Citizens Band (1977) Jonathan Demme, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Bruce Mcgill

This CD features the versatile Fukamachi as a veritable one-man band in a lively album that captures the essence of the original Beatles' tunes throughout. The innovative arrangements of the artist, tailored to get the maximum benefit from a surrounding instrument array, produce one of the better technical efforts of this series. Synthesizer effects provide special "flavor," particularly at the close of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", and in the evocative opening of "She's Leaving Home". Fukamachi blends a concert grand, electric piano, Arp synthesizer, glockenspiel, bass drum, tambourine and other electronic instruments with results that indicate a group, not a solo, with ample display of each.

‘Another Side’ is the product of a two day television special recorded with the Grammy Award winning SWR Big Band and Strings. Recorded live at the state of the art SWR TV studios in Stuttgart, Germany and filmed with multiple cameras, the performance was broadcast nationally on mainstream TV in Germany attracting rave reviews. The repertoire, which showcases "Another Side" to Paul Carrack’s incredible musical versatility as he adapts effortlessly to yet another genre of music, includes some classic swing songs, Carrack’s own compositions (including ‘How Long’), songs from Ray Charles & Nick Lowe, and an intimate version of ‘The Living Years’. A must for your Carrack collection.