Moxy II explained

Moxy II
Type:	studio
Artist:	Moxy
Cover:	Moxy_II_Album_1976.gif
Released:	1976
Recorded:	Sound Stage Studios, Toronto, April 1976
Genre:	Hard rock heavy metal
Length:	35:40
Label:	Mercury
Producer:	Jack Douglas, Edward Leonetti
Prev Title:	Moxy
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Ridin' High
Next Year:	1977

Moxy II is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Moxy, released in 1976. It was recorded at Sound Stage studio in April 1976 in Toronto with Jack Douglas producing. Two songs from the album entered the charts in Canada, "Take It Or Leave It" that reached number 14 and "Cause There's Another" that reached number 16 on the Top 30 on CHUM (AM) in Toronto,^[1] and the KISS-FM Texas hits "Midnight Flight" and "One More Heartbreak". The album sold well because of strong live appearances that included tours with Black Sabbath,^[2] Boston and Triumph^[3] with heavy promotion by the label (Polydor) (Mercury Records). The album was highly acclaimed on release by Geoff Barton in the UK music publication, Sounds, following which the magazine made the album available to readers for the special price of £1.50.

Credits

• • • Buzz Shearman - vocals Earl Johnson - guitar, slide guitar Buddy Caine - guitar, blowbag and acoustic guitar
• Terry Juric - bass guitar
  • Bill Wade - drums, percussion Mika Sharun - backing vocals
• Steve Byron - backing vocals, assistant
• The Wisconsin Kid - backing vocals
• Edward Leonetti - producer
• Jack Douglas - producer
• Jay Messina - mixing, mixing engineer
• Lee DeCarlo - engineer
• Recorded April 1976 at Sound Stage Studio
• Mixed May 1976 at The Record Plant, New York City

Track listing

1. "Cause There's Another" - 3:45 (Buddy Caine, Buzz Shearman)
2. "Take it or Leave It" - 3:43 (Buddy Caine, Buzz Shearman)
3. "Through the Storm" - 4:00 (Earl Johnson)
4. "One More Heartbreak" - 2:38(Earl Johnson)
5. "Slippin' Out" - 4:02 (Earl Johnson, Bill Wade, Terry Juric)
6. "Midnight Flight" - 3:30 (Earl Johnson)
7. "Change in My Life" - 4:38 (Buzz Shearman, Buddy Caine)
8. "Tryin' Just for You" - 4:30 (Buzz Shearman, Buddy Caine)
9. "Wet Suit" - 4:54 (Buzz Shearman, Buddy Caine, Terry Juric, Bill Wade, The Wisconsin Kid)

Reissued

Moxy's original catalogue of albums was again available starting in 1993 when Valerie Shearman ("Buzz" widow) oversaw the release of all of Moxy's back catalogue of albums on CD by Pacemaker Records, again starting in 2003 by Unidisc Music Inc. and in 2009 by Cyclone records Canada.

External links

• Moxy official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chart at CHUM AM. 1050chum.com. 15 November 2009. 8 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081208204717/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=7551. dead.
2. Web site: Tour dates. Black Sabbath online. 15 November 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091124074604/http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1977.html. 24 November 2009.
3. Web site: Moxy discography. Canadian Bands . 15 November 2009.