The self-titled A&M debut album was released in September 1987.              Click to Hear "It's All Changed"

The 11-song album was produced by The Royal Court of China after

Jimmy Page declined the job due to time constraints.

(Trivia) John Paul Jones however said he would be interested.

The band persuaded David Anderle (VP of A&R at A&M) to let them

produce one track after other meetings with producers didn't click.

The band produced It's All Changed with John Mills as engineer. The

label liked the results and gave the green light for the band to continue on.

The "blue" album, as it came to be called, was recorded at Woodland

Studios in Nashville, TN during the spring of 1987 over the course of

7 days and mixed at The Soundcastle in Los Angeles in 4 days. Mastering

took place at Sterling Sound in New York by Ted Jensen.

(Trivia) Joe and Chris initially went to the mastering session, partied down

in the studio and came back with less than pleasing results. (Hey, it's only

rock and roll) Robert and Oscar made the second trip to master only to

discover on the plane that they were covered with chiggers from a photo

shoot in the woods a day prior. It made for one itchy ride!

The album was released in 3 formats. LP, cassette and the newly invented CD!

Album cover design was created by The RCC with photography by:

Bill Thorup (cover), Empire Studios (cover photo treatment), Patrick

McGuinn (Joe & Chris inserts) and Rebecca Stout (Robert & Oscar

inserts).

"It's All Changed" was the albums only single and the video was produced

by Kevin Kerslake (Nirvana).

(Trivia) The band recorded 12 songs for the album with "Black Moon"

being slated to be the b-side of the "It's All Changed" 45 rpm which

never came. I have an original lacquer recording of it somewhere and

will post it when I find it.