Gino VANNELLI


Nightwalker

(1980)



1. Nightwalker 5'09
(Gino Vannelli)
2. Seek And You Will Find 4'43
(Gino Vannelli)
3. Put The Weight On My Shoulders 4'47
(Gino Vannelli)
4. I Believe 4'11
(Gino Vannelli / Joe Vannelli / Ross Vannelli)
5. Santa Rosa 4'09
(Gino Vannelli)
6. Living Inside Myself 4'22
(Gino Vannelli)
7. Stay With Me 4'46
(Gino Vannelli)
8. Sally (She Says The Sweetest Things) 4'33
(Gino Vannelli)

Total Time: 36:40


  • Gino Vannelli - Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Composer, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Producer
  • Joe Vannelli - Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Producer, String Arrangements
  • Reverend Dave Boruff - Saxophone
  • Brad Cole - Piano, Arranger, String Arrangements
  • Vince Colaiuta - Drums
  • Michael Fisher - Percussion, Conga
  • Mike Miller - Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic)
  • Doug Parry - Vocals (bckgr), Assistant Engineer
  • Julia Tillman Waters - Vocals (bckgr)
  • Stephanie Spruill - Vocals (bckgr)
  • Neil Stubenhaus - Bass
  • Maxine Willard Waters - Vocals (bckgr)
  • Maxine Waters - Vocals (bckgr)
  • Waters, Julia - Vocals (bckgr)

    Ross Vanelli - Producer, Arranger, Composer, Vocals (bckgr)
    Bernie Grundman - Engineer, Mastering
    Norm Kinney - Engineer
    Rick Romano - Assistant Engineer
    Ria Lewerke - Art Direction
    Mark Hanauer - Photography

    Big Dreamers Never Sleep

    (1987)



    1. In The Name Of Money * 3'57
    (Gino Vannelli / Roy Freeland)
    2. Time Out
    ** 4'39
    (Gino Vannelli / Joe Vannelli / Ross Vannelli / Jimmy Haslip / Roy Freeland)
    3. Wild Horses 4'42
    (Gino Vannelli / Roy Freeland)
    4. Young Lover 3'26
    (Gino Vannelli / Roy Freeland)
    5. Down With Me 4'28
    (Gino Vannelli / Roy Freeland)
    6. Persona Non Grata 4'20
    (Gino Vannelli / Roy Freeland)
    7. Something Tells Me 4'23
    (Gino Vannelli / Roy Freeland)
    8. Shape Me Like A Man 4'53
    (Gino Vannelli / Roy Freeland)
    9. King For A Day 4'31
    (Gino Vannelli / Roy Freeland)

    Total Time: 39:19


  • Gino Vannelli - Synthesizer, Piano, Vocals, Background Vocals
  • Joe Vannelli - Keyboards, Sequencer Programming
  • Mike Miller - Electric and Classical Guitar
  • Marc Russo - Saxophone
  • Jimmy Haslip - 5-string Bass, Additional Drum Programming on "Wild Horses"
  • David Garibaldi - Drums, Drum Programming and Percussion
  • Ross Vannelli - Additional Drum Programming on "Down With Love", Background Vocals
  • Maxayne Lewis - Background Vocals
  • Alfie Silas - Background Vocals
  • Marilyn Scott - Background Vocals
  • Lisa Fischer - Background Vocals

    Produced by Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli and Ross Vannelli
    Engineers: Joe Vannelli and Gino Vannelli
    Joe Gastwirt - Preparation
    Mastering Engineer: Bernie Grundman
    Art Direction: Tony Lane / Nancy Donald -
    CBS
    Photographer: Raul Vega
    Album Coordinator: Shirley Klein
    Management: Patrick Rains and Assosiates Correspondence to Gino Vannelli, World Of Friends

      Music by Gino Vannelli
      Lyrics by Gino Vannelli and Roy Freeland
      Except "Time Out" Music: Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli and Jimmy Haslip
      Lyrics: Gino Vannelli and Ron Freeland

      Recorded and Digitally Mixed at BLUE MOON STUDIO, L.A., California
      SPX 90 Provided by
      YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL

      Copyright 1986 by BLACK KEYS MUSIC & SCREEN GEMS - EMI
      * BLACK KEYS MUSIC, ROCKWOOD MUSIC & SCREEN GEMS - EMI
      ** BLACK KEYS MUSIC, ROCKWOOD MUSIC & LA VIERA MUSIC - EMI

      Our Thanks To Doug Battleman and Jonh Messershmidt
      and the people of YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL for there generocity.

      Thank You Tim Mungovan for helping with BLUE MOON and bothering us with concern,

      Thank You Mac and Bonnie Archer for coming to the rescue

      Tony Martell, Thanks for killing me with kindness. We will hold precious the memory of our late, Unele, Pat.

      Thank You Anton for being born in the nick of time (this one's for you)





      Nightwalker

      1. Nightwalker

        I sleep at night
        On a cloud high on the horizon
        And when I close my eyes
        My soul is struck by lightning
        Then I sleep at night
        Like a storm

        Oh, I walk the night
        'cause your head is gone from my pillow
        And when the twilight shines
        My eyes crash through the windows
        'cause I sleep at night without you

        When it's dark and the night lays me down
        When the moon shines the light on the ground
        I just run where my thoughts take me to
        'cause I can't live in this world
        Without love without you
        I walk the night
        I walk the night

        Oh, I dream at night
        It must be a madman's rainbow that I'm chasing
        'cause when I close my eyes
        I feel your sweet sensation
        'cause I dream at night about you

        When it's dark and the night lays me down
        When the moon shines the light on my ground
        I just run where my thoughts take me to
        'cause I can't live in this world
        Without love without you
        I walk the night
        I walk the night

        I just run where my thoughts take me to
        'cause I can't live in this world
        Without love without you
        I walk the night
        I walk the night

      2. Seek And You Will Find

        You been laying it on the line
        Too much fat to burn
        You been stuck on a course
        While the world around you turns
        You been out in the rain
        But babe, oh the sun still shines
        Well you might walk through a cloud
        Seek and you will find

        Seek and you will find

        It's like treading on thin ice
        Hot stones in your shoes
        Well you know the world can blow your mind
        Unless you got the guts to cut the fuse

        You been out on the streets
        And babe how the road does wind
        Well you might look straight ahead
        Seek and you will find

        Seek and you will find (seek and you will find)

        You been out on a limb
        And so many mountains to climb
        Well you just might be sitting on a rainbow, honey
        Seek and you will find

        Seek and you will find

      3. Put The Weight On My Shoulders

        Put the weight on my shoulders
        Take the load off of your mind
        Cause the headwinds that blow
        Will fade away in time

        Rest yourself on my waters
        Take the lifeline from me
        Rise above what has passed
        And let yourself be free
        I only know what love must bear
        Through laiden times I will be there
        And when your down I'll break the fall
        Loose the weight on my shoulders
        It aint no weight at all

        I only know what love must do
        When fortune cries I'll follow you
        And when your down I'll break your fall
        Put the weight on my shoulders
        It aint no weight at all

        Put the weight on my shoulders
        See you star how it shines
        Cause they're so many dreams
        Left to find

        Put the weight on my shoulders .....
        Put the weight on my shoulders .....
        Put the weight on my shoulders .....
        Put the weight on my shoulders .....
        Put the weight on my shoulders .....

      4. I Believe

        Here I am a man in a new generation
        Keep hanging on to where I belong

        I believe the world is one
        Behind this masquerade
        Reach out of the darkness
        And bring in the light into day

        Here I am a man with a old fascination
        (just an old fascination)
        Still holding the line on my time
        'Cause I believe the day will come
        When things will work out right

        Reach out to your brothers
        And save every mother and child

        Well I want you to know
        I believe that a love can find a way
        And I believe that a heart of stone can break
        I believe that a wise man hears a call
        And the writing's on the wall
        And it's shining so bright and clear
        Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

        I believe what's done is done
        And what will be will be
        Reach out to each other
        A moment is all you need

        Well I want you to know
        I believe that a love can find a way
        And I believe that a heart of stone can break
        I believe that a wise man hears a call
        And the writing's on the wall
        And it's shining so bright and clear

      5. Santa Rosa

        Hack jaws and hellions don't you step on my z's
        I'm gettin' rather ornery ?out my natural means
        I'll I want is a small piece of the pie
        A place in the sun to comfort my eyes

        North of L.A. just south of Monterey
        To Santa Rosa
        I'm gonna break away

        Blue grass and the sycamores and the sweet eucalyptas in the air
        Mad dogs and wolf hounds running everywhere
        You can go with the flow you can bend in the breeze
        Just step to one side and then play the black keys

        North of L.A. just south of Santa Jose
        To Santa Rosa

        I'm gonna do what is right to make a better life
        Before it's over
        I'm gonna break away

        Angels and Lucifer don't you step on my ground
        I've got a good god-fearing woman who might just shoot you down
        I love her and she loves me
        Together we'll raise such a sweet family

        North of L.A. just south of Monterey
        To Santa Rosa

        I'm gonna do what I can to get the sea and sand
        Back on my shoulder
        I'm gonna sail away

      6. Living Inside Myself

        In my life
        I've felt so self assured
        But suddenly it's all changed
        She's a cloud
        That hangs above my world
        And I find myself wond'ring in the rain
        And now I can't go on

        'cause I am lost
        Living inside myself
        Living inside this shell
        Living outside your love
        I am lost
        Somewhere inside my own dreams
        Afraid of what life really means
        Living without your love

        I need a guiding light
        To shine on my darkest days
        I was young, and time was on my side
        But like a fool I let it slip away
        And now those days are gone

        And I am lost
        Living inside myself
        Living inside this shell
        Living outside your love
        I am lost
        Somewhere inside my own dreams
        Afraid of what life really means
        Living without your love

        In my life
        I've felt so self-assured
        But oh how all the seasons change
        And now I'm not that strong

        'cause I am lost
        Living inside myself
        Living inside this hell
        Living outside your love
        I am lost
        Somewhere inside my own dreams
        Afraid of what life really means
        Living without your love

        I am lost
        Living inside myself
        Living inside this shell
        Living outside your love
        I am lost

      7. Stay With Me

        Hey woman walking on a wire
        I know your back is to the wall
        What lies in water lies in fire
        It's all in how you take the fall

        Why don't you stay with me
        Oh, lay with me
        Don't turn the lights on me
        Tonight on me

        ( Stay with me )

        The streets are cold in New York City
        Why don't we break the ice
        Now just like a fool I'll be feeling guilty
        So just this once I won't think twice

        Why don't you stay with me
        Oh, lay with me
        The only crime I see
        Is killing time with me

        ( Stay with me )

        And oh, what a feeling
        When I'm with you
        You play with fire
        What am I supposed to do

        Hey woman life's too short to straddle
        You're either right or wrong
        So come on gamble
        Just don't keep me hanging on

        Why don't you stay with me
        Oh lay with me
        The only crime i see
        Is killing time with me

      8. Sally (She Says The Sweetest Things)

        Sally, she says the sweetest things
        But words won't stop the pain
        She's painting skies of blue
        While I'm standing in the rain

        I love her still I always will

        Sally, she sings the sweetest songs
        But the melody is a lie
        She's had a change of heart
        I can see it in her eyes

        I love her so I can't let go

        Save every moment save every hour
        Gone are the golden days we knew
        Someone is lonely in love with the other
        And I'm still in love with you

        She was a flower child
        When whe came into my life
        And now the decades gone
        And nothings turned out right

        The feelings gone but life goes on

        Someone is lonely
        In love with the other
        And I'm still in love with you

        Sally, she says the sweetest things
        But words won't ever do
        You're throwing stones at me
        That I can't throw back at you

        I love you still
        I always will


      Big Dreamers Never Sleep

      1. In The Name Of Money

        The sun rises after midnight
        big dreamers never sleep
        she takes a slow walk in the red light
        wishin' on the stars in concrete
        jet black roots under alabaster hair
        betty grable legs gonna get her somewhere
        she's runnin' every light on the road to recognition
        under one condition

        In the name of money
        in the name of fame
        anything goes
        when you play that game
        in the name of money
        in the name of fame
        you gotta stick it out
        if you want to claim your fame

        So some hotshot in a rag top
        gets her on the silver screen
        a hundred mirrors far a backdrop
        but her face was never seen
        agents of love, devils in disguise
        they're blowin' smoke in the little girl's eyes
        yeah, she'll sign the dotted line and fall into submission
        under on condition

        In the name of money
        in the name of fame
        anything goes
        when you play that game
        in the name of money
        in the name of fame
        you gotta stick it out
        if you want to claim your fame

        Someday she'll be a leading lady
        in a baby blue mercede'
        when she's rich and famous
        her scandals will entertain us
        the badder the better

        Jet black roots under alabaster hair
        betty grable legs gonna get her somewhere
        she's runnin' every light on the road to recognition
        under one condition

        In the name of money
        in the name of fame
        anything goes
        when you play that game
        in the name of money
        in the name of fame
        you gotta stick it out
        if you want to claim your fame

      2. Time Out

        Running in the human race
        'round in circles
        no sense of time and space
        or who we are
        let me pour some water in your wine
        let's talk about the future
        we should have better things on our minds anyway

        No time for words
        no time for wars
        it's high time we work it out
        no time for fighting
        no time for tears
        somebody tell me what it's all about
        we could be making the best of the night
        but all we do is scream and shout
        time out ..... for love

        Lovers on a battlefield
        a house divided
        eyes that pierce like maked steel
        through the heart
        come lay your wounded body down
        and talk about the future
        throw your weapons to the ground
        before it's too late

        No time for words
        no time for wars
        it's high time we work it out
        no time for fighting
        no time for tears
        somebody tell me what it's all about
        we could be making the best of the night
        but all we do is scream and shout
        time out ..... for love

        No time for words
        no time for wars
        it's high time we work it out
        no time for fighting
        no time for tears
        somebody tell me what it's all about
        we could be making the best of the night
        but all we do is scream and shout
        time out ..... for love

      3. Wild Horses

        As the sun goes down on the arizona plain
        and the wind whistles by like a runaway train
        hey hey hey it's a beautiful thing
        well it's me and you and a flatbed truck
        my heart kicking over like a whitetail buck
        hey hey hey in the middle of spring

        You can cut me deep
        you can cut me down
        you can cut me loose
        don't you know it's okay
        you can kick and scream
        you can slap my face
        you can set my wheels on a high speed chase
        hey no matter what you do

        Wild horses could not drag me away from you
        Wild horses could not drag me away from you

        As the sky falls down from the midnight blue
        spittin' like bullets on a hot tin roof
        hey hey hey it's a beautiful sound
        well it's me and you in a flatbed truck
        in a foot of mud just my luck
        hey hey hey a hundred miles out of town

        You can call me a fool
        you can call me blind
        you can call it quits
        can't hear a word you say
        cause if I had you once
        I'm gonna have you twice
        I'm gonna follow my heart instead of good advice
        hey no matter what you do

        Wild horses could not drag me away from you
        Wild horses could not drag me away from you

      4. Young Lover

        One life to live
        no time to pretend
        no wins no loss
        no heroes in the end
        no dreams no plans no promises

        Young lover
        just turn out the lights

        One kiss
        one softly whispered yes
        no talk oh no, no tears
        no hearts to repossess
        no names no chains no hostages

        Young lover
        just turn out the lights
        slip under the cover
        of the night
        young lover young lover young lover
        everythings all right
        young lover
        just turn out the lights

      5. Down With Me

        Musta been high
        musta had plenty
        if she had one
        ( don't know ) mighta had twenty
        flat on my back
        with the wind out of my sail
        my friends all say
        I look a little skinny and pale
        caught a nasty little bug
        one thing sure there ain't no cure
        when you're down with love

        Enough to make a grown man cry
        or make a mule comply (comin' down with love)
        enough to make a soul man straight
        or make a wildcat domesticate

        My head's too hot
        my nose a little runny
        my family doctor
        stuck me twice and stole my money

        Mirror mirror on the wall
        let me tell you what I see
        some kind of strung out fool
        looking back at me
        I need a miracle drug
        cause one thing sure there ain't no cure
        when you're down with love

        Enough to make a grown man cry
        or make a mule comply (comin' down with love)
        enough to make a soul man straight
        or make a wildcat domesticate

        Flat on my back
        with the wind out of my sail
        my friends all say
        I need a miracle drug
        cause one thing sure there ain't no cure
        when you're down with love

        Enough to make a grown man cry
        or make a mule comply (comin' down with love)
        enough to make a mad dog tame
        and give a man a good name
        one thing's sure there ain't no cure
        when you're down with love

      6. Persona Non Grata

        Now the cry of the toucan for your man is history
        welcome to heaven the land of the rich and the free
        the water's so clean you can fill your canteen with it cold
        please hand me your locket and I promise you pockets of gold
        no soldiers to knock on your door
        now what can a man ask for more

        Persona non grata !
        just lay your money down
        persona non grata !
        on your knees and kiss the ground

        I know all the right people we will make you legal in a flash
        I won't take no for an answer no credit no checks just cash
        well it may seem like a lot but I'm really not in it for greed
        as god as my witness I have a family and mistress to feed
        what price can you put on a dream
        your fortune lies across the stream

        Persona non grata !
        just lay your money down
        persona non grata !
        on your knees and kiss the ground
        Persona non grata !
        persona non grata !

        No soldiers to knock on your door
        now what can a man ask for man

        Persona non grata !
        just lay your money down
        persona non grata !
        on your knees and kiss the ground
        Persona non grata !
        persona non grata !
        lay your money down
        lay your money down
        Persona non grata !
        persona non grata !

      7. Something Tells Me

        Tonight I watch you in your sleep
        wondering what dark secrets you keep
        away from me
        a careless word falls from your lips
        a time and place that somehow slips
        from a memory
        I feel my way through darkness
        but I trust in where your heart is

        Cause each time I close my eyes
        I can see better
        I dream that we share our lives
        now and forever
        call it faith or just a feeling
        something tells me to believe in you

        I feel you near but you're not there
        and I feel quiet despair
        of what I might do
        I hear a voice inside of me
        that cries through the uncertainty
        that I feel for you
        there are no answers
        but I'll take my chances

        Cause each time I close my eyes
        I can see better
        I dream that we share our lives
        now and forever
        call it faith or just a feeling
        something tells me to believe in you
        something tells me (I believe in you)
        something tells me (you know I believe in you)

        Everytime I close my eyes
        oh you know I believe in you
        something tells me

      8. Shape Me Like A Man

        Spark my body into existence
        breath your life into me
        fill these eyes with temptation
        work your mystery
        make me in the image you desire
        raise me up from the earth
        let me be your creation
        women, give me birth

        Take me in your hands
        and shape me like a man
        shape me like a man
        put this broken body in motion
        with a strong and natural drive
        fill my flesh with sensation
        women let me know I'm alive

        Take me in your hands
        and shape me like a man
        shape me like a man
        like a man
        shape me like a man
        like a man
        shape me like a man
        like a man
        take me in your hands
        and shape me like a man
        like a man
        shape me like a man
        like a man
        like a man
        shape me like a man
        like a man
        shape me like a man
        make me like a man

      9. King For A Day

        Blinded by the magenta spotlight
        stands a disposable commodity
        don't a high price ticket make a star shine so bright
        a taste of immortality
        and the critics tey call you the new boy wonder
        and you know just how to make a young girl cry
        the more you feed them the more they hunger
        as you watch the money multiply

        How does it feel to be ?
        how does it feel to be ?
        king ... for a day

        You got the whole damn world spinning 'round your middle finger
        hey ! shoot a little skeet with the president
        and your mother loves you more for every dollar you bring her
        and yor latest wife is worth every cent

        How does it feel to be ?
        how does it feel to be ?
        king ... for a day

        Blinded by the magenta spotlight
        stands a manufactured fantasy
        don't a high price ticket make a star
        shine so bright
        and the people love you endlessly

        How does it feel to be ?
        how does it feel to be ?
        king ... for a day
        How does it feel to be ?
        how does it feel to be ... king