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Full Sail (Loggins and Messina album)

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Released
  
October 1973

Full Sail (1973)
  
On Stage (1974)

Release date
  
October 1973

Label
  
Direct-to-Disk Labs

Length
  
42:37

Artist
  
Loggins and Messina

Producer
  
Jim Messina

Genres
  
Rock music, Yacht Rock

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Recorded
  
Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles

Similar
  
Mother Lode, On Stage, Sittin' In, The Best: Sittin' in Again, Native Sons

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Full Sail is the third album by singer/songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in 1973. It showed the versatility of the duo, with everything from 1950s retro to island-style to soft ballads. The single "My Music" charted at #16, and the follow-up, "Watching the River Run", made it to #71. The album as a whole did better, reaching #10 on the Pop Charts.

Contents

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Side one

  1. "Lahaina" (Jim Messina) – 2:32 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
  2. "Travelin' Blues" (Messina) – 3:44 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
  3. "My Music" (Kenny Loggins, Messina) – 3:04 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
  4. "A Love Song" (Loggins, Dona Lyn George) – 3:11 (lead singer: Kenny Loggins)
  5. "You Need a Man/Coming to You" (Messina) – 5:22/3:48 (No track split) (lead singers: Kenny Loggins [You Need a Man]/Jim Messina [Coming to You])

Side two

  1. "Watching the River Run" (Messina, Loggins) – 3:27 (lead singers: Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina)
  2. "Pathway to Glory" (Messina) – 8:37 (lead singer: Jim Messina)
  3. "Didn't I Know You When" (Loggins, Michael Omartian) – 2:40 (lead singer: Kenny Loggins)
  4. "Sailin' the Wind" (Loggins, Dann Lottermoser) – 6:09 (lead singer: Kenny Loggins)

Personnel

  • Kenny Loggins - vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Jim Messina - vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin

    • Loggins & Messina band

  • Jon Clarke - oboe, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute, bass flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, English horn
  • Al Garth - violin, bass clarinet, recorder, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Larry Sims - bass, backing vocals
  • Merel Bregante - drums, timbales, backing vocals

    • Sidemen

  • Michael Omartian - piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, tack piano, Lowrey organ, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Vince Charles - steel drums
  • Milt Holland - percussion

    • Production

  • Recorded at Wally Heiders, Studio 4, Hollywood
  • Producer: Jim Messina
  • Photography: Ed Caraeff
  • Art Direction: Ron Coro
  • Illustrations: Joe Garnett
  • Engineers: Jim Messina, Alex Kazanegras
  • Quadraphonic Mix: Larry Keys, Alex Kazanegras
  • Quadraphonic Mix Supervision: Al Lawrence, Alex Kazanegras

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Lahaina2:35
    2Travelin' Blues3:43
    3My Music3:06

    References

    Full Sail (Loggins and Messina album) Wikipedia
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