Dream Master (album)

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Dream Master
Bill Hughes Dream Master album cover artwork.jpg
Studio album by
Billie Hughes
Released1979
StudioA&M Studios, Hollywood; Sounds Interchange Studios, Canada; Total Sound West, Vancouver, British Columbia; Cherokee Studios, LA
Genre
LabelEpic Records
Producer
Billie Hughes chronology
Dream Master
(1979) 		Welcome to the Edge
(1991)

Dream Master is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Billie Hughes, released in 1979 on Epic Records by CBS Canada. Hughes composed all of the songs with "Stealin' My Heart Away" issued as the first single in 1979.[1][2] The album was produced by Henry Lewy who held recording sessions at A&M Studios featuring top Los Angeles session musicians including Jeff Porcaro,[3] Russ Kunkel, Victor Feldman, Wilton Felder, Mike Melvoin, and Mike Porcaro,[4] and a guest appearance by José Feliciano on guitar and background vocals.

The album was released in the US and internationally where in Japan, it received attention in the Osaka region, and Europe, in connection with the release of Hughes' Martin Eden single, appearing as the theme song of the Martin Eden mini-series, an Italian production broadcasting pan-Europe. In Germany, the album was released with Martin Eden opening the album, as a bonus track.

"Stealin' My Heart Away"
Stealin' My Heart Away single by Bill Hughes.jpeg
Single by Bill Hughes
from the album Dream Master
Released1979
StudioA&M Studios
GenrePop
Length3:34
LabelEpic Records
Songwriter(s)Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes singles chronology
"Stealin' My Heart Away"
(1979) 		"Welcome To The Edge"
(1991)

The album was released on vinyl by Epic Records in 1979.[5] It was re-released in Japan in 1982 when Billie Hughes moved to Japan for four months to perform in Osaka. Dream Master was re-released in Japan in CD format during the 1990s, after the success of Hughes' second solo album, Welcome to the Edge, and again in 2001.[6][7][8]

Background[]

After recording two albums with his band Lazarus in Woodstock and New York City, Hughes moved to Toronto where he played live performances.[9][10] In 1978, he was signed by CBS Canada with plans to record an album in Los Angeles to be released on the Epic Records label.[11][12]

Songs[]

José Feliciano appears on "Only Your Heart Can Say" on guitar and background vocals.

“Quiet Moment” was included on Shine, Mono Presents 70’s Shine American Music Masterpiece Collection, released by Sony Music direct (Japan) in 2003, as track #8, alongside tracks by Eric Anderson, Tony Kosinec, Dan Fogelberg, Dave Mason, Ned Doheny, Fools Gold, Cecilio & Kapono, Les Dudek, Simon & Garfunkel, Livingston Taylor, Bob Dylan, Dane Donohue, Willie Nelson, Eric Gale, and James Taylor.

Track listing[]

Dream Master
No.TitleLength
1."Stealin' My Heart Away"3:38
2."Dreams Come True"3:29
3."Waiting For You To Fly"3:31
4."Only Love"3:00
5."Lower Lights"2:54
6."Gypsy Lady"3:42
7."Quiet Moment"2:53
8."Catch Me Smilin'"3:57
9."Only Your Heart Can Say"3:36
10."Dream Master"3:29

Personnel[]

Credits are adapted from liner notes of the Dream Master album

(Note: the numbers below refer to the songs in the order of the tracking listing)

  • Produced by – Henry Lewy
    • Except the song “Only Love”: produced by – Billie Hughes, the song “Catch Me Smilin’”: produced by – Dale Jacobs
  • Carlton Lee - engineer
  • Gary Lyons - remixing, engineer
  • John Weaver - assistant engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt and Jo Hansch - mastering
  • Ian Freebairn-Smith - string, woodwind, horn arrangements, conductor
  • Mike Melvoin (1, 2, 9, 10), piano
  • Randy Kumano (4), piano
  • Lincoln Mayorga (5), piano
  • Doug Louie (8) - piano
  • Mike Melvoin (3), piano
  • Dale Jacobs (8) - electric piano
  • Wilton Felder (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10), bass
  • Allen Soberman (4), bass
  • Joel Wade (8),
  • Michael Porcaro (9) - bass
  • Russ Kunkel (1), drums
  • Jeffrey Porcaro (3, 6, 9, 10), drums
  • John Dell (4), drums
  • Rick Shlosser (7), drums
  • Kat Hendrihse (8) - drums
  • Will McFarland (1, 6), guitar
  • Tony Peluso (2), guitar
  • Mitch Holder (2, 3, 9, 10), guitar
  • Jay Graydon (2, 7), guitar
  • Terry Frewer (8),
  • Brett Wade (8),
  • José Feliciano (9) - electric guitar
  • Billie Hughes (all tracks),
  • Oscar Castro-Neves (7) - acoustic guitar
  • Gary Lyons (1, 6), percussion
  • Steve Foreman (2, 5, 9, 10),
  • Victor Feldman (3, 7) - percussion
  • Bill Hughes (3, 5, 7, 8, 9),
  • Renee Armand (3, 10), background vocals
  • Laura Creamer (3), background vocals
  • Clark Burroughs (3, 7), background vocals
  • Colleen Peterson (5, 10), background vocals
  • Terry Frewer (8),
  • Brett Wade (8),
  • Joanie Taylor (8),
  • José Feliciano (9), guitar, background vocals
  • Venetta Fields (9), background vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews (9), background vocals
  • Paulette Brown (9), background vocals
  • Ian Freebairn-Smith (10) - backing vocals

References[]

  1. ^ Dream Master - Billie Hughes | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-04-28
  2. ^ "Billboard, Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. October 6, 1985. p. 70.
  3. ^ "THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD". geocities.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  4. ^ "Radio Swiss Pop - Musikdatenbank - Musiker". Radio Swiss Pop (in German). Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  5. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1979-02-17). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  6. ^ "DREAM MASTER Bill Hughes CD Album". CDJapan. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  7. ^ Dream Master - Billie Hughes | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-05-26
  8. ^ admin. "1979 Billie Hughes - Dream Master". Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  9. ^ "CBS Signs Hughes" (PDF). Cashbox. January 28, 1978. p. 57.
  10. ^ "OUR ARTISTS GET RIGHTS TO THE POINTS" (PDF). Cashbox. July 29, 1978. p. 22.
  11. ^ Lewis, Randy (August 26, 1978). "East Coasting/Points West" (PDF). Cashbox. p. 50.
  12. ^ Lewis, Randy (August 5, 1978). "East Coastings/Points West" (PDF). Cashbox. p. 22.
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