The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control

The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control is a 1974 album by former Doors member Ray Manzarek.[1]

The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control
Studio album by
Released1974
Recorded1974
StudioSound Labs, Hollywood, California
GenreRock
Length40:44
LabelMercury
ProducerBob Brown
Ray Manzarek chronology
The Golden Scarab
(1974)
The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control
(1974)
Carmina Burana
(1983)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ray Manzarek; except where indicated

  1. "The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman, Dick Wagner) – 2:39
  2. "The Gambler" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman) – 5:23
  3. "Whirling Dervish" (Manzarek, Paul Davis) – 5:20
  4. "Begin the World Again" – 6:42
  5. "I Wake Up Screaming" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman, Jim Morrison) – 3:36
  6. "Art Deco Fandango" – 2:03
  7. "Bicentennial Blues (Love It or Leave It)" – 7:57
  8. "Perfumed Garden" – 5:54

Poem on "I Wake Up Screaming" from The New Creatures by Jim Morrison

Personnel

  • Ray Manzarek – celesta, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, organ, piano, Wurlitzer, synthesizer, vocals
  • Joe Walsh – guitar
  • Michael Fennelly – guitar
  • Mark Pines – guitar
  • George Segal – banjo
  • Gary Mallaber – drums, percussion, vibraphone
  • Paul Davis – percussion
  • Steve Forman – percussion
  • Patti Smith – "poetess" on "I Wake up Screaming"; recites Jim Morrison's "Ensenada" from The New Creatures
  • Flo & Eddie – background vocals on "The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control" , "Bicentennial Blues" and "Perfumed Garden"
  • John Klemmer – saxophone on "Whirling Dervish"
  • Mike Melvoin – horn arrangements
Technical
  • Rudy Hill – engineer
  • Desmond Strobel, John David Moore – art direction
  • James Fortune, Keith Rodabaugh – photography
  • Danny Sugarman – personal management

Special thanks: "Guitar Center, the Screamer, Linda Smith, Iggy Pop, Mandi Newall."

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