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"Let The Music Do The Talking"

  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Released: March, 1980
  • Re-Released: Tuesday, July 25th, 1989

  • Tracks

  • 1} Let The Music Do The Talking {Perry} [4:42]
  • {Lead Vocal: Ralph Mormon}

  • 2} Conflict Of Interest {Perry} [4:43]
  • {Lead Vocal: Joe Perry & Ralph Mormon}

  • 3} Discount Dogs {Perry, Mormon} [3:42]
  • {Lead Vocal: Ralph Mormon}

  • 4} Shooting Star {Perry} [3:39]
  • {Lead Vocal: Joe Perry}

  • 5} Break Song {Perry, Hull, Stewart} [2:06]
  • {Lead Vocal: No Vocals *Instrumental*}

  • 6} Rockin' Train {Perry, Mormon} [6:02]
  • {Lead Vocal: Ralph Mormon}

  • 7} The Mist Is Rising {Perry} [6:30]
  • {Lead Vocal: Joe Perry}

  • 8} Ready On The Firing Line {Perry} [3:54]
  • {Lead Vocal: Ralph Mormon}

  • 9} Life At A Glance {Perry} [2:41]
  • {Lead Vocal: Joe Perry & Ralph Mormon}


    Players

  • Joe Perry- Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, and Bass Synthesizer on the song "Let The Music Do The Talking"
  • Ralph Mormon- Vocals
  • David Hull- Bass, Background Vocals, and Bass Synthesizer on the song "Ready On The Firing Line"
  • Ronnie Stewart- Drums

  • Jack Douglas- Percussion
  • Michael "Rocky" Donahue- Percussion


    Technical Information

  • Producer: Jack Douglas And Joe Perry {For Waterfront Productions and Vindaloo Productions}
  • Engineer: Lee DeCarlo
  • Assistant Engineer: Chris Tergesen
  • Mix Engineers: Lee DeCarlo & Jack Douglas
  • Assisted By: Julie Last
  • Mastered By: Greg Calbi {@ Sterling Sound, NYC}
  • Front Cover Concept: John Berg
  • Back Cover Concept: Joe Perry
  • Back Cover Photos: Ron Pownall
  • J.P.P. Logo: Rabbit
  • Photography: Jerry Abramowitz
  • Road Manager: Michael "Rocky" Donahue

  • All songs played on Fender Strat Guitars except "Let The Music Do The Talking" (Travis Bean Guitar) and 10-String B.C. Rich B*tch on "The Mist Is Rising."
  • Musicman Basses used exclusively.
  • All Guitar Amps--Custom Musicman with E.V. Speakers.
  • Pre-Production by Joe Perry and The Project at The Wherehouse, Waltham, Mass.

  • Bed Tracks and Overdubs Recorded at The Hit Factory, 353 West 48th St., NYC-- Studio A6, on a 16-Track Studer #A-80.
  • Some of the microphones used were:
  • Neumann U.87, Sennhiser Shotgun,
  • Shure SM 57, Sony 37, AKG 900
  • Neumann KM 84 in parabolic mounts
  • The console was a 40 input Neve #868 MK-ll

  • Mixed at The Record Plant, NYC--Studio A, on a Spectra Sonics Board and Modifed Westlake Monitors, from an AMPEX 1200 multi-track machine to an AMPEX ATR 2-track, using AMPEX 256 tape att 30 at + 5dB throughout.

  • Joe's Leathers by Skin Clothes
  • Publicity ably handled by Richard Gersh
  • Associates (Thanks Dick and Bonnie)
  • Managed by David Krebs and Steve Leber for Contemporary Communications Corp.

    Quotes

    "I worked on Joe's first album at the Hit Factory [on West 48th Street in New York]. He played me the demos and I was pleasantly surprised by the tracks-- ferocious. The title cut alone could have saved Night in the Ruts, but he had taken it with him. He held back some great songs, and he put together a really good band of his own."
  • Jack Douglas From The Aerosmith Autobiography "Walk This Way" {Page 359}

    "I had always loved the punk thing. I was the one in the car playing the Sex Pistols. Those were the bands I liked: the Sex Pistols' energy, the pretentious Clash. The Police weren't punk, but their songs were short and punchy and I liked them. The economy of that sound was that I was after (for "Let The Music Do The Talking"). Plus, I was writing lyrics about my life, leaving Aerosmith, taking on anxieties, and the songs reflected this maybe a little more than I was comfortable with."

  • Joe Perry From The Aerosmith Autobiography "Walk This Way" {Page 359}

    "We worked on the album for two months that winter, me and Elyssa living in Bob Casper's penthouse on Sutton Place, making the record with Jack. We cut the basic tracks in five days, finished the album is six weeks, and came in under budget. I'd preproduced, arranged everything at the Wherehouse, so we went in the studio and played the tracks live, no bullsh*t. It was like the first Aerosmith album--a soundtrack for the live shows. There was a lot of fun, dealers and friends in and out."

  • Joe Perry From The Aerosmith Autobiography "Walk This Way" {Page 359-360}

    "The songs came really fast. I wrote the riff on "Let the Music Do the Talking" when I was still in Aerosmith. It stuck to me like flypaper. The title of the song had to do with how sick I was of talking about Aerosmith. Let the music do the talking now. "Conflict of Interest" was about Krebs and my whole situation. "Rockin' Train" was the kind of funky, R&B-type song I loved to do and could have done with Aerosmith. Ralph [Mormon] did the lyrics on that one. "Discount Dogs" was originally "Discount Drugs." "Break Song" was a jam we had. David Hull showed me the riff and I arranged it into one minute and fifty seconds of screaming guitar. "Shooting Star" and "Ready on the Firing Line" were just riffs that I liked. "The Mist Is Rising" was written at 4 a.m. at my house in Chestnut Hill. "Life at a Glance" was about my life, pure and simple. That was the record. I sang on four and a half songs, Ralph sang four and a half, and David Hull sang background vocals."

  • Joe Perry From The Aerosmith Autobiography "Walk This Way" {Page 360}

    "The album came out on Columbia in March 1980. The cover was a picture of nine suits sitting around a glass boardroom table. I'm standing up holding the master tape to the album. The reviewers were kind [Creem: "This album could boil Iran off the map."], but we didn't get much airplay. The fix was in and it didn't happen. [Let the Music Do the Talking got to #47, selling about a quarter of a million copies.] David Krebs has admitted burying the record on more than one occasion. Years later, Tim Collins heard from Bruce Lundvall that they made every effort to squash it in order to get me back in the band. It was f*cked up."

  • Joe Perry From The Aerosmith Autobiography "Walk This Way" {Page 360}

    Lyrics/Sound Files

  • If you want the lyrics for "Let The Music Do The Talking" album...Go to the "Let The Music Do The Talking" Lyrics section!

  • And if you want to listion to some sound files from the "Let The Music Do The Talking" album...Go to the "Let The Music Do The Talking" Sounds section!

    Miscellaneous

  • The "Thank You's" from the "Let The Music Do The Talking" album's liner notes are as follows:
  • Special Thanks To:
  • Elissa Perry for being there through thick and thin.
  • Also, Bob Casper for his faith in me from the start of The Project.
  • And Gail S. for contracting David Hull.

  • "Let The Music Do The Talking" reached #47 on the charts.
  • "Let The Music Do The Talking" has sold over 250,000 copies!
  • "Let The Music Do The Talking" was originally going to be called "Guitar Wars."

    Send All Fan Mail and Requests For Information to:


    JOE PERRY PROJECT
    c/o Richard Gersh Associates
    290 West 57th Street
    New York, NY 10019

  • Pictures from the album.




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