Ray Thomas - Hopes Wishes & Dreams
- Singer: Ray Thomas
- Album's title: Hopes Wishes & Dreams
- Genre: Rock
- Label:
Threshold Records – THS17
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: UK
Date of released: 1976
Category: Rock
Style: Soft Rock, Prog Rock - Format: FLAC MP3 VQF ASF AAC APE MOD AUD AIFF
- Size MP3 ZIP: 1765 mb
- Size FLAC ZIP: 1684 mb
- Rating: 3.5/5
- Votes: 533
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- 1684 downloads at 22 mb/s
FLAC version
Tracklist
| A1 | In Your Song | 4:43 |
| A2 | Friends | 2:58 |
| A3 | We Need Love | 4:14 |
| A4 | Within Your Eyes | 3:50 |
| A5 | One Night Stand | 3:48 |
| B1 | Keep On Searching | 4:48 |
| B2 | Didn't I | 4:02 |
| B3 | Migration | 3:53 |
| B4 | Carousel | 4:02 |
| B5 | The Last Dream | 5:09 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright (c) – Threshold Records Ltd.
- Recorded At – Threshold Studios
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – John Jones
- Backing Vocals – Barry St. John, Helen Chappelle, Liza Strike, Nicky James
- Drums, Percussion – Graham Deakin
- Electric Bass, Backing Vocals – Trevor Jones
- Engineer – David Baker, Derek Varnals
- Flute [Bass Flute], Concert Flute [C Flute], Harmonica, Lead Vocals – Ray Thomas
- Illustration, Design – Phil Travers
- Keyboards – Mike Moran
- Orchestrated By – Dr. Terry James*
- Personal Management – Jerry Weintraub
- Photography By – Gered Mankowitz
- Producer – Derek Varnals, Ray Thomas
- Written-By – Nicky James (tracks: A1 To B4), Ray Thomas (tracks: A2 To B5)
Notes
Gatefold sleeve.Inside left: Songlist with credits/timings; Produced by Ray Thomas, Derek Varnals; Orchestral Arrangements by Terry James, plus other credits for recording engineers, illustration and design, photographs; plus copyright warnings
Inside right: portrait photo of Ray Thomas
Four-sided foldout 'booklet': cover photo of Ray Thomas; back, photos of key performers - Nicky James, John Jones, Trevor Jones, Mike Moran, Graham Deakin, as well as orchestral arranger Terry James; plus credits for backing vocals etc. Inside pages, lyrics set on line-drawing illustration, which reproduced the cover but with elements missing - notably the old man in the garden, the family on the beach, the bucket and spade and birds flying overhead.
Plain white inner sleeve.
Matrix/runout
SIDE 1 XZAL-14444.P-IW
SIDE 2 XZAL-14445.P-IW
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THS17 | Ray Thomas | Hopes Wishes & Dreams (LP, Album) | Threshold Records | THS17 | UK | 1976 |
| THS17 | Ray Thomas | Hopes Wishes & Dreams (LP, Album) | Threshold Records | THS17 | US | 1976 |
| THS17 | Ray Thomas | Hopes Wishes & Dreams (LP, Album) | Threshold Records | THS17 | Canada | 1976 |
| ECLEC 2262 | Ray Thomas | Hopes Wishes & Dreams (CD, Album, RE, RM) | Esoteric Recordings | ECLEC 2262 | UK | 2011 |
| AIRAC-1678 | Ray Thomas | Hopes Wishes & Dreams (CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap) | Air Mail Archive | AIRAC-1678 | Japan | 2012 |
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