No Escape (album)
| No Escape | ||||
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| Studio album by Marc Tanner Band | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Elektra 6E-168 | |||
| Producer | Nat Jeffrey Glen Spreen (co-producer) |
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No Escape was an album by the Marc Tanner Band and it included their hit single "Elena". It was released on the Electra label in 1979.
The album made its appearance in early 1979, released on Elektra 6E-168. It was produced by Nat Jeffrey and Glen Spreen. The ten songs on the album were written by Marc Tanner. Some of them were co-composed by Nat Jeffrey and Sal Marquez. Billboard picked the best songs as "Elena", "She's So High", "In A Spotlight" and "Edge Of Love". One of the musicians to play on the album was William "Smitty" Smith who was with the 1960s group Motherlode. Two well known musicians on the album were Vanetta Fields and Richie Zito.
It was re-released on CD through Wounded Bird Records in 2006.
Around April, the Marc Tanner Band featuring Linda Stanley performed 9 songs from the album at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, California. In May, Elektra/Asylum were wrapping up a promo for the album which was a blanket marketing strategy for another single from the album, "Never Again". 10,000 tie clips in the form of handcuffs were distributed to radio and retail outlets. There were also requests from non-music outlets in the L.A area such as restaurant staff and nightclubs for the items.
For the week ending March 3, 1979, it entered the Billboard album chart at 160. By April 21, at it's 8th week in the chart, it had fallen to 185.
Adapted from AllMusic.
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