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Stoney & Meatloaf 
Studio album by Stoney & Meatloaf Released October 1971 Recorded 1971 Genre Soul music Length 34:54 Label Rare Earth Producer Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano Meat Loaf chronology Stoney & Meatloaf
(1971)Bat out of Hell
(1977)Shaun Murphy chronology Livin' the Blues
(2009)Featuring Stoney & Meatloaf 
Studio album by Stoney & Meatloaf Released 1978 Recorded 1971 Genre Soul music Length 38:44 Label Prodigal Records Producer Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano, Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
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This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.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.
Contents
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" Eki Renrut 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" Trad. 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 DePitte1978/1979 re-release Meat Loaf featuring Stoney and Meatloaf
Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Jimmy Bell" Trad. 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" Mike Campbell / Ray 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" Patti Jerome / Mike Valvano 2:15 7. "Kiss Me Again" Mike Campbell / Ray Monette 4:14 8. "Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)" Ralph Terrana / Mike Valvano 3:02 9. "Jessica White" Mike Campbell / Ray Monette 2:43 10. "Lady Be Mine" Mike Campbell / Ray Monette 4:44 11. "Everything Under the Sun" Mike Campbell / Ray Monette 2:43 Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Producers "Who Is the Leader of the People": Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris
Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van DePitte
Remixed and remastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Re-mix engineer: Glen Jordan
Mastering engineer: Jack AndrewsPersonnel
- 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
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.
References
Meat Loaf Studio albums Stoney & Meatloaf (1971) • Bat Out of Hell (1977) • Dead Ringer (1981) • Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983) • Bad Attitude (1984) • Blind Before I Stop (1986) • Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993) • Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995) • Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003) • Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006) • Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010) • Hell in a Handbasket (2011)Live albums Live at Wembley (1987) • Live Around the World (1996) • VH1: Storytellers (1999) • Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004) • 3 Bats Live (2008)Compilations Hits out of Hell (1984) • The Big Ones (1984) • Heaven & Hell (1989) • Paradise By The Dashboardlight (The Very Best of) (1991) • Back From Hell! The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1993) • Back From Hell Again! - The Very Best of Meat Loaf Vol. 2 (1994) • Alive In Hell (1994) • Heaven Can Wait – The Best Ballads of Meat Loaf Vol. 1 (1996) • The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998) • Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf (2009)Videography Live • Hits out of Hell • Bad Attitude - Live! • Bat out of Hell II: Picture Show • VH1: Storytellers • To Hell and Back • Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra • 3 Bats Live • Meat Loaf: In Search of ParadiseTours Bat Out of Hell (1977-78) • Dead Ringer (1981) • Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express Euro '82 (1982) • World Tour / Monsters of Rock (1983) • Bad Attitude (1984-85) • 20/20 (1986-87) • Lost Boys & Golden Girls / Bat Out of Hell 10th Anniversary (1988-89) • Everything Louder (1993-95) • Born to Rock (1996) • The Very Best of... (1999) • Storytellers (1999-2000) • Night of the Proms (2001) • Just Having Fun... (2002) • Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003-04) • The Hair of the Dog (2005) • Seize the Night / The Three Bats (2006-07) • Casa de Carne (2008) • Hang Cool (2010-11) • Guilty Pleasure (2011-12)Singles "What You See is What You Get" • "It Takes All Kinds of People" • "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" • "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (w/ Ellen Foley) • "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" • "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" • "Bat Out of Hell" • "I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us" • "Dead Ringer for Love" (w/ Cher) • "Read 'Em and Weep" • "Peel Out" • "In Europe '82 (4 Track EP)" • "If You Really Want To" • "Razor's Edge" • "Midnight at the Lost and Found" • "Modern Girl" • "Nowhere Fast" • "Surf's Up" • "Sailor to a Siren" • "Piece of the Action" • "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" (w/ John Parr) • "Getting Away with Murder" • "Blind Before I Stop" • "Special Girl" • "A Time for Heroes" (w/ Brian May) • "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (w/ Lorraine Crosby) • "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" • "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" • "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" • "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (w/ Patti Russo) • "Not a Dry Eye in the House" • "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)" • "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" (w/ Bonnie Tyler) • "No Matter What" • "Is Nothing Sacred" (w/ Patti Russo) • "Did I Say That?" • "Couldn't Have Said It Better" (w/ Patti Russo) • "Man of Steel" • "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (w/ Marion Raven) • "Blind As a Bat" • "Cry Over Me" • "Los Angeloser" • "If I Can't Have You" • "All of Me"Related articles Discography • Neverland Express • Stoney & Meatloaf • Jim Steinman • Patti Russo • Shaun Murphy • Amanda Aday • Pearl Aday • The Seize the Night Tour • The Casa de Carne Tour • The Hang Cool Tour • The Celebrity Apprentice 4Categories:- Meat Loaf albums
- 1971 albums
- Vocal duet albums
- Debut albums
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