Stoney & Meatloaf

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Stoney and Meatloaf is the little-known debut album of singer Meat Loaf, released in 1971 on the Motown subsidiary label Rare Earth, a collaboration with female vocalist Shaun Murphy. Meat Loaf and Murphy met while performing with the Detroit cast of Hair.

Track listing

1971 original release

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy as Jesus"	Patti Jerome, Ralph Terrana, Mike Valvano	2:54
2.	"She Waits by the Window"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	4:07
3.	"It Takes All Kinds of People"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano	2:23
4.	"Game of Love"	Ike Turner	3:50
5.	"Kiss Me Again"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	5:08

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"What You See is What You Get"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano	2:15
7.	"Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)"	Ralph Terrana, Mike Valvano	3:02
8.	"Jimmy Bell"	Traditional	3:48
9.	"Lady Be Mine"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	4:44
10.	"Jessica White"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	2:43

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van De Pitte

1978/1979 re-release Meat Loaf featuring Stoney and Meatloaf

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jimmy Bell"	Traditional	5:14
2.	"She Waits by the Window"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	4:07
3.	"It Takes All Kinds of People"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano	2:23
4.	"Stone Heart"	Campbell, Monette	2:57
5.	"Who Is the Leader of the People?"	Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses	4:15

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"What You See is What You Get"	Jerome, Valvano	2:15
7.	"Kiss Me Again"	Campbell, Monette	4:14
8.	"Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)"	Terrana, Valvano	3:02
9.	"Jessica White"	Campbell, Monette	2:43
10.	"Lady Be Mine"	Campbell/Monette	4:44
11.	"Everything Under the Sun"	Campbell, Monette	2:43

• Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
• Producers on "Who Is the Leader of the People?": Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris
• Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van De Pitte
• Remixed and remastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
• Remix engineer: Glen Jordan
• Mastering engineer: Jack Andrews

Personnel

• Lead vocals: Meat Loaf, Stoney Murphy
• Backing vocals: Mike Campbell, Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers, Scorpion (Bob Babbitt, Mike Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith) and Ralph Terrana
  • Instrumentation on "Game of Love" and "Jimmy Bell": Charlie Irwin, Richard Ponte, Jim Simmons and Scott Strong

Singles

• "What You See Is What You Get" (b/w "Lady Be Mine" [Edit])
• "It Takes All Kinds of People" (b/w "The Way You Do the Things You Do")

Re-releases

The album was re-released several times with a different track listing under the title "Featuring Stoney and Meat Loaf". Firstly in 1978 and 1979 on the Prodigal label (PDL 2010) and again in 1986 on Tamla Motown (ZL 72217). The album contained most (but not all) of the tracks on the original album. In addition to three new tracks, some songs appear in different versions and in some cases, different song titles.

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	25