New Train is a Rock album by Paul Pena, originally released in 2000. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
About
Recorded in 1973 and released in 2000. The album was recorded at Bearsville Records and produced by Ben Sidran (keyboardist for the Steve Miller Band). New Train features Grateful Dead member Jerry Garcia playing pedal steel guitar on "Venutian Lady" and "Taking Your Love Down." Merl Saunders (frequent collaborator with Garcia and the Dead) plays keyboards on "Venutian Lady" and "New Train". A capella group The Persuasions sing on "Gonna Move" and "Let's Move and Groove." Stylistically, the album runs the gamut from straight-up rock and roll (on the original version of "Jet Airliner") to folk to acid rock (on the Jimi Hendrix-esque "Cosmic Mirror") to Rhythm and Blues on the standout track "Gonna Move". The Grateful Dead-inspired "Venutian Lady" echoes their hit "Bertha". Albert Grossman, owner of Bearsville Record, stopped release of the record after a dispute with Pena. Ben Sidran gave an unreleased copy of New Train to musician Steve Miller, who recorded Pena's "Jet Airliner" with the Steve Miller Band for the 1977 album Book of Dream. The "Jet Airliner" single went to #8 on the chart. Pena's primary source of income in his later years were royalties from that single. .
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Credits
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Performers
- Ben SidranORGAN
- Gary MallaberDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Harvey BrooksBASS
- Arthur AdamsGUITAR
- Charles GreeneBACKING VOCALS
- David WoodfordSAXOPHONE
- Jerry GarciaGUITAR PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Merl SaundersKEYBOARDS
- The PersuasionsBACKING VOCALS
2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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