Lost in a Dream (REO Speedwagon album) explained

Lost in a Dream
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	REO Speedwagon
Cover:	Lostinadream.jpg
Released:	October 1974
Recorded:	1974
Studio:	Wally Heider Studios (Los Angeles) The Record Plant (Sausalito)
Genre:	Blues rock, hard rock
Length:	39:13
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Bill Halverson
Prev Title:	Ridin' the Storm Out
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	This Time We Mean It
Next Year:	1975

Lost in a Dream is the fourth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1974. It peaked at number 98 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1975,^[1] It was the second album to feature Mike Murphy on vocals. The title track was written by Murphy and future bassist Bruce Hall, who would join the band in 1977. The title track was featured on the compilation A Decade of Rock and Roll: 1970-1980. The album was in print on CD format in 1992 for two months before being quickly deleted.

Personnel

REO Speedwagon^[2]

• Mike Murphy - lead vocals
• Gary Richrath – guitar, lead vocals on "Wild as the Western Wind"
• Neal Doughty – keyboards
• Gregg Philbin – bass, backing vocals
• Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals

Technical

• Mike D. Stone - engineer
• Jimmy Wachtel - album design
• Lorrie Sullivan - photography

"Special thanks to Chris Stone and Gary Kellgren. Thanks a lot to: Irv Azoff, John Baruck, C. B. and Abe, Turkey (John) Durkin (Ace pilot and general good guy), Roger Douglas Marcum (Stain), Michael Anglin, Mick Joyce, Andy Green (The Grouch), Jody Boyer, Pat Craven, Pate Deters, Bub Phillipe, Karen Douglas, Lick, Kracker, Al, Joe Walsh and Barnstorm, The Doobie Brothers, Tony and the Toucholes, Terry Bassett, Don Ellis, Ron Alexenburg, Michael Sunday, Lee Trippett, Artie Patsiner and Tom Ross, St. Louis, Kansas City and Indianapolis."^[3]

Release history

Region	Date	Title	Label	Format	Catalog #
USA	October 1974	Lost in a Dream	Epic Records		E-32948
USA	1974	Lost in a Dream	Epic Records	Tape	PET-32948
USA	1974	Lost in a Dream	Epic Records	8 Track	E32948
USA	1974	Lost in a Dream	Epic Records	Quadraphonic Vinyl	PEQ 32948
USA	1992	Lost in a Dream	Epic Records	CD	EK32948
UK	2008	Ridin' the Storm Out / Lost in a Dream	BGO Records	CD (Digitally re-mastered)	BGOCD805
Japan	2011	Lost in a Dream	Sony Music	CD (DSD-Remaster)	EICP 1483

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . Top Pop Albums . Seventh . 2011 . Record Research . 978-0-89820-183-3.
2. Book: R.E.O. Speedwagon — Ridin' the Storm Out / Lost in a Dream. 2008. BGO Records. 2.
3. Web site: REO Speedwagon - Lost in a Dream . .