Russell Morris (Remastered) Russell Morris

• 1 Wings Of An Eagle (Remastered) 03:43
• 2 Sweet Sweet Love (Remastered) 04:04
• 3 Blue Eyed Girl (Remastered) 03:31
• 4 Hard Road (Remastered) 03:21
• 5 Miss Rock 'N' Roll (Remastered) 04:15
• 6 Sail With Me (Remastered) 03:35
• 7 Let's Do It (Remastered) 03:50
• 8 Don't Rock The Boat (Remastered) 03:03
• 9 When The Mockingbird Sings (Remastered) 03:53
• 10 I Remember When (Remastered) 03:07
• Total Runtime 36:22

Info for Russell Morris (Remastered)

Russell Morris is the second studio album by Australian singer songwriter Russell Morris and first on label Wizard Records and was released in November 1975. It features re-recording of two of Morris' previous hits; "Wings of an Eagle" and "Sweet, Sweet Love" as well as 8 new tracks penned by Morris. The lead single "Let's Do It"/"Don't Rock the Boat" peaked at number 30, whilst the album peaked at number 14 on the Kent Music Report chart in November 1975.

Russell Morris, vocals, guitar
David Spinozza, guitar
Don Thomas, guitar
Hugh McCracken, guitar
Vinnie Bell, guitar
Michael Brecker, tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker, trumpet, flugelhorn
Jim Wisner, keyboards
Ken Archer, keyboards
Will Lee, bass
Rick Marotta, drums
Arthur Jenkins, percussion
The Al Brown String Section
Barbara Massey, backing vocals
Carl Hall, backing vocals
Tasha Thomas, backing vocals

Digitally remastered

Russell Morris
one of Australia’s most enduring singers. A major pop star in the late ’60s, he went on to become one of the country’s first singer/songwriters. Both ends of his career feature predominantly in the soundtrack to the movie The Dish. Russell Morris’ career started in September 1966 with the formation of the Melbourne group Somebody’s Image, which rose to prominence with a local hit version of the Joe South song “Hush.” Morris was convinced to leave Somebody’s Image for a solo career. His manager/producer, local music identity Ian Meldrum, spent unprecedented hours and money to create a seven-minute production extravaganza around a song called “The Real Thing.” Once the result was released to shocked radio programmers who had never been asked to play such a long Australian single before, it was up to Morris’ personality, singing, and performing talents to make the record work. It reached Australia’s number one spot in June 1969. Without any promotional support from Morris, “The Real Thing” reached number one in Chicago, Houston, and New York. The second single — “Part Three Into Paper Walls” (“The Real Thing” revisited) and “The Girl That I Love” (a pop ballad more indicative of what was to come) — became a double-sided number one hit, the first time an Australian artist had scored consecutive number ones with their first two singles. Morris, in the meantime, had travelled to the U.K. to help promote the release of “The Real Thing.” Russell Morris had now decided to concentrate on his own song writing and with the cream of Australian musicians, spent almost a year painstakingly recording and re-recording what became the Bloodstone album. It was one of the first Australian albums of its kind, the first from an Australian singer/songwriter, and a whole world away from the extravagant “The Real Thing.” The hit single from Bloodstone was the resonant, romantic “Sweet Sweet Love.”

This album contains no booklet.