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Released
  
January 1975

Length
  
36:25

Artist
  
Mick Ronson

Producer
  
Mick Ronson

Genre
  
Rock music

Recorded
  
1974

Play Don't Worry(1975)
  
Heaven and Hull(1994)

Release date
  
January 1975

Label
  
RCA Records

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Studio
  
Trident Studios and Scorpio Sound, London

Similar
  
Mick Ronson albums, Rock music albums

Play Don't Worry is the second album by former member of The Spiders from Mars, Mick Ronson. It contains mainly covers arranged by Ronson for his own sound, covering everyone from Pure Prairie League, The Velvet Underground and Little Richard. The backing track to "White Light/White Heat" was salvaged from David Bowie's Pin Ups sessions.

Contents

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Track listing

Side one
  1. "Billy Porter" (Mick Ronson) - 3:30
  2. "Angel No. 9" (Craig Fuller) - 5:31
  3. "This Is for You" (Laurie Heath) - 4:30
  4. "White Light/White Heat" (Lou Reed) - 4:07
Side two
  1. "Play Don't Worry" (Ronson, Bob Sargeant) - 3:15
  2. "Hazy Days" (Ronson) - 4:10
  3. "Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup) - 2:45
  4. "Empty Bed (Io Me Ne Andrei)" (Claudio Baglioni, Antonio Coggio, Ronson) - 5:12
  5. "Woman" (Adam Taylor) - 3:25

CD edition bonus tracks

  1. "Seven Days" (Annette Peacock) - 2:44 [Original B-Side]
  2. "Stone Love (Soul Love)" (David Bowie) - 3:30
  3. "I'd Rather Be Me" (Ronson) - 4:54
  4. "Is There Life on Mars?" (Bob Barnes aka Roscoe West) - 4:14
  5. "Pain in the City" (Ronson) - 3:45
  6. "Dogs (French Girl)" (J.H. Burnett) - 3:49
  7. "Seven Days" (Annette Peacock) - 6:01 [Alternate Take]
  8. "28 Days Jam" (Ronson) - 6:23
  9. "Woman" (Adam Taylor) - 3:32 [Alternate Take]

Personnel

  • Mick Ronson – guitar, bass, drums, harmonica, piano, clavinet, synthesizer, vocals
  • Trevor Bolder – bass, horn
  • Mike Garson – piano
  • Ritchie Dharma, Aynsley Dunbar, Tony Newman – drums
  • Jeff Daly – saxophone, flutes
  • Neil Kernon – ARP synthesizer on "Billy Porter" and "This Is for You"
  • Paul Francis – drums on "Play Don't Worry"
  • John Mealing – piano on "Woman"
  • Ian Hunter – backing vocals on "Girl Can't Help It"
  • Vicky Silva, Miquel Brown, Beverly Baxton – backing vocals on "Angel No.9" and "Woman"
  • Sid Sax - string conductor on "Empty Bed (Io Me Ne Andrei)"
  • Clive Arrowsmith - photography

    • Production

  • Engineered by Dennis Mackay, Peter Fielder, Ted Sharp, Ray Hendrickson and Ian Major
  • track 01-10 : recorded and mixed at Strawberry Studios, Juan La Pins, South of France, Trident Studios and Scorpio Sound, London, 1974
  • track 11–15 : recorded and mixed at Sundragon Studios, 13–14 December 1975.
  • track 16–18 : mixed August 1997 by lestyn at Dana Studios, London
  • all tracks produced, arranged and conducted by Mick Ronson for Mainman

    • Songs

    1Billy Porter3:30
    2Angel No 95:31
    3This Is for You4:29

    References

    Play Don't Worry Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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