Mega Rock Stars

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Bat Out of HellMeat Loaf7:19
2Johnny B.Hooters3:58
3Holding Out for a HeroBonnie Tyler5:49
4More Than a Feeling
assistant engineer:
Bruce Hensal, Deni King and Doug Rider
engineer:
Warren Dewey and Tom Scholz
producer:
John Boylan and Tom Scholz
assistant mixer:
Steve Hodge
acoustic guitar, bass guitar, guitar [lead guitar] and guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Tom Scholz (from 1975 until 1976)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Sib Hashian (from 1975 until 1976)
lead vocals and lead vocals [Harmony]:
Brad Delp (from 1975 until 1976)
arranger:
Brad Delp and Tom Scholz
co-arranger:
Jim Masdea
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (in 1976), CBS, Inc. (in 1976), Epic Records (in 1976), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1976) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1976)
recorded at:
Foxglove Studios in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States (in 1975), Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1976) and The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1976)
mixed at:
Westlake Audio in Los Angeles, California, United States
earliest release:
More Than a Feeling by Boston
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (number: 39), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 194), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 212) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 500)
recording of:
More Than a Feeling (from 1975 until 1976)
lyricist and composer:
Tom Scholz
publisher:
Copyright Control, PolyGram Music Publishing Australia Pty. Ltd., PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. and Pure Songs (in 1976)
Boston4:39
5We Belong to the Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1979)
recording of:
We Belong to the Night
writer:
E. Foley and F. Goodman
publisher:
Burning River Music and Sip‐n‐Sol Songs
Ellen Foley5:20
6Talking in Your SleepThe Romantics3:51
7Baby Love
live recording of:
Baby Love
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Seay
publisher:
Sat Songs Music
Mother’s Finest4:20
8Poison
recording engineer:
Sir Arthur Payson (from 1988 until 1989)
synthesizer programming:
Steve Deutsch
assistant engineer:
George Cowan, Ben Fowler, Lolly Grodner, Robert Hart, John Herman, Don Peterkofsky, Duane Seykora, Brian Sterber and Mark Tanzer
producer:
Desmond Child
mixer:
Michael Barbiero and Steve Thompson
additional keyboard:
Paul Chiten (from 1988 until 1989) and Gregg Mangiafico (from 1988 until 1989)
additional other instruments [special effects]:
Gregg Mangiafico (from 1988 until 1989)
bass guitar:
Hugh McDonald (from 1988 until 1989)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Chouinard (from 1988 until 1989)
guitar:
John McCurry (from 1988 until 1989)
keyboard:
Alan St. John (from 1988 until 1989)
background vocals:
Alan St. John (from 1988 until 1989), Michael Anthony (from 1988 until 1989), Desmond Child (from 1988 until 1989), Diana Grasselli (from 1988 until 1989), Jango (from 1988 until 1989), Louie Merlino (from 1988 until 1989), Hugh McDonald (from 1988 until 1989), Jamie Sever (from 1988 until 1989), Bernie Shanahan (from 1988 until 1989), Stiv Bator (from 1988 until 1989), Tom Teeley (from 1988 until 1989), Joe Turano (from 1988 until 1989), Myriam Valle (from 1988 until 1989) and Maria Vidal (from 1988 until 1989)
lead vocals:
Alice Cooper (from 1988 until 1989)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (in 1989), Epic Records (in 1989), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1989), Sony Music Entertainment (in 1989) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1989)
recorded at:
Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Blue Jay Recording Studios in Carlisle, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Grog Kill Studio in Woodstock, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Mediasound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Power Station Studios in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), Sigma Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1988 until 1989), The Complex Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1988 until 1989), The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1988 until 1989) and The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1988 until 1989)
recording of:
Poison (from 1988 until 1989)
writer:
Desmond Child, Alice Cooper and John McCurry
publisher:
Desmobile Inc., Desmobile Music Co., Inc., EMI April Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited, EMI Songs Ltd., Ezra Music, Kat and Mouse Music (, from 1989 to present), MCA Music Ltd., Primary Wave Music Publishing, SBK April Music Inc. (, from 1989 to ????), SBK Songs Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc., Sony Music Publishing, Sony Songs Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, Universal, Universal Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal Music Publishing Ltd., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., Universal/MCA Music Ltd., Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd, Universal/MCA Music Publishing Scandinavia AB, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Ezra Music Corp. (from 1989 to present)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Alice Cooper4:24
9The Final CountdownEurope5:09
10We Will Rock You
music videos:
We Will Rock You by Warrant
cover recording of:
We Will Rock You
lyricist and composer:
Brian May
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Queen Music Ltd. and Sony/ATV
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
part of:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
Warrant2:57
11BarracudaHeart4:23
12The Witch Queen of New Orleans
recording of:
The Witch Queen of New Orleans (1971 song)
writer:
Lolly Vegas and Pat Vegas
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Redbone2:42
13Keep On Loving YouREO Speedwagon3:21
14Dust in the Wind
additional engineer:
Terry Diane Becker
engineer:
Jeff Glixman (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
producer:
Jeff Glixman (in 1977-06)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Kerry Livgren (from 1977-06 until 1977-07) and Rich Williams (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
bass guitar:
Dave Hope (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
celesta, organ, synthesizer, vibraphone and lead vocals:
Steve Walsh (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
cello, viola and violin [violins]:
Robby Steinhardt (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
chimes, drums (drum set), gong and timpani:
Phil Ehart (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
clavinet and synthesizer [synthesizers]:
Kerry Livgren (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
percussion [additional percussion]:
Phil Ehart (from 1977-06 until 1977-07), Kerry Livgren (from 1977-06 until 1977-07) and Steve Walsh (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
piano:
Kerry Livgren (from 1977-06 until 1977-07) and Steve Walsh (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
background vocals:
Robby Steinhardt (from 1977-06 until 1977-07) and Steve Walsh (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
arranger:
Kansas
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music (in 1976), CBS, Inc. (in 1977), Epic Records (in 1977), Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1977) and CBS Records Inc. (in 1978)
recorded at:
Studio in the Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States (from 1977-06 until 1977-07) and Woodland Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
mixed at:
The Village in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1977-08)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 39)
recording of:
Dust in the Wind (from 1977-06 until 1977-07)
lyricist and composer:
Kerry Livgren
publisher:
Blackwood Music Publishing, Don Kirshner Music Inc., Kirshner CBS Music Publishing and Kirshner-Warner Bros Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部
adaptations:
As the Sun Rises
Kansas3:23
15Black BettyRam Jam3:57
16I Want You to Want MeCheap Trick3:31