June 20, 2024: 7pm ET: Feature LP: Kansas – Vinyl Confessions (1982)

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Vinyl Confessions is the eighth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released May 20, 1982. It includes “Play the Game Tonight”, which broke the Top 20 and is Kansas’s third highest-charting single, surpassed only by “Carry on Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind”. The album was reissued in remastered format on CD in 1996 on Legacy/Epic and again in 2011.

  1. “Play the Game Tonight” 3:26
  2. “Right Away” 4:06
  3. “Fair Exchange” 5:01
  4. “Chasing Shadows” 3:20
  5. “Diamonds and Pearls” 4:50
  6. “Face It” 4:17
  7. “Windows” 3:32
  8. “Borderline” 4:00
  9. “Play On” 3:32
  10. “Crossfire” 6:35

John Elefante — keyboards, lead vocals
Kerry Livgren — guitar, keyboards, Synclavier programming
Robby Steinhardt — violin, vocals, lead vocals on “Crossfire”
Rich Williams — guitar
Dave Hope — bass
Phil Ehart — drums
Warren Ham — harmonica
Bill Bergman — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone on tracks 2, 5 and 6
Lee Thornburg, John Berry Jr. — trumpets on tracks 2 and 5
Greg Smith — baritone saxophone on tracks 2 and 5
Jim Coile — tenor saxophone on tracks 2 and 5
Ben Dahlke — bassoon on track 5
David Pack, Donna Williams — background vocals
Roger Taylor — background vocals on “Right Away”, “Diamonds and Pearls”, “Play the Game Tonight”

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