Description

The history:
After a 3-year run as Nashville-based artists, Orleans took one of its longer sabbaticals towards the end of 1987. That time away was ended in October of 1990 when, at the urging of long-time friend, Robbie Dupree (and his Japanese connections), the band reunited for a weekend of shows at the Bearsville Theater just outside of Woodstock, NY. Those shows became what is now known as Orleans LIVE: Volumes 1 & 2.
On the heels of that Japanese double-disc release, Orleans did 2 tours of Japan … first in 1991 and again in 1994. With the backing of their Japanese label partners, the band launched into a frenzy of co-writing to create an album of new material for that market (at least).
While we originally envisioned this as a world-wide release, Analog Men was released ONLY in Japan. Still, it became the starting point for the Ride album, which came out both in Japan and the US in 1996.
Don’t want a physical CD? Digital downloads / Streaming are also available.
Continue reading about the evolution of Analog Men into Ride … and how some parts were later incorporated into Dancin’ in the Moonlight.
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