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Released
  
1975 (UK)

Artist
  
Elkie Brooks

Label
  
A&M Records

Rich Man's Woman (1975)
  
Two Days Away (1977)

Release date
  
1975

Genre
  
Rock music

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Recorded
  
Summer 1975 at The Record Plant

Producer
  
Kenny Kerner & Richie Wise

Similar
  
Two Days Away, Live and Learn, Bookbinder's Kid, Shooting Star, Screen Gems

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Rich Man's Woman is the first album by Elkie Brooks.

Contents

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Background

Brooks' first solo album was released in 1975 in a blaze of publicity and a promotional week at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. Recorded as a rock album in the vein of her work with Vinegar Joe, A&M Records were unhappy with the direction and decided to tone the album down, producing unsatisfactory results and an album in which Brooks lost faith. The picture sleeve featuring a semi-naked Brooks caused outrage at the time and remains controversial.

Despite an initial marketing campaign, both A&M and Elkie decided to stop promoting the work and to focus on her follow-up album, Two Days Away.

The album has been released on CD, coupled with its successor Two Days Away.

Single releases

  • "Where Do We Go From Here" (1975)
  • "He's a Rebel" (1975)

    • Details

  • Recorded 1975 at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, USA. Mastered at A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood, USA.
  • Issued on vinyl and cassette in 1975 through A&M Records. Re-released in 1985 on CD, vinyl and cassette through Pickwick Records.
  • Rich Man's Woman failed to enter the UK album charts.

    • Track listing

    All tracks composed by Elkie Brooks; except where indicated

    1. "Where Do We Go From Here (Rich Man's Woman)" – 3:45
    2. "Take Cover" (Michael Brown, Ian Lloyd) – 3:03
    3. "Jigsaw Baby" (Brooks, Bruce Foster) – 5:18
    4. "Roll Me Over" – 3:02
    5. "He's a Rebel" (Gene Pitney) – 2:55
    6. "One Step on the Ladder" – 5:24
    7. "Rock and Roll Circus" (Bob Segarini) – 4:21
    8. "Try a Little Love" – 3:54
    9. "Tomorrow" (Dave Courtney, Leo Sayer) – 3:59

    Personnel

  • Elkie Brooks – vocals
  • Steve Burgh - guitars
  • Bruce Foster - keyboards
  • David Kemper - drums
  • Dennis Kovarik - Bass

    • Additional personnel

  • David Paich - piano, keyboards
  • Mike Boddicker - synthesizers
  • Ben Benay - guitars
  • Max Bennett - bass guitar
  • Alan and Gene Estes - percussion
  • John Guerin - drums
  • Nino Tempo - saxophone
  • Stan Farber, Venetta Fields, Gerry Garrett, Jim Gilstrap, Ron Hicklin, Clydie King, Gene Marford, Verlene Rogers and Jenny Whitman - backing vocals
  • Dominic Frontiere, Larry Wilcox - arrangement
  • Warren Dewey, Bob Merritt, Doug Rider - engineering
  • Bernie Grundman - mastering
  • Kenny Kerner & Richie Wise - production

    • Songs

    1Where Do We Go From Here3:47
    2Take Cover3:04
    3Jigsaw Baby5:16

    References

    Rich Man's Woman Wikipedia
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