustabändi oli tämä amerikkaleinen, omillaankin useita svengaavan melodisen rockin mukaan kulkevia levyjä, mukana Huey Lews. Tuottaja Robert ”Mutt” Lange.

American band which had a two part career, the first in the late 1960's and early 1970's in the USA and the second in the later 1970's in the UK. The group is most well known outside the US for their version of Route '66 in the Levis Jeans commercial.

The group was formed in San Francisco in 1967 when Johnny Ciambotti joined up with John McFee, Alex Call and Mitch Howie who were members of a group called the Tiny Hearing Aid Company. Clover's first gig was July 4 1967. They performed around the Bay Area over the next two years eventually signing with Fantasy in 1969. They recorded 2 albums and 14 single for Fantasy in the early 1970's.

Eventually an expanded line-up of the group moved to the UK in 1975 or early 1976. There they released 2 further albums, and (uncredited) backed Elvis Costello on his debut album My Aim Is True (1977). The group broke up in 1978 after returning to the US. Around 1976, Huey Lewis had joined this band (credited as Huey Louis) and appeared on the two final Clover albums released 1977.

Clover (3) – Love On The Wire

Label:

Vertigo – 6360 155

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

Nov 1977

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Classic Rock, Pop Rock

A1Hearts Under Fire

Written-By – Call*, Clover (3), Hopper*

5:37A2Southern Belles

Written-By – Call*, Clover (3), Cregg*, Hopper*

3:24A3Oh Señorita

Written-By – Call*, Clover (3), McFee*

4:24A4Still Alive

Written-By – Call*, Clover (3), Cregg*

3:51A5Keep On Rollin

Written-By – Leiber & Stoller

2:40B1California Kid

Written-By – Call*, Clover (3)

3:40B2Easy Love

Written-By – Call*, Cregg*, McFee*, Ciambotti*, Lange*, Hopper*

3:56B3Ain’t Nobody Own Nobody’s Soul

Written-By – Call*, Clover (3), Cregg*, Lange*

3:47B4From Now On

Written-By – Call*, Clover (3), McFee*, Ciambotti*

3:37B5Travellin’ Man

Written-By – Fuller*

4:10

• Marketed By – Phonogram Ltd.

• Copyright © – Phonogram Ltd.

• Published By – Chappell & Co. Ltd.

• Published By – Carlin Music Corp.

• Published By – Zomba Management And Publishers Ltd.

• Published By – Palace Music

• Lacquer Cut At – Utopia Studios

• Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.

• Bass Guitar [Fender], Vocals – Ciambotti*

• Drums – Tony Braunagel

• Graphics – Geoff Halpin

• Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals – Sean Hopper

• Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocals – John McFee

• Lead Vocals, Guitar – Alex Call

• Lead Vocals, Harmonica – Huey Louis*

• Mixed By [Mixing Engineer] – Bill Price, Robert John Lange

• Photography By – Peter Kodick

• Photography By [Back] – Ciambotti*

• Producer – Robert John Lange

• Recorded By [Recording Engineer] – Robert John Lange, Ted Sharpe*

Laminated cover
Month of release information from Record Collector Magazine June 1994 p.127