Melanie..1978..US/1979..UK..BALLROOM STREETS

BALLROOM STREETS aka RUBY TUESDAY DOWNLOAD HERE

SIDE 1

1. RUNNING AFTER LOVE (4:24)

2. HOLDIN’ OUT *(3:15)

3. CYCLONE/CANDLES IN THE RAIN (7:18)

4. BEAUTIFUL SADNESS (5:43)

SIDE 2

5. DO YOU BELIEVE (3:52)

6. NICKEL SONG (3:03)

7. ANY GUY * (3:08)

8. LOOK WHAT THEY DONE TO MY SONG (4:17)

9. I BELIEVE (3:49)

SIDE 3
10. POET (3:50)
11. SAVE ME (6:53)
12. TOGETHER ALONE (3:26)
13. RUBY TUESDAY (6:36)
SIDE 4
14. BUCKLE DOWN (3:14)
15. MIRANDA (3:46)
16. BRAND NEW KEY (3:38)
17. GROUNDHOG DAY * (4:01)
18. FRIENDS & COMPANY * (6:50)
*tracks not include on the CD release
Album first released in the US 1978 on
TOMATO Records TOM-2-9003
UK LP release in 1979 by RCA Records
RCA XL 03073(2)
Dutch CD originally released in 1989 on
TOMATO Records 2 696052
US CD Release in 1994 on
WEA/ATLANTIC/RHINO R2 71283

This German CD was released in 2002 by UNIVERSE 4059
It is effectively the same as the CD release of Ballroom Streets but a different running order.
COMMENTS
This album was issued in 1978 as a double album on the Tomato label in the US (TOM-2-9003) and in the UK on the RCA label (XL 03073[2]). Essentially Ballroom Streets is a live album but recorded in the studio with a small audience. It mixed new recordings of old and recent material along with some new songs. Unlike her previous live albums which featured just Melanie and her guitar, this time she is with a full band and some tracks, like Cyclone/Candles In The Rain and Ruby Tuesday, demonstrate that Melanie could produce blistering rock numbers along with the best of them, though not always to the approval of all fans.

When the CD was first issued in 1989 the full double album could not be fitted onto a single disc and a 2CD set would presumable have been too expensive to produce. Therefore the album was shortened and four tracks dropped. The CD does not include Holding Out, Any Guy, Groundhog Day and Friends and Co. Nowadays technology has advanced and it is possible to produce CDs with much longer running times and the whole album could now be fitted on to a single disc...... END OF POST ... NO READ MORE