Intergalactic Touring Band

The Intergalactic Touring Band (IGTB) was not an actual music group but rather a science fiction pop music concept album released in 1977 by the now defunct Passport Records. The ensemble album featured many star performers from progressive rock and other genres, including Meat Loaf, Ben E. King, Larry Fast (Synergy), Percy Jones, Annie Haslam, Rod Argent, Peppi Marchello (Good Rats) [While credited as "Pepe Marchello" on the album, the correct spelling is "Peppi" as shown on the Good Rats website: http://www.goodrats.com/peppi.htm] , and many others. The songs are loosely held together by an epic theme of multi-generational space travel and human space colonization.

Fictional Band Members

Hope Larson - Lase Keyboard Panel Ixol Phaane - Computerized Keyboard Synthesis Justice Conrad - Globe Lase Base Krys - Holographic Percussion Raif Reed - Lase Guitar

List of Songs and Performers

Approach (Overture)Members of the London Symphony OrchestraConducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Orchestral Arrangement by Wil Malone
Synthesizers & Mellotron-Larry Fast

Silver Lady
Lead Vocal-Rod Argent
Acoustic and Electric Guitars-David Scance
Fender Bass-Peter Sobel
Keyboards-Brian Cuomo
Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti
Synthesizers, Mellotron & Vocoder-Larry FastEffect Vocal-Irene ConradSilver Lady Vocal-Marge RaymondGroup Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson, David Scance, Marty Scott, Peter Sobel
Orchestral Arrangement-Wil Malone and Stephan Galfas

Universal Zoo/Why
Lead Vocal-"Universal Zoo"-Arthur Brown
Lead Vocal-"Why"-Joel Krantz
Electric Guitars-David Scance
Fender Bass-Peter Sobel
Fretless Bass on "Why"-Percy Jones
Keyboards-Brian Cuomo
Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti
Primitive Percussion-Paul Marchetti, Marty Scott, Peter Sobel
Synthesizers & Vocoder-Larry FastGroup Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley ThompsonAdditional Vocals-Marty Scott, Peter Sobel, Bill Guerra
Orchestral Arrangement-Danny Beckerman
Effects Vocal-"The Boss"

Starship Jingle
Lead Vocal-Pepe Marchello
Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David ScanceElectric Autoharp-Marty Scott
Fender Bass-Peter Sobel
Keyboards-Brian Cuomo
Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti
Synthesizers-Larry Fast
Flutes-John Zangrando
Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley ThompsonPrepared effects-Larry Fast, Marty Scott, Peter Sobel
Orchestral Arrangement-Wil Malone, Stephan Galfas

Heartbreaker
Lead Vocal-Dave Cousins
Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance
Bass-Peter Sobel
Keyboards-Brian Cuomo
Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti
Synthesizers-Larry Fast
Flutes-John Zangrando
Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson
Orchestral Arrangement-David Bedford, Stephan Galfas

Reaching Out
Lead Vocal-Annie HaslamMembers of the London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Orchestral Arrangement by Wil Malone
Acoustic Guitars-Anthony Phillips and Peter Sobel
Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti
Tympani-Mighty Young Joe Intile, B. E.

First Landing
Lead Vocal-Steve Barth
Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance
Bass-Frank Prescod and Peter Sobel
Keyboards-Brian Cuomo
Drums & Percussion-Paul MarchettiAdditional Percussion-Mighty Young Joe Intile, B. E.
Synthesizers-Larry Fast
Orchestral Arrangement-Wil Malone and Danny Beckerman
Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley ThompsonAdditional Vocals-The Passport Munchkins

Space Commando
Lead Vocal-Mr. Snips
Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance
Bass-Peter Sobel
Keyboards-Brian Cuomo
Drums & Percussion-Paul MarchettiAdditional Percussion-Marty Scott
Synthesizers-Larry Fast
Orchestral Arrangement-David Bedford & Stephan Galfas
Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson

Robot Salesman
Lead Vocal-Jim Cuomo
Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance
Electric Guitar-Ryche Chlanda
Acoustic Guitars-Peter Sobel
Bass-Frank Prescod
Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti
Synthesizers, Mellotron & Vocoder-Larry Fast
Orchestral Arrangement-Stephan Galfas & Brian Cuomo

Love Station
Lead Vocal-Ben E. King
Electric Guitars-John Tropea
Bass-Frank Prescod
Keyboards-Brian Cuomo
Drums & Percussion-Paul MarchettiAdditional Percussion-Peter Sobel
Synthesizers-Larry Fast
Sax Solo-Clarence Clemons
Guitar Solo-John Tropea
Orchestral Arrangement-David Bedford, Stephan Galfas & Brian Cuomo
Background Vocals-Janis Pendarvis & Friends

A Planet Called Monday/Epilogue
Lead Vocal-"A Planet Called Monday"-Francis Rossi
Lead Vocal-"Epilogue"-Jeffrey Leynor
Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti
Synthesizers-Larry Fast
Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson, David Scance
Orchestral Arrangement-Danny Beckerman
Electric Guitars-David Scance
Bass-Peter Sobel
Keyboards-Brian Cuomo

Keeper Keep Us
Lead Vocal-Meat Loaf
Electric & Acoustic Guitars-David Scance
Acoustic Guitars & Bass-Peter Sobel
Fretless Bass-Percy Jones
Keyboards-Brian Cuomo
Drums & Percussion-Paul Marchetti
Synthesizers-Larry Fast
Group Vocals-Joel Krantz, Frank D'Agostino, Shelley Thompson
Orchestral Arrangement-Wil Malone

External links

* Steve Douglas Huddleston's IGTB Tribute Site: http://www.kongaloid.org/igtb/igtb.html
* SciFi.com Review: http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue325/sound.html
* Tentative Review: http://www.tranglos.com/marek/yes/tr_84.html
* Song samples at eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/10859/10859940.html
* MP3 Sample of "Keeper Keep Us" at Meat Loaf Lyrics Site: http://website.lineone.net/~arands/index.htm/Keeperkeepus.htm

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