A Way of Life (album)

Infobox Album
Name = A Way of Life
Type = studio
Artist = The Family Dogg


Released = November 1, 1969
Recorded = April - May 1969 at
IBC Studios, London;
Chappell Studios, London;
Landsdowne Studios, London.
Genre = Pop rock
Folk rock
Length = 55:01
Label = Bell Records
Producer = Steve Rowland
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfqxqy5ldje link]
Last album = "n/a"
This album = "A Way of Life"
(1969)
Next album = "The View from Rowlands Head"
(1971)

"A Way of Life" is the début album by British vocal harmony and folk-rock group The Family Dogg. It features singer-songwriter Albert Hammond, and a session group includes Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and John Bonham. Elton John may have played piano on the title track. Released by the UK subsidiary of Bell Records in November, 1969, the album was reissued in 1995 as a CD with bonus tracks, which included B-sides and songs found on other compilation and sampler records.

Track listing

#"Julie's Just Gone" (Jordan) - 3:20
#"All the Best Songs and Marches" (Stamp) - 2:31
#"In the Ghetto" (Mac Davis) - 3:06
#"Today I Killed a Man I Didn't Know" (Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway) - 4:13
#"Pattern People" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:40
#"Save the Life of My Child" (Paul Simon) - 4:45
#"Love Minus Zero (No Limit)" (Bob Dylan) - 2:54
#"Reflections.. Of Your Face" (Eden Kane) - 4:05
#"Run Run Run Fly Fly Fly" (Ben Findon) - 2:47
#"Moonshine Mary" (Pete Ham/Hazle) - 3:26
#"You Were On My Mind" (trad.) - 4:37
#"Place in the Sun" (Wells/Miller) - 4:55
#"A Way of Life" (Rowland/Hammond) - 4:04

**error** A Way of life was written by Cook/Greenaway
**error** Moonshine Mary was written by Albert Hammond/Mike Hazlewood

Credits

*Steve Rowland - Vocals (tracks 1, 3-9, 11, 13), congas, producer
*Albert Hammond - Vocals (tracks 4-7, 9, 11-13), 12-string guitar
*Mike Hazelwood - Vocals (tracks 2, 5, 7), acoustic guitar
*Christine Holmes - Vocals (track 5)
*Pam "Zooey" Quinn - Vocals (track 10)
*Doreen De Veuve - Vocals (uncredited)
*Jimmy Page - Electric guitars
*John Paul Jones - Bass guitar, arranger
*John Bonham - Drums
*Alan Parker - Acoustic guitar
*Alan "Hawk" Hawkshaw - Piano, organ
*Elton John - Piano (track 13, uncredited)
*Clem Cattini - Drums
*Stan Barrett - Percussion
*Denis Lopez - Percussion
*Phil Dennys - Arranger
*Reg Tilsey - Arranger
*Ken Woodman - Arranger
*Damon Lyon Shaw - Engineer (IBC Studios)
*John Iles - Engineer (Chappell Studios)
*John Timperley - Engineer (Chappell Studios)
*John Macksmith - Engineer (Landsdowne Studios)
*Mike Weighell - Engineer (Landsdowne Studios)

Chart positions

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Additional notes

Catalogue: Bell Records SBLL 122 (UK), Bell BLL 122 (US), Polydor 2310 007 (Europe)