James William Guercio, born July 18, 1945 in Chicago, American producer, songwriter and musician, he also made a film "Electra Glide in Blue".
Produced albums for artists such as Chicago, Blood, Sweat And Tears, The Buckinghams and Moondog
Electra Glide in Blue is a 1973 American satirical black comedy action film, starring Robert Blake as a motorcycle cop in Arizona and Billy "Green" Bush as his partner.
It was produced and directed by James William Guercio, and is named after the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle issued to traffic cops.
The soundtrack was performed by members of the band Chicago and Madura , who also briefly appear; Guercio managed them at the time and produced many of their albums.
The band that appeared in concert was Madura, although members of Chicago appeared in the film and also provided the sound track.
The rest of what you might find here would be typical of an early 70's soundtrack, wacka-wacka guitars and horn ensembles.
With dialogue from the film between the music tracks, the soundtrack album also tells (and spoils) the story of the film.
Guitarist Terry Kath does sing a tune "Tell Me" which is fantastic.
As for the music, the mix of folk rock and jazz didn't appeal mostly, but I used to listen to it to try and match up the dialogue with the photos in the booklet.
The last track, "Tell Me", the closing track to the film, is my favourite. It meant much more once I'd finally seen Electra Glide In Blue.
Track listing
A1. James William Guercio - Morning - 1:05
Written-By – James William Guercio
A2. James William Guercio - Prelude - 4:49
Written-By – James William Guercio
A3. Mark Spoelstra - Meadow Mountain Top - 2:45
Written-By – Mark Spoelstra
A4. James William Guercio - Overture - 2:09
Written-By – James William Guercio
A5. Marcels - Most Of All - 2:08
Written-By – Alan Freed, Harvey Fuqua
A6. James William Guercio - Jolene's Dance - 3:11
Written-By – James William Guercio
B1. Madura - Free From The Devil - 1:47
Written-By – Alan De Carlo
B2. James William Guercio - The Chase - 3:21
Written-By – James William Guercio
B3. Mark Spoelstra - Song Of Sad Bottles - 4:05
Written-By – Mark Spoelstra
B4. James William Guercio - Monument Valley - 1:27
Written-By – James William Guercio
B5. James William Guercio - Tell Me - 7:43
Written-By – James William Guercio
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
- Published By – Big Elk Music
- Published By – United Artists Music Co., Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – United Artists Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – United Artists Corporation
Credits
- Cello – Armand Kaproff, Jesse Erlich, Raymond Kelley
- Chorus – Andra Willis, Jackie Allen, Patricia Hall, Shirlie Matthews
- Contractor [Orchestra] – Charles Stern
- Copyist – David Ward, Jeffery Jones, M. Lee Allman
- Double Bass [String Bass] – Abe Luboff, James Bond, Lyle Ritz
- Drums – Ross Salomone
- Electric Bass – Terry Kath
- French Horn – David Duke, Gale Robinson, Henry Sigismonti, Richard Perissi, Vincent De Rosa*, William Hinshaw
- Guitar – Alan De Carlo (tracks: B1), Ben Benay, Larry Carlton, Louie Shelton
- Organ – Hawk (tracks: B1)
- Percussion – Dale Anderson, Guille Garcia, Sanora Grouch, Victor Feldman
- Piano – Michael O'Martian, Michael Lang
- Producer [Soundtrack Album] – Armin Steiner, Jim Nelson, Jimmie Haskell
- Producer, Directed By – James William Guercio
- Synthesizer [Moog], Organ – Paul Beaver
- Trombone – Robert Knight, Harold Diner, James Pankow, Lew McReary
- Trumpet – Bud Brisbois, Chuck Findley, Conti Condoli, Lee Loughnane, Oliver Mitchell, Tony Terran
- Viola – Allan Harshman, David Schwartz, Harry Hyams, Sam Baghossian
- Violin – Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Bernard Kundell, Henry Ferber, James Getzoff, Ralph Schaeffer, Ronald Folsom, Sidney Sharp, Tibor Zelig, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Kurasch
- Woodwind – Gene Cipriano, Johnny Rotella, Walter Parazaider
Notes
Released: 1973
Genre: Soundtrack, Country, Funk, Soul Jazz
Length: 47:58
Produced: Armin Steiner, Jimmie Haskell, Jim Nelson
Label - United Artists Records
