8th Street Nites explained

8th Street Nites
Type:	studio
Artist:	Back Door
Cover:	Back Door - 8th Street Nites.jpg
Studio:	Electric Lady Studios
Genre:	Jazz fusion, progressive rock
Length:	34:57
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Felix Pappalardi
Prev Title:	Back Door
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Another Fine Mess
Next Year:	1975

8th Street Nites is the second studio album by Back Door, released in 1973 by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York and produced by Felix Pappalardi, famous for his production of Cream and playing in the American rock band, Mountain.

In 2014 it was re-released on CD, compiled with Back Door and Another Fine Mess, by BGO Records.^[1]

Personnel

Adapted from the 8th Street Nites liner notes.^[2]

Back Door

• Ron Aspery – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, electric piano
• Tony Hicks – drums
• Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar, vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Bob D'Orleans – engineering
• Tom Hummer – assistant engineer
• Robert McFarlane – photography
• Felix Pappalardi – production, tambourine (A1), electric piano (A2), percussion (B4)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1973	Warner Bros.	LP	K 46265
United States				BS 2753
Europe	2000		CD	936,247,761

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mark . Gilbert . Review: Back Door, Back Door et al . . 2014 . 19 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126183614/http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/magazine/904/review-back-door-back-door-et-al . 26 January 2016 . dead .
2. 8th Street Nites . 1973 . sleeve . . Burbank, California.