Catalog
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 | |
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Heartbreaker | 3:26 | |
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So | 5:37 | |
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Run Away with Me | 3:02 | |
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Firefly Lover | 3:50 | |
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Arms / Half Moon | 6:30 | |
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Cocaine Drain | 4:38 | |
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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
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
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.
- 1.Beautiful World
- 2.Dance With Me
- 3.Love Takes Time
- 4.Still the One
- 5.Dancin’ in the Moonlight
- 6.Sails
- 7.Heaven
- 8.Ride04:16
- 9.I Am on Your Sid
- 10.Mission of Mercy
- 11.No More Than You Can Handle
- 12.Analog Man
- 13.Earth Out Tonight
- 14.Asking Too Much
- 15.I Need a Break (from my Vacation)
- 16.Plastic Money
- 17.Get Life
- 18.New Star Shining
- 19.Let There Be Music (live)
- 20.Crazy (live)
- 21.If (live)
- 22.Time Passes On (live)
- 23.Dance With Me (live)
- 24.Reach (live)
- 25.Love Takes Time (live)
- 26.Forever (live)
- 27.Miss Grace (live)
- 28.Half Moon (live)
- 29.Power (live)
- 30.Juliet (live)
- 31.Still the One (live)
- 32.Tongue-Tied (live)
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 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.