Rippingtons
The Best Of The Rippingtons
The Story
The Rippingtons issued a retrospective in 1997, which may have been a bit premature with all of the albums released afterwads, but "The Best Of The Rippingtons" offers a nice overview of their recorded output up until that point. Tracks are selected from the albums "Brave New World" (1996), "Kilimanjaro" (1989), "Moonlighting" (1988), "Sahara" (1994), "Welcome To The St. James Club" (1990), "Tourist In Paradise" (1989), "Weekend In Monaco" (1992) and "Curves Ahead" (1991), and two brand new tracks are included (breaking from the "Best Of" theme), "Garden Of Babylon" and "Sapphire Island" with Kochanski on piano. Notably missing from the album list is their "Live In L.A." CD, which ironically contains the lions share of the six-string fireworks. Indeed, if you like the axework on this collection, you'll have to pick up a number of the albums (especially the ones through 1990), as guitarist Russ Freeman played a lot more overdriven electric guitar in those days.
The Music
| 05:39 | Garden Of Babylon | Instrumental |
| 05:40 | Tourist In Paradise | Instrumental |
| 05:08 | Affair In San Miguel | Instrumental |
| 04:52 | Snowbound | Instrumental |
| 04:16 | Aruba | Instrumental |
| 04:48 | Sapphire Island | Instrumental |
| 04:40 | Principles Of Desire | Vocal |
| 04:51 | Vienna | Instrumental |
| 05:22 | Kenya | Vocal |
| 05:31 | She Likes To Watch | Instrumental |
| 04:42 | Urban Wanderer | Instrumental |
| 04:48 | Kilimanjaro | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Russ Freeman | Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Synthesizers, Linn 9000 Programming, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Synthesizers, Synthesizer Programming, Drums, Bass, Keyboard Programming, Percussion, Rhythm Programming, Classical Guitar, Arrangements, Production, Engineering, Mixing |
| Tony Morales | Drums, Cymbals, High Hat |
| Kim Stone | Bass, Arco Bass |
| Eric Marienthal | Saxophone |
| David Kochanski | Organ, Acoustic Piano |
| Jerry Hey | Horns |
| Gary Grant | Horns |
| Steve Reid | Percussion, Soundscape, Bongo, Congas, Clave, Shaker, Pods, Toys, EMU Percussion |
| Steve Bailey | Bass, Additional Fretless Bass, Fretted Bass |
| Brandon Fields | Alto Saxophone |
| Carl Anderson | Vocals |
| Jeff Kashiwa | Alto Saxophone |
| Rob Mullins | Keyboards |
| Phil Perry | Vocals, Background Vocals |
| Kirk Whalum | Tenor Saxophone |
| Mark Portman | Acoustic Piano Solo |
| Art Wood | Loops |
| Lynne Fiddmont | Background Vocals |
| Bridgette Bryant | Background Vocals |
| James Gilstrap | Background Vocals |
| Patti Austin | Vocals |
| Kenny G | Soprano Saxophone |
| Greg Karukas | Keyboards |
| Bill Lamphier | Bass |
| Nick Sodano | Mixing |
| Doug Sax | Mastering |
| Bill Mayer | Illustration |
| Carl Studna | Photography |
| Hollis King | Art Direction |
| Kevin Gaor | Graphic Design |
| "Gardens Of Babylon" and "Sapphire Island" recorded at Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios, Colorado.
Mastered at The Mastering Lab. |
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