Eddie Money Self-Titled LP - Promo - "Two Tickets To Paradise" - "Baby Hold On"

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Eddie Money is the self-titled debut studio album by American musician Eddie Money, released in December 1977 by Wolfgang Records, a subsidiary of major label Columbia. Money, a Brooklyn native, grew up interested in music. In 1968, he moved to Berkeley, California, where he became a staple of Bay Area nightclubs. Rock impresario Bill Graham subsequently discovered Money and signed him to his Wolfgang imprint.

The album was mainly written by Money, though half of its contents were also credited to guitarist Jimmy Lyon. Eddie Money was successful in the U.S., where it was eventually certified double platinum, denoting two million copies shipped. Its singles were hits on AOR radio, with "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise" crossing over into the Top 40 format. The former charted highest, reaching number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is Money's highest-selling album.

The album was a studio rendering of Money's live show at the time, and was recorded during the summer of 1977. Featuring almost entirely original compositions that the band had written and honed during their live performances in Bay Area venues. Containing two songs that achieved generous radio airplay ("Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Baby Hold On"), the album peaked at number 37 on the charts, establishing Money as a successful artist. "Two Tickets to Paradise" remains one of his most frequently played songs. A third single, a unique take on the Motown classic "You Really Got a Hold on Me" received considerable airplay but failed to crack the top 20.

Managed by Bill Graham and booked by Frank Barcelona's Premier Talent, Money quickly established himself as both the consummate performer and record peddler who often spent afternoons doing record store promotions and radio interviews prior to his on stage appearances.

This album features Money on vocals, Jimmy Lyon on guitar, saxophone player Tom Scott, and former Steve Miller Band members, bassist Lonnie Turner and drummer Gary Mallaber. Lyon also co-wrote about half of the album's tracks, yet he would leave the band in 1982.

Track listing

Personnel

• Eddie Money – vocals, keyboards, harmonica, saxophone
• Jimmy Lyon – guitars
• Gary Mallaber – drums, percussion
• Lonnie Turner – bass guitar
• Gene Pardue – drums
• Bob "Pops" Popwell – bass guitar
• Tom Scott – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Alan Pasqua – keyboards
• Randy Nichols – keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals
• Freddie Webb – keyboards
• Kevin Calhoun – percussion
• Jo Baker – second vocal on "Baby Hold On"

Production

• Produced by Bruce Botnick
• Engineered by Andy Johns Eddie Money Studio album by Eddie Money Released December 1977 Recorded The Record Plant, Los Angeles Genre
  • Rock
  • hard rock
  • pop rock
  Length 39:20 Label Wolfgang, Columbia Producer Bruce Botnick