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New Album!

Reclaiming My Time

05/13/2021 New Single Release:
“Alone Too Long”

THINK OF YOU
ALONE TOO LONG
MYSTIC BLUE
LESSONS
ISLAMORADA
SOMEBODY
ANOTHER SUNSET
WITH STEVE WARINER
NOW MORE THAN EVER
SAVE THE MONARCH
WITH DAR WILLIAMS
ALL UP AND DOWN FROM HERE
WORLD ON FIRE
FUTURE EX-WIFE
WELCOME HOME

Solo Releases

Tracklist

1	Home at Last	4:40
2	Power	4:47
3	Heartbreaker	3:26
4	So	5:37
5	Run Away with Me	3:02
6	Firefly Lover	3:50
7	Arms / Half Moon	6:30
8	Cocaine Drain	4:38
9	Plutonium Is Forever	2:58

Power

Sure, various congressmen have dabbled in music, but how many congressmen founded a platinum-selling band?! Well, 2007-2011 U.S. Representative for New York s 19th congressional district John Hall did…in fact, he not only started Orleans, but wrote (along with then-wife Johanna Hall) their two big hits, Still the One and Dance with Me! Hall left the group in 1977 to pursue a dual-track career in music and political activism, co-founding Musicians United for Safe Energy along with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Graham Nash, and releasing this 1979 album, whose environmental concerns come across loud and clear, especially in the title track and in the bonus single track, Plutonium Is Forever (which was featured prominently on the No Nukes concert album along with Power ) that we ve included. It s late- 70s, soul-dipped, radio-friendly, socially-conscious pop at its finest (with an all-star supporting cast that included James Taylor, Carly Simon, Tony Levin and Jon Pousette-Dart), to which we ve added liner notes by Gene Sculatti that explore the one-of-a-kind career trajectory taken by this politically-minded musician.

Tracklist

1	You Sure Fooled Me	3:57
2	Crazy (Keep On Falling)	4:32
3	Can’t Stand To See You Go	4:11
4	Star In Your Sky	3:22
5	Somebody’s Calling	4:16
6	What You Do To Me	3:44
7	Earth Out Tonight	4:52
8	The Touch	5:14
9	Don’t Hurt Me	4:08
10	Clouds	3:59

All Of The Above

All of the Above is the first album by The John Hall Band released in 1981. The album peaked at #158 on the Billboard 200. “Crazy” narrowly missed the Top 40, peaking at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100.

With Orleans

Track List


1	Reach	4:20
2	What I Need	4:45
3	If I Don’t Have You	4:01
4	Waking and Dreaming	6:20
5	Sails	2:04
6	Still the One	3:54
7	The Bum	2:33
8	Golden State	3:39
9	The Path	3:52
10	Spring Fever	4:06

Waking & Dreaming

January 1, 1976
4.7 out of 5 stars 26 ratings

Waking and Dreaming is the fourth studio album by American pop rock band Orleans. It was released on August 1976 by Asylum Records. The album reached number 30 on Billboard’s Top LPs & Tape chart and spawned the singles “Still the One” and “Reach”.

Track List

Sample this album

1	Fresh Wind	3:21
2	Dance with Me	3:20
3	Time Passes On	3:35
4	Your Life My Friend	3:14
5	Let There Be Music	4:04
6	Business as Usual	4:12
7	Cold Spell	4:18
8	Ending of a Song	3:19
9	Give One Heart	4:03
10	You’ve Given Me Something	3:48

Let There Be Music

October 18, 1975
5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

The first Asylum release by Orleans is an earnestly engaging, though diffuse collection of pop tunes in many flavors. Both the title track and “You’ve Given Me Something” are pure power-pop numbers; the former is an agreeably forceful and hook-filled electric guitar-based selection featuring an especially ardent vocal, while the latter song is a bit breezier in feel, propelled along by a galloping drumbeat.

No More Than You Can Handle

Life is good, but it ain’t always easy, is it?

Like yours, Orleans’ lifespan has been full of ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies. In the end, whether good, bad or indifferent, as the title track’s lyric states, “All is well, and this too shall pass.”

Please help us celebrate both merely surviving and joyously thriving for the last 48+ years by having a listen to what we’ve put together in this 32-track collection.

Beyond the hand-picked favorites you may (or may not) have on other Orleans CDs, what’s NEW on these discs?

2012 studio sound-alike remakes of Still the One, Dance With Me and Love Takes Time by Larry, Lance and John (with Charlie). You’ll be amazed at how close we got to the originals!

The last master recordings by Larry and Lance in 2011 … Asking Too Much and the title track, No More Than You Can Handle.

The most recent addition to the Orleans song list, Beautiful World, written by Fly Amero, John and Lance.

Don’t want a physical CD? Digital downloads also available.

The CD insert below tells the story of the entrances and exits of the alumni musicians who have lent their considerable talents to Orleans over the decades. It also honors those we’ve lost along the way

Collaborations

Jonell Mosser with John Hall | Little Black Dress


1	Circle	4:32
2	Devil’s Hand	3:40
3	I Like That In A Man	5:18
4	Bad Habit	3:52
5	Ordinary Splendor	5:38
6	One Thing I Know About Love	4:17
7	Slaying Dragons	4:39
8	Do You Love Me	3:43
9	I Dare You	3:54
10	I Am On Your Side	4:45
11	Old Friend	5:04
12	You Know Who You Are	5:11
13	Dance Of Life	4:14

This small silver platter comes at a distressing time in human history, though the original recording is from a simpler era, a quarter-century ago. Nashville soul singer Jonell Mosser took the Bearsville Theater stage in 1994, belting over Orleans front man, activist, and former congressman John Hall’s zealous guitar, “We all share a circle, all we give comes back again…” Now with internet communities banding together and clandestine comrades gathering in arms-length arcs of unity, Mosser’s sentiment rings true more than ever, as we cherish our circles and yearn for days of theater throngs. She recently unearthed this live gig, and thanks to engineer Julie Last and celebrated songwriter Johanna Hall, we’re gifted with these stripped-bare, blood-stirring compositions that echo the vocal boldness of Bonnie Raitt or Janice Joplin. From crooning ballads (“Ordinary Splendor”) to walloping powerhouses (“Bad Habit”), the blues never sounded better or came at a more urgent moment.