CATALOG
WAKE ME WHEN I’M FAMOUS (Fountainbleu 21024-2)
The Songs
1 Settin’ the Woods On Fire (redux) (R.E. Fuentes, G.K. Allen)
2 Lucy Is Wild (R. E. Fuentes)
3 Dynamite (R.E. Fuentes, G.K. Allen)
4 Baby, Put The Gun Down (R.E. Fuentes, G.R. Allen, H. Hauer, W. Libero)
5 Hell Of A Nerve (Lonely) (R.E. Fuentes, G.R. Allen)
6 Secrets (R.E. Fuentes, G.R. Allen)
7 Stranded In The Night (R.E. Fuentes)
8 Little Girl In Boyland (R.E. Fuentes, J.H. Weiss)
9 I Used To Believe In Love (R.E. Fuentes, G.K. Allen)
10 Show Me (R.E. Fuentes)
11 Baby Please (R.E. Fuentes)
12 Merry-Go-Round (R.E. Fuentes, G.R. Allen, A. Nielson, L. Holness)
13 Silent Partners (R.E. Fuentes)
14 Nothing Personal (R.E. Fuentes, G.R. Allen)
15 That Look In Her Eyes (R.E. Fuentes)
16 Name and Number (R.E. Fuentes, G.R. Allen)
17 Paralyzed (R.E. Fuentes, J. Phillips)
18 Eye To Eye (R.E. Fuentes, G.R. Allen)
19 So In Love (R.E. Fuentes)
20 Never Let Her Go (R.E. Fuentes, G.R. Allen, H. Hauer, W. Libero)
21 Desdemona (R.E. Fuentes, G.R. Allen)
22 Settin’ The Woods On Fire (original) (R.E. Fuentes, G.K. Allen)
Compilation Produced By Rafael Fuentes and Glen Robert Allen
Compilation Mixed and Mastered By Brent McLachlan at 30 Below Studios, NY, NY
All arrangements by Diamond Dupree
All songs © Fountainbleu Music, ASCAP
The Recordings
Tracks 1 & 21 recorded at Waterfront Studios, Hoboken, NJ, Produced by Glen Robert Allen. Additional recording at Mercy Street Studios, NY, NY. Originally recorded and mixed by Scott Anthony. Additional recording (track 1) by Jeff Phillips at Hot Sound Studios, NY, NY and (track 21) by Rafael Fuentes at Underground Sound, Woodhaven, NY. Final mixes by Brent McLachlan at 30 Below Studios.
Tracks 2, 17, 18, 19 recorded at SRS Studios, NY, NY. Produced by Rafael Fuentes and Glen Robert Allen. Engineered and mixed by Scott Anthony.
Tracks 3, 5, 12 recorded and mixed by Dave Achelis at C.I. Studios, NY, NY Produced by Rafael Fuentes, Glen Robert Allen and Dave Achelis. Assisted by Arthur Neilson and Len Holness
Tracks 4, 6 recorded at A&R Recording Studios, NY, NY. Engineered and mixed by Steve Ettinger. Additional recordings at Record Plant Studios, NY, NY. Engineered, mixed and produced by Jon Mathais. Additional recordings (track 4) at 30 Below Studios. Remixed by Brent McLachlan.
Tracks 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 recorded at Record Plant Studios, NY, NY. Produced, engineered and mixed by Jon Mathais.
Tracks 14, 16 recorded at Song Shop Studios, NY, NY. Produced by Rafael Fuentes and Glen Robert Allen. Engineered and mixed by Wayne Vlcan.
Track 15 recorded at Noise NY Studios, NY, NY. Produced by Doug Breitbart, Rafael Fuentes and Glen Robert Allen. Assisted by Lars Hanson. Engineered and mixed by Kramer. Additional recording at 30 Below Studios. Engineered and mixed by Brent McLachlan.
Track 20 recorded at 30 Below Studios. Produced by Rafael Fuentes and Glen Robert Allen. Engineered and mixed by Brent McLachlan. Additional recording by Walter Libero and Howard Hauer at Cottage in the Palms Studio, New Symerna Beach, FL.
Track 22 recorded at Record Plant Studios. Produced, engineered and mixed by Rod O’Brian.
The Players
All Tracks: Rafael Fuentes – Lead Vocals, Guitar; Glen Robert Allen – Drums, Percussion and Mayhem
Track 1 Bass: Walter Libero; Guitar and Solo: Howard Hauer; Keyboards: Lars Hanson, Horns: Ed Hirschman – Trumpet; Amedeo “Big Beef” Ciminnisi – Trombone; Screamin’ Steve Barlotta – Saxophone and Solos; Backing Vocals: Ronnie D’Addario, Lars Hanson
Track 2 Bass: Chris Donato; Keyboards and Synth Horns: Steve Simels; Guitar Solo: REF
Track 3, 5, 12 Bass: Len Holness; Guitar and Solos: Arthur Neilson, Keyboards: Chris Meredith;
Backing Vocals: Len Holness, Arthur Neilson, REF, GRA
Track 4 Bass: Jeff Phillips; Guitars: Tad Lathrop, Howard Hauer; Keyboards: Chris Meredith
Track 6, 7, 8, 10 Bass: Jeff Phillips; Guitar (acoustic, electric and solos): Tad Lathrop; Backing Vocals: Jeff Phillips (also 2nd harmony, track 10), Tad Lathrop
Track 9 Bass: Jeff Phillips; Guitar and Intro: Howard Hauer; Casio Solo: Jon Mathais; Backing Vocals: Jeff Phillips, Howard Hauer
Track 10, 13 Bass: Jeff Phillips; Guitars: Howard Hauer, Arthur Neilson; Solos: Howard Hauer; Backing Vocals: Jeff Phillips, Howard Hauer
Track 14, 16 Bass: Michael Mervine; Guitars: Howard Hauer, Arthur Neilson; Keyboards: Lars Hanson; Guitar Solos (track 14): Howard Hauer, (track 16): Arthur Neilson;
Backing Vocals: Michael Mervine, Howard Hauer, Arthur Neilson, Lars Hanson, REF, GRA
Track 15 Bass and Drum Programming: Jeff Phillips; Guitar, Keyboards, Synth Strings and Guitar Solo: Lars Hanson, Backing Vocals: Lars Hanson, Donna Scuderi
Track 17, 18 Bass: Chris Donato, Keyboards, Synth Horns (track 18) and Marimba (track 18): Steve Simels, Guitar Solo (track 17): REF, Backing Vocals: Rae Giugiliano.
Track 19 Bass: Chris Donato, Keyboards: Steve Simels, Keyboard Intro: REF, Guitar Solo and Outro: REF, Backing Vocals: Ronnie D’Addario
Track 20 Bass: Walter Libero, Guitar and Solo: Howard Hauer, Backing Vocals: REF and GRA
Track 21 Bass: Chris Donato, Chordal Guitar: Lars Hanson, Riff Guitar: REF, Keyboards and Synth Strings: Steve Simels, Sax Section & Solo: Arno Hecht, Backing Vocals and Handclaps:
Ronnie D’Addario, Susan Hall and Eddy Coston
Track 22 Bass: Walter Libero (also 2nd verse lead vocal), Guitar and Solo: Howard Hauer, Backing Vocals: Walter Libero, Howard Hauer, REF and GRA.
For Marcus
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COOL, SMOOTH & EASY (Fountainbleu 26006-2)
The Songs
1. TV DANCER (3:12)
(Fuentes, G.K. Allen)
2. TELLIN’ EVERYONE (3:00)
(Fuentes, G.R. Allen)
3. SKYLIGHT (4:44)
(Fuentes)
4. GOIN’ AWAY (2:52)
(Fuentes)
5. COOL, SMOOTH & EASY (2:49)
(Fuentes, G.R Allen)
Produced by Glen Robert Allen and Rafael Fuentes
Engineered and mastered by Brent McLaughlin at 30 Below Studios, New York, NY
All songs © Fountainbleu Music, ASCAP a division of
Fountainbleu Entertainment, Inc., 2021
Tracks 1 and 3 recorded and mixed at 30 Below Studios, NY, NY
Tracks 2 and 5 recorded at Waterfront Studios, Hoboken, NJ
and Mercy Street Studios, NY, NY
mixed at Underground Sound, Richmond Hill, NY
Track 4 recorded and mixed at Record Plant Studios, NY, NY
by Jon Mathias • cover photo and art direction by Gomez Farquhar
For Glen
The Players:
All Tracks: Rafael Fuentes – Lead Vocals, Guitar; Glen Robert Allen – Drums, Vocals, Percussion and Mayhem
Track 1: Wally Liberty- Bass; Howie Hower- Electric Guitar and Solo; RAF- Acoustic Guitars; Backing Vocals: RAF and GRA
Track 2: Chris Donato – Bass; Lars Hanson – Guitar, Solo, Keyboards and Backing Vocals
Track 3: Mark Polott: Bass; Steve Simels: Keyboards; Josh Goldberg: Harmonica; RAF – Slide Guitar, Rainstorm courtesy of NYC
Track 4: Jeff Phillips – Bass and Backing Vocals, Tad Lathrop – Guitar, Solo and Backing Vocals; Ensemble – Handclaps
Track 5: Steve Simels – Bass and Keyboards; Lars Hanson – Guitar, Solo and Backing Vocals
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The Songs
1. C’MON EVERYBODY (2:51)
(Fuentes)
2. DIRTY BLONDE (3:54)
(Fuentes, G.K. Allen)
3. TURNED AROUND BLUES (4:48)
(Fuentes)
4. PONYTAIL (4:10)
(Fuentes)
5. OLD and GRAY (3:56)
(Fuentes)
Produced and Engineered by Walter Libero and Rafael Fuentes
PONYTAIL edited by Brent McLaughlin
Mastered by Rafe Winters
All songs © Fountainbleu Music, ASCAP, 2023
Recorded at Underground Sound, Richmond Hill, NY and
Cottage in the Palms, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Personnel:
R. Fuentes: Guitar (all tracks)
W. Libero: Bass (trks 1, 2, 3, 5)
Mark Pollott: Bass (trk 4)
Dave Donen: Drums (trks 1, 4, 5)
Mike Reyes: Drums (trks 2, 3)
Howard Hauer: Guitar (trks 1, 3, 5)
Arthur Nielson: Guitars (trk 4)
Alex Richman: Keyboards (trks 1, 2, 3)
B/G Vocals (trk 4)
Doña Oxford: Keyboards (trk 4)
Art direction by Gomez Farquhar
All arrangements by Diamond Dupree
For Stella
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