Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
Happy 40th Anniversary to Randy Meisner (1978 )!! (a day late)
After 17 years of performing and recording in bands, Randy set off on a solo career. The album didn’t sell well or place in the top 200 Billboard album chart (it peaked at #204), but the song “Bad Man” got some exposure when it was part of the soundtrack for the film, FM.
This is one of my favorite tracks from this album; J.D. Souther sings backing vocals.
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Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
I love this album; Randy’s vocals are sweet and soulful.
Delilah, wasn’t this album released on June 1, or is that bad info...
Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
Hey girl, how are you?
Wasn’t it Love Me or Leave Me Alone that was released June 1?
ITA about Randy’s lovely vocals.:heart:
Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
I’m well, thank you. And you? Happy 4th of July!
I was looking at the Wiki entry (notoriously unreliable, of course) for the 1978 album and it says the release date was June 1.
Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
I’m doing fine too, thanks.:-) And Happy 4th of July!!
You may be right about the June release date, NMB. I guess I got the July date from the first post of the thread. There is also this source, which is where I found out that the album peaked at #204. See the 1st post at the link.
http://cmongethappy.com/bulletin/vie...8bfeb656683574
Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
A lot of times there's contradictory info out there. I wonder if there is some mention of the release in the Billboard magazine archives or something?
Regardless, I will say...
HAPPY 40th birthday!!!
Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
Happy 40th, Randy! We love you still! 💘
Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
Delilah will find it! She’s a wizard with research. I’m still impressed with the article she found on Randy’s 1982-83 tour that he did with no record company support. He was schlepping around in a station wagon.
But I digress. How sad that the album only got to #204 on the charts. It deserved better.
There are so many things we don’t know. Why were all but a handful of the 1978 tour dates canceled? I guess it will remain a mystery, like so many things about dear, enigmatic Randy.
Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
Yes, I bow to Deliliah's skills! I also thought I'd take a page out of Deliliah's book and post my favorite song from the album:
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Re: Celebration of "Randy Meisner" (1978)
Thank you, NMB and Soda, you are both too kind. I love “Daughter of the Sky”:cheers: