Storm at Sunup

Storm at Sunup
Studio album by Gino Vannelli
Released	July 1975
Recorded	A&M Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz fusion, Art rock, Progressive rock
Length	35:56
Label	A&M Records
Producer	Gino Vannelli Joe Vannelli
Gino Vannelli chronology
Powerful People (1974) Storm at Sunup (1975) The Gist of the Gemini (1976)

Storm at Sunup is the title of the third album and opening track of Italian-Canadian jazz-pop singer-songwriter, Gino Vannelli, and was produced by Vannelli and his brother Joe. Unlike his other albums, Storm at Sunup is a jazz fusion album with much less pop influence.

The album features contributions by Graham Lear, who would go on to be Santana's drummer in the 1980s.

The title track was chosen by famed choreographer Lionel Blair for use in a dance sequence that was part of a 1976 episode of the television series Space:1999 titled "One Moment Of Humanity". A pared-down, instrumental version of the song was specially recorded for the episode by series composer Derek Wadsworth.

Track listing

• All songs written by Gino Vannelli

Side A

1. "Storm at Sunup" – 6:37
2. "Love Me Now" – 3:44 (#75 Canada)
3. "Mama Coco" – 3:06
4. "Father and Son" – 3:13

Side B

1. "Where Am I Going" – 7:47
2. "Keep On Walking" – 3:49 (#82 Canada)
3. "Love Is a Night" – 3:51
4. "Gettin' High" – 3:25

Personnel

Musicians

• Gino Vannelli – lead and backing vocals
• Joe Vannelli – acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizer,
• Richard Baker – organ, synthesizer, synth bass
• Jay Graydon – electric guitars
• Graham Lear – drums
• John J. Mandel – percussion
• Sergio Pastora – congas, talking drum
• Don Bailey – harmonica
• Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Ross Vannelli – backing vocals
• Sally Stevens – backing vocals

Production

• Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli and Joe Vannelli.
• Synthesizer, horn and string arrangements by Gino Vannelli and Richard Baker.
• Engineer – Tommy Vicari
• Assistant Engineer – Ed Thacker
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Art Direction – Roland Young
• Design – Bob Seidemann
• Photography – Bob Seidemann
• Record label – Ariola Benelux B.V.
• Manufactured by Ariola Eurodisc Benelux B.V.
• Distributed by Ariola Eurodisc Benelux B.V.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.

External links

• Storm at Sunup at Discogs (list of releases)