The Penthouse Tapes Explained

The Penthouse Tapes
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Cover:	ThePenthouseTapes_AlexHarveyalbum.jpg
Released:	March 1976
Recorded:	1975
Studio:	Basing Street, London
Genre:	Rock
Length:	38:42
Label:	Vertigo, 2002 CD reissue released on Universal International
Producer:	The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, David Batchelor
Prev Title:	Live
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	SAHB Stories
Next Year:	1976

The Penthouse Tapes is the fifth studio album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Unlike previous releases comprising predominantly original compositions.The Penthouse Tapes consists largely of covers, ranging from The Osmonds' "Crazy Horses" and Alice Cooper's "School's Out" to Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene". Of the three originals, "I Wanna Have You Back" (written by Harvey with Zal Cleminson) and "Jungle Jenny" (by the band with producer David Batchelor) open side one; a third, "Say You're Mine", was written by Alex Harvey and appears on side two. The album was released in 1976 on Vertigo Records.

Track listing

1. "I Wanna Have You Back" (Alex Harvey, Zal Cleminson) – 2:42
2. "Jungle Jenny" (David Batchelor, SAHB) – 4:07
3. "Runaway" (Del Shannon, Max Crook) – 2:46
4. "Love Story" (Ian Anderson) – 5:10
5. "School's Out" (Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) – 5:02
6. "Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly) – 4:30
7. "Say You're Mine (Every Cowboy Song)" (Harvey) – 3:23
8. "Gamblin' Bar Room Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, Shelly Lee Alley) – 4:09
9. "Crazy Horses" (Alan Osmond, Wayne Osmond, Merrill Osmond) – 2:54
10. "Cheek To Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 3:52 (recorded live at the New Victoria Theatre, London, Christmas 1975)

Side two of the original vinyl version begins with "Goodnight Irene".

Personnel

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

• Alex Harvey – lead vocals
• Zal Cleminson – guitars
• Chris Glen – bass guitar
• Hugh McKenna – keyboards, synthesizer
• Ted McKenna – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar on "Say You're Mine" and "Cheek To Cheek"

Technical

• David Batchelor – producer
• John Burns, John Punter, Douglas Hopkins, Denny Bridges – engineer
• Alex Harvey – liner notes

Notes and References

1. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . 166 . fi.