Tag: Q Stone

Finland’s Q. Stone are back with their 2nd album or 3rd if you count their album with Larry Norman. It picks up where their debut left off. It’s a fantastic blues album and quite frankly other than Larry Howard no one touches these guys in the blues genre. The only change in line up was Max Tabell joining on keyboards. It does not appear this album was released outside of Europe and I’m completely mystified how these guys weren’t huge in North America. Oh well I long ago quit trying to figure out the record industry.

Tracklist
1 – Waiting For The Dawn – 4:43
2 – You Should Know – 3:49
3 – Shake The Tree – 4:01
4 – Walk In The Rain – 3:25
5 – Farewell Berlin – 3:43
6 – Freedom (Knocking On Your Door) – 2:47
7 – Rocking Chair – 3:56
8 – Western Paradise – 5:28
9 – Talking About Love – 5:02
10 – Air Pie – 4:49
11 – Get Up – 3:06
12 – Rusty Bells – 4:17
13 – Just Dust – 4:35
14 – One Moment – 5:25

Credits
Arranged By [Horns] – Max Tabell
Backing Vocals – Hessu Silvennoinen, Mikko Löytty, Sami Ruusukallio
Bass – Mikko Löytty
Design, Photography By – Stefan Bremer
Drums – Sakari Löytty
Engineer [Assistant] – Sakke Löytty, Timo Kuisma
Guitar, Vocals – Heikki Silvennoinen
Keyboards – Max Tabell
Mixed By – Peter Iversen
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone [Solo] – Tom Timko
Baritone Saxophone – Stephen MacKenzie Kupka
Tenor Saxophone – Emilio Castillo
Trumpet – Greg Adams, Lee Thornburg
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Producer – Hessu Silvennoinen, Sakke Löytty
Recorded By [JJ-Studio] – Hessu Silvennoinen*, Juuso Nordlund, Sakke Löytty, Timo Kuisma
Recorded By [Royal Music Studio] – Benny Lundin, Hessu Silvennoinen, Timo Kuisma
Vocals – Mikko Kuustonen

Companies, etc.
Glass Mastered at – DADC Austria
Copyright © – CBS Records OY
Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Distributed By – CBS Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records OY
Recorded At – Studio JJ
Recorded At – Royal Music Studio
Mixed At – Puk Recording Studios
Published By – Royal/Dale Music
Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB

Q. Stone are an excellent Blues Rock band out of Finland. My first exposure to them was the 1989 Larry Norman album where they played as his backup band. This album actually has a rather odd release history. It was first released in 1988 in Europe and apparently sold well. It was then released in the United States in 1989 on Refuge Records. Apparently it did not sell well. Then in 2000 Larry Norman obtained the rights to the album and released the album on Solid Rock Records. Apparently it sold slightly better under this arrangement. My favourite track on the album actually features Larry, “Sweet Dreams’. I find it humorous that on Larry’s release of this album his track is the lead track but on other versions it is the 2nd track. Anyway, this is probably one of if not the best CCM Blues Rock album of the 80’s though lets be clear there wasn’t a lot of competition.

Tracklist
1 – Sweet Dreams – 3:56
2 – Open Door – 2:34
3 – High Winds – 4:40
4 – You Did It For Me – 5:35
5 – The Blue View – 4:38
6 – And I Wait – 4:35
7 – Give Me Something Else – 4:38
8 – Blues Man – 2:35
9 – Black Water – 2:49
10 – Behind The Bars – 4:32
11 – Tomorrow With You – 3:29
12 – Zack’s Blues – 1:24
13 – Dead Man At Dawn – 4:08

Credits
Arranged By [Co-Arranged By] – Q-Stone
Bass – Mikko Loytty
Drums – Sakke Loytty
Edited By, Mastered By – Tom Nunes
Engineer – Benny Lundin, Cenneth Almgren, Heikki Silvennoinen
Graphics – Wavelength
Harmonica – Mikko Kuustonen
Harmony Vocals – Larry Norman
Keyboards – Harri Taittonen
Lead Guitar – Heikki Silvennoinen
Mixed By – Bosse Reimer, Larry Norman
Producer, Arranged By – Larry Norman
Vocals – Heikki Silvennoinen, Mikko Loytty, Larry Norman

Companies, etc.
Distributed By – Phydeaux Records
Copyright (c) – Phydeaux Records
Recorded At – Royal Music Studio