Hai Hai

Occupation

See below

Studios

  • Unicorn, Nevada City
  • Bill Snow (North Hollywood)
  • Ocean Way ( Hollywood)
  • Robbie Buchanan's (Los Angeles )
  • Hog Manor & Mama Joe's ( L.A. )
  • Mastering Lab ( Hollywood)

Hai Hai is the second studio album by the British Pop-/Rockmusikers Roger Hodgson, the former founding member of the British band Supertramp. Three years after the album "In the Eye of the Storm ", it was published in 1987 and sold quite well in Switzerland and Norway - otherwise sluggish.

Description

Unlike its 1984 predecessor album that Roger Hodgson alone had recorded or played most of the instruments, he invited for the recording of " Hai Hai " over 20 studio musicians, including the Toto musicians David Paich, Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro.

As on the previous album, play on " Hai Hai " for the Supertramp typical instruments ( eg, sax ) only a minor role. Complete placing the plate contains a fusion of Supertramp's progressive pop-rock style of the 1970s and early 1980s, and the synthesizer technology of the late 1980s. All songs were composed by Hodgson, texted and sung vocals.

Critics are often referred to as the best songs on the album "London", an ode to the often rainy British capital from living in the remote California Hodgson, "Desert Love" and " Puppet Dance". A pretty rockin ' song "My Magazine". From 1974, when Roger with Supertramp recording the album "Crime of the Century ," comes " Land Ho ".

In the week of the album release Hodgson's career was cut short by an accident: he fell in his California estate of an attic and broke both wrists. Therefore, he could not go on tour. Although he had forecast doctors that he would never be able to properly play guitar, Hodgson made ​​it " with confidence and after a long period of self-healing and physical therapy " to restore the mobility of his wrists.

Approximately ten years after " Hai Hai " the live album Rites of Passage was published.

Song list

The album " Hai Hai " ( Original: LP " A & M 395112-1 " ) contains 10 songs. On the record, the songs are 1 to 5 on the A side and 6-10 on the B-side. In addition, the album was released as MC ("A & M 395112-4 " ) and CD ("A & M 395112-2 "). The following specified lengths refer to another CD version ( " A & M CD5112/DX 1685 " ) of the plate, which is 49:01 minutes long.

Charts

The LP " Hai Hai " sold quite well in Switzerland and in Norway, where they each climbed into the top 20 of the album charts. In the U.S., it came only at number 163 on the Billboard 200

Occupation

The album " Hai Hai " active musicians - with song numbers in "()":

  • Roger Hodgson - Synthesizer-Bass/-Klavier ( 1, 4), Synclavier drums ( 5) Keyboards (3-5, 7-9 ), piano ( 6), Synthesizer (1, 6, 10) Guitars (1 -2, 4-5, 8, 10 ), 12 -string guitars (7 ), Bass Guitar ( 7), vocals, background vocals (1, 3-5, 8-10)

Guest musicians ( in alphabetical order):

  • Bruce Albertine - Synclavier drums ( 5)
  • Ken Allardyce - Harmonica ( 1, 5), Rhythm Guitar (3 ), background vocals (3, 8)
  • Robbie Buchanan - Synthesizer ( 1, 6), Synthesizer Programming ( 4, 6, 10), synth bass ( 5), Rhodes ( 6) Keyboards (3-5, 9)
  • Lenny Castro - percussion (1-6, 8-10)
  • Clair Diament - background vocals ( 3)
  • Nathan East - bass guitar (3, 6, 9)
  • Albhy Galuten - Synclavier drums ( 5)
  • Mikail Graham - DX7 Seetar solo ( 3)
  • Omar Hakim - Drums ( 1)
  • Willie Hines - Background vocals ( 2)
  • Dan Huff - Guitars ( 1, 3, 5-10)
  • Brad Lang - background vocals ( 2)
  • Rhett Lawrence - Fairlight Programming ( 5, 8), Fairlight drums (10) Synths (10 )
  • Anni McCann - background vocals (1, 3-5, 8-10)
  • David Paich - Synthesizer -Bass ( 2) Hammond Organ ( 2) synth instruments ( 2)
  • Eric Persing - Synthesizer Programming ( 4-6)
  • Joseph Pomfret - Drums ( 1, 4, 6-8)
  • Jeff Porcaro - drums (2-4, 6, 9 )
  • Steve Porcaro - Synthesizer Programming ( 2)
  • Marc Russo - Saxophone ( 8)
  • Leland Sklar - Bass Guitar ( 8)
  • Carlos Vega - drums (7-8)
  • Larry Williams - Saxophone (3, 9) Synthesizer Programming ( 7)

Recording and production

The album " Hai Hai " was recorded in California in the United States in this sound recording and mixing: The sound recordings and mixing were in Rogers Unicorn Studio ( Nevada City) and Bill Snow Studio ( North Hollywood ) performed; further recordings found in the Ocean Way Studios ( Hollywood), Robbie Buchanan 's Studio (Los Angeles ) and at Hog Manor & Mama Joe's (also Los Angeles ) instead. The mastering was done at Mastering Lab ( Hollywood).

  • Producers: Roger Hodgson, Jack Joseph Puig
  • Sound engineer Jack Joseph Puig ( Unicorn Studio)
  • Assistant engineer: Ken Allardyce ( Unicorn Studio)
  • Mixdown engineer Jack Joseph Puig, Bill Snow (Bill Snow Studio)
  • Assistant Engineers: Steve Ford, Dan Garcia, Wade Jaynes, Julie Last, Bart Stevens
  • Mastering engineer Doug Sax ( Mastering Lab)
  • Cover concept: Roger Hodgson
  • Artistic Director: Richard Frankel, Jeff Gold
  • Design: Tommy Steele
  • Photographs: Empire Studios

Republication 2006

On 14 November 2006 appeared (in Canada) from the label "Universal Music Group " a digitally revised edition of the album " Hai Hai ".

Swell

In the Eye of the Storm ( 1984 ) | Hai Hai (1987 ) | Rites of Passage (1997) | Open the Door (2000 ) | Take The Long Way Home - Live in Montreal ( 2006 / '07)

  • Roger Hodgson
  • Album ( Progressive Rock )
  • Album 1987
Record label Genre Nevada City, California North Hollywood, Los Angeles In the Eye of the Storm (Roger Hodgson album) Rites of Passage (Roger Hodgson album) Rock music Toto (Band) Crime of the Century (Album) Electronic keyboard Singing Music sequencer Rhodes piano Fairlight CMI Wind instrument Audio mastering Open the Door (Roger-Hodgson-Album)
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