Eddie JOBSON

Zinc (The Green Album)

(1983)

1. Transporter 1'10
(Eddie Jobson)
2. Resident 6'00
(Eddie Jobson)
3. Easy For You To Say 4'07
(Eddie Jobson)
4. Prelude 2'29
(Eddie Jobson)
5. Nostalgia 2'31
(Eddie Jobson)
6. Walking From Pastel 2'03
(Eddie Jobson)
7. Turn It Over 4'16
(Eddie Jobson)
8. Green Face 4'21
(Eddie Jobson)
9. Who My Friends ... 6'32
(Eddie Jobson)
10. Colour Code 1'06
(Eddie Jobson)
11. Listen To Reason 5'25
(Eddie Jobson)
12. Through The Glass 6'06
(Eddie Jobson)
13. Transporter II 0'17
(Eddie Jobson)

Total Time: 46:22

  • Eddie Jobson - Vocals, Keyboards and Electric Violin
  • Nick Moroch - Guitar (2, 3, 8, 9)
  • Cary Sharaf - Guitar (7)
  • Gary Green - Guitar (11, 12)
  • Michael Cuneo - Guitar (2, 9, 11, 12)
  • Alon Oleartchik - Bass (3, 7, 8, 11)
  • Jerry Watts - Bass (2, 5, 9, 11, 12)
  • Michael Barsimanto - Drums (2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12)

    Produced by Eddie Jobson
    Mixed at:     KINGDOM SOUND STUDIOS, Long Island, New York
    Engineered by: Jobson (1, 2, 6, 8, 12, 13) with: Ron Cote (2, 8)     ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS, New York City
    Engineered by: Jobson (3, 4, 9)
    Assisted by Gary Helman (3, 4) with Dave Wittman (9)
    Assisted by Barry Harris and: Ron Cote (4)     BEARSVILLE SOUND STUDIOS, Woodstock, New York
    Engineered by: Jobson (5, 7, 10, 11)
    Assisted by Ray Niznik
    Compiled at:     BEARSVILLE SOUND STUDIOS
    Assisted by Ken Lonas     Minot Sound
    Assisted by: Wayne Warnecke     RECORD PLANT, New York
    Assisted by Danny Caccavo and Steve Marcantonio
    Mastered at:     STERLING SOUND, New York City by George Marino
    Recorded at 30fps, 24 track, Dolby
    Mixed manually at 30fps on 1/2 inch, no noise reduction
    Keyboards: YAMAHA CS80 and Mini MOOG Synthesizers; YAMAHA Grand Piano
    Legal Maneuvers: Steven and Marty Machat
    Capitol Liaison: Bruce Garfield
    Technical Boffinry: Scott Burnham, Bruce Robbins, Doug Cassara, Bruce Bradt, Craig Hutchinson
    Equipment Transport: ORKA, GRIZZLY & LUCIFER
    Concept - Eddie Jobson
    Design - Peter Corriston;
    Photography - Brian Hagiwara
    Clothes - Julia Morton; Hair - Olivier Michaloft
    Backing Tracks Recorded at:     MINOT SOUND, White Plains, New York
    Engineered by: Ray Bardani

    Special Thanks To:
    Bruce Garfield, Steven Machat, Bill Civitella, Clay Hutchinson, Ray & Terry Bardani, Thom Cimillo, Ron Carran, Michael Barsimanto, Nick Moroch, Alon Oleartchik, Ed Strait, Ann Carli, Ellen Frank, Katryna Nathan, Kathy Hart, Don Stroh, John Chidsey, Guy Davies, Christian Dalbavie, Griff McRee, John Luongo, Margaret & John Helliwell, Gojko & Danice Grkinich and to my Parents...

    Dedicated to Maria - Love and Thanks for her unyielding tolerance

    Music and Words Written and Arranged by Eddie Jobson

    JOBSONGS, Inc. ©1983 / ASCAP

    Recorded at: KINGDOM SOUND STUDIOS, Long Island, New York
    Overdubs Engineered by: Clay Hutchinson
    Second Engineers: Ron Cote, Paul Mandl, Eddie Jobson
    Assisted by: Rich Hilton

    Recorded for ZINC Inc. in Association with NORTH SHORE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS

    Correspondence: Eddie JOBSON / ZINC, Box 1558.
    Greenwich, Connectiest 06830, USA




    1. Transporter

      (instrumental)

    2. Resident

      Skyline -
      The people are unfriendly
      I don't know if I'll survive
      I dislike superiority
      They are overpowering

      Fight on - new town
      Riding with the wave
      I'll dream on - old boy
      Standing - waiting for you here

      Greed tie -
      The prefects carry weapons
      And I find it hard to breathe
      There's a man I think is following me
      Even though he cannot see

      Walk on - sidewalk
      Early in the morning
      Dead man - light talk
      Standing - waiting for you here

      Green sky -
      City-wide pollution
      For the careful man this day
      I will grow a new identity
      Which they cannot steal away

      Fight on - new town
      Riding with the wave
      I'll dream on - look down
      Standing - waiting for it here
      Standing - waiting for you here

    3. Easy For You To Say

      I changed the rules today some new ones now apply
      I've taken all the colour from the trees and sky

      I changed the rules today
      I changed the rules today

      Imagine you are colour blind and everything is grey
      Even the sun is pale - you cannot see your way

      Easy for you to say
      Easy for you to say

      A single coloured light - a hue of pastel green
      Is coming close to you
      You say that you can't see it cause the colour's
      Too serene - too serene

      Easy for you to say
      You missed it anyway
      Easy for you to say

    4. Prelude

      (instrumental)

    5. Nostalgia

      (instrumental)

    6. Walking From Pastel

      (instrumental)

    7. Turn It Over

      Turn it over
      Sit down right near you
      Turn it over
      It can probably hear you
      There's another movie show
      Watch another video

      Turn it over
      See the other side
      Turn it over
      Turn it with your mind
      Turn it over
      View it from behind
      Turn it over
      The T.V.'s on!

      Turn it over
      I will make you see me
      Turn it over
      When I'm on your T.V.
      All the stations will be gone
      I'll be there when you turn it on

    8. Green Face

      We're right about one thing We really are
      We went much too far
      And you With the green face
      Over there
      You don't care
      We went higher and higher and higher
      And higher and higher
      I may be exhausted
      But you never tire

      Feeling so blue
      What does it mean?
      Feeling so blue
      Looking so green

      Right about one thing
      You needn't fear
      I can see from here
      And all of you out there
      Far or near
      I can see so clear
      Let's go higher and higher and higher
      And higher and higher
      I may be exhausted
      But you never tire

      Feeling so blue
      What does it mean?
      Feeling so blue
      Looking so green

    9. Who My Friends ...

      Here we are - walking down the dusty road
      Skies are red - as we glance back at the dawn
      To see who my friends will follow me

      Shadows die - fading hope of friendship too
      Can't rely on what new friends might do
      Where are you? Who my friends will run from view

      Ambition burning
      Cannot drown out the fire
      I am learning
      Who my friends really are

      Autumn leaves - winter winds abound
      Flames are gone - leaving cinders on the ground
      Where now there are charcoal memories
      Now I know who my friends turned out to be

      Ambition burning
      Cannot drown out the fire
      I am learning
      Who my friends really are

    10. Colour Code

      (instrumental)

    11. Listen To Reason

      Picture of the human race
      Captured in a neon trace

      Listen to reason
      It stands to reason

      Glowing screen technology
      Computer terminology

      Listen to reason
      It stands to reason

      Leave it alone - (but they won't go away)
      Leave it alone - (but it is here to stay)
      I warned you - you wouldn't listen to me
      Is this true? well just you wait and see

      Hi-fi sound and new effects
      Green is now the pink is next

      Listen to reason
      It stands to reason

      Cannot change its sample rate
      You're a number, time and date

      Listen to reason
      It stands to reason

    12. Through The Glass

      Look at me - in disguise
      Neon light from behind
      Towering walls of stainless steel
      Turning me colour blind

      In the mirror world
      Fantasies from the past
      In the mirror world
      Looking out - Through the glass

      Turn around - feel the flight
      Reflecting on you
      See yourself standing here
      Looking out at the view

      Mirror - frame of brass
      Falling through the glass

      In the mirror world
      Fantasies from the past
      In the mirror world

      Feeling estranged - what should I do?
      Ego unchanged - falling to you

    13. Transporter II

      (instrumental)