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Credits and thanks

PART ONE - FOR "BENEFIT STREET - THE AMERICAN DREAM" 
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Benefit Street, The American Dream and The Slithy Toves were cooperative efforts; we who played the instruments had a lot of help from many who didn't.

Band Members:

Alan Silverman (co-founder, lead guitar)

Rob Carlson (co-founder, rhythm guitar, lead vocals, trombone)

David Noyes Roberts (bass, vocals)

Mike Parker (drums, lead vocals)

Bill Bird (keyboards)

Paul Payton (keyboards, occasional vocals)

Bill Barnes (drums)

Josh Barrett (lead guitar, vocals, recorder)

Tim Jackson (drums, percussion)

Maddie Sifantus (vocals, percussion)

Carl Armstrong (bass)

Leo Genereux (lead guitar, vocals)

Website stories and liner notes by the band, with contributions from Paul Payton, Rob Carlson, Dave Roberts, Josh Barrett, Tim Jackson, Maddie Sifantus, Carl Armstrong, Mike Parker and Bill Bird

DEDICATED TO JIM ISRAELOFF, our manager and benefactor, for doing his best with and for us, and believing in us from beginning to end.

 
Tech notes about this CD:

All digital transfers, except tracks 3, 4 and 19, were laboriously made from very old analog tapes and vinyl records of varying generations and quality by Dave Sica of Sica Productions, Parsippany, NJ  (http://www.sicaproductions.com) who managed to get much more out of them that we ever thought possible! Mastering was by Brian Csencsits of Supreme Sound, W. Paterson, NJ  (http://www.supremesoundstudio.com) . No master tapes could be located; what you hear was rescued by these gentlemen from less-than-optimum dubs and vinyl. The distortion of the highs on the 45 (tracks 3 and 4) is on every copy of the record; it sounds as though someone went a bit nuts compressing the signal at the pressing plant! Track 17's original source is an analog tape, which is now part of a new digitally-recorded master produced and arranged by Paul Payton and engineered by Aaron Kamphuis at Paytoons, Chatham, NJ. Track 19 is a new digital recording produced and engineered by Rob Carlson at The Producers, Fairfield, CT.


Original Benefit Street Posters by James Beach Brennan: http://www.jbrennan.com/

SPECIAL THANKS, PAST AND PRESENT, TO:


Bob Bovi for producing the original (and only) American Dream release, and to Bob and Tom Diehl for the best-available copies of the American Dream 45

WBRU for their airplay and their faith in us

Bette Schultz, who narrated our club demo, married Paul 22 years later, and encouraged and helped with this project

James Beach Brennan, our “staff photographer” and friend for life

Maddie Sifantus, Josh Barrett, Dave Roberts, Rob Carlson, and digitizer Dave Sica for so many of the photos

John Cooney – not every band got to have a future lawyer for a roadie

Bill Bird - not every band got to have a future minister and past group member for a roadie, either

Rick Bellaire of the Rhode Island Pop Music Archive, the catalyst for this project

Vincent Pasternak, for his friendship, support and excellent musicianship in the new group, Rob Carlson & Benefit Street

Aaron Kamphuis for engineering "See It Together"

Everyone we should have mentioned but forgot to; all our spouses, exes and significant others who believed in us and what we were trying to do; and

All the members of the band(s) who shared their hearts, souls, old memories and, in many cases, current musical gifts.



PART TWO -  FOR "ROB CARLSON & BENEFIT STREET'

Produced and Arranged by Rob Carlson with Vin Pasternak, Paul Payton and Sam Carlson
Executive Producer: What Cheer Partners, LLC (a partnership of Presence Records and Inverted Turtle Records)
Recorded 2010-2011 at The Producers, Fairfield, CT and other studios
Mastering by Alan Silverman, arf Mastering, New York, NY
Photography by Bette Schultz and Elizabeth Pasternack

Art Direction by Leslie Lee

Video by Vincent Pasternak, Ethan Winer, Elizabeth Pasternak and "a cast of dozens"

     

ROB CARLSON: Lead and Backing Vocals,  Acoustic Guitars,  Bass.
VINCENT PASTERNAK: Mandolin, Violin, Viola, Electric Guitar, Banjitar. Backing Vocals
PAUL PAYTON: Keyboards, Bass. Backing Vocals
SAM CARLSON: Percussion, Backing Vocals 
   
Special Thanks to:

Tracey Marble - vocals on “St. Stephen’s” and “Time and Time Again”

Ilya Gitelman - electric lead guitar on “St. Stephen’s” and "Georgianna"

Michael Terry - drums on “Monterey,” "Walk and Don't Walk" and “Time and Time Again” plus general wizardry

Mike Parker - vocals on "St. Stephen's"

        

Contact and booking:  booking@robcarlsonmusic.com
About the new band: www.robcarlsonmusic.com
Join the mailing list: info@robcarlson.com

Entire site (c) Paul Payton/Presence Productions, 2010, unless noted. Song lyrics quoted by permission of their authors. Credited articles used by permission of their authors.