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jason b
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Hello Ray,
my favourite guitar solo song since i was 8years old and im 39 now,is stoney and meatloaf = Kiss me again! Well through youtube,i learnt that you was the guitar player.Well i wanted to ask a big favour,if you could send me the guitar score of Kiss me again,to     magick70@hotmail.com   so i can learn to play it. your guitar playing on that track is spiritual!
peace,love and respect
your sincerely
jason


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Ralph Terrana
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I'm the producer of that particular song and I agree, Ray laid down a great solo. However, that didn't come off of a music score. That came straight from Ray's heart. You'll have to learn it the way we learned things off records. Note at a time. It's great practice.

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jason b
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ok thanks for the reply,yes i guess your right!
yours sincerely
jason


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jason b
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And i have to say that album is by far the best meatloaf album! no disrespect to jim steinman.You produced a awesome timeless classic!
best regards
jason


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UK Dave
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Ralph

Was that the guitar solo that Ray laid down in one take whilst you were suffering from a bad cold or flu? I just recall something from a thread on here not too long ago.

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Ralph Terrana
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Yes, I was sick as a dog but wanted to finish this song. I needed the guitar solo to do that. We had Ray alone in the studio with the lights very low. Ray asked me through the cue system what I was looking for. I was so sick I couldn't bring myself to go out into the studio to work a solo out. I simply told Ray to play something sad.
One take and it was done. Ray nailed it just like that.

Jason,
Thanks for the compliment. Much appreciated.

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jason b
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me again,ha ha
on kiss me again,was ray playing a stratocaster or a telecaster?


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Ralph Terrana
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We'll have to wait for Ray on this one, Jason. I don't remember.

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Mike
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Great song, great production/arranging and musicianship.

Get the original relase form 1971. The reissue in 1978 has an altered version of the album:

1971 original release

Side one

  1. "(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy as Jesus" 2:54 (Patti Jerome / Ralph Terrana / Mike Valvano)
  2. "She Waits by the Window" 4:07 (Mike Campbell / Ray Monette)
  3. "It Takes All Kinds of People" 2:23 (Jerome / Valvano)
  4. "Game of Love" 3:50 (Eki Renrut)
  5. "Kiss Me Again" 5:08 (Campbell / Monette)

 Side two

  1. "What You See Is What You Get" 2:15 (Jerome / Valvano)
  2. "Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)" 3:02 (Terrana / Valvano)
  3. "Jimmy Bell" 3:48 (Public domain)
  4. "Lady Be Mine" 4:44 (Campbell / Monette)
  5. "Jessica White" 2:43 (Campbell / Monette)

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van DePitte

1978/1979 re-release Meat Loaf featuring Stoney and Meatloaf

Side one

  1. "Jimmy Bell" 5:14 (Public domain)
  2. "She Waits by the Window" 4:07 (Campbell / Monette)
  3. "It Takes All Kinds of People" 2:23 (Jerome / Valvano)
  4. "Stone Heart" 2:57 (Campbell / Monette)
  5. "Who Is the Leader of the People?" 4:15 (Nick Zesses / Dino Fekaris)

Side two

  1. "What You See Is What You Get" 2:15 (Jerome / Valvano)
  2. "Kiss Me Again" 4:14 (Campbell / Monette)
  3. "Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)" 3:02 (Terrana / Mike Valvano)
  4. "Jessica White" 2:43 (Campbell / Monette)
  5. "Lady Be Mine" 4:44 (Campbell / Monette)
  6. "Everything Under the Sun" 3:01 (Campbell / Monette)

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Producers "Who Is the Leader of the People": Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris
Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van DePitte
Remixed and remastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Re-mix engineer: Glen Jordan
Mastering engineer: Jack Andrews

The album was re-released several times with a different track listing under the title "Featuring Stoney and Meat Loaf". Firstly in 1978 and 1979 on the Prodigal label (PDL 2010) and again in 1986 on Tamla Motown (ZL 72217). The album contained most (but not all) of the tracks on the original album. In addition to three new tracks, some songs appear in different versions.



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jason b
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thanks for that info,i shall have to get hunting,because i know the album i have doesn't have the full length version of kiss me again and they chop ray's guitar solo short on it!

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Anonymous
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Sounds like you have the reissue form the late 1970's. I dont like when albums are reissued/remixed/tinkered with. Chopping Ray's solo...sacrilege! A similar thing happened with Boz Scaggs' debut solo album from 1970. In 1977 after the success of Silk Degrees...his old label went back and remixed/reissued his first album. And the remix is not as good.

The only time that I feel a remix of an album better the sound was The Moody Blues' Days Of Future Passed. The original mix was in mono...a very murky mono. And the master mixdown tape was damaged. The 1978 remix was in stereo and sounds way better but there many differnces/elements not included in the mono.


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i've just managed to get hold of a imaculate original one from france for $25 or £15 seeing as im in england.plus $8 for post,so im happy smile.gif

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