Dream Master (album)

Dream Master is an album by Billie Hughes (at the time, known as "Bill Hughes"). Having recently left the band Lazarus, Hughes began his solo recording career in 1978 upon signing with Sony Canada. Hughes' first solo album, Dream Master was produced by Henry Lewy, featuring top session musicians in Los Angeles including Jeff Porcaro, Russ Kunkel,[1] Victor Feldman, Wilton Felder, Mike Melvoin, among other notables.[2] Hughes wrote all of the songs on the record himself. The album was released on vinyl by Epic Records in 1979.[3] It was released in Japan in 1982 when Billie Hughes moved to Japan for four months to perform in Osaka.[4] Dream Master was re-released in Japan in CD format during the 1990s, after the success of Hughes’ second solo album, Welcome To The Edge, and again in 2001.

Dream Master
Studio album by
Billie Hughes
Released1979
RecordedA&M Studios, Hollywood; Sounds Interchange Studios, Canada; Total Sound West, Vancouver; British Columbia, Cherokee Studios, LA
GenreRock
LabelEpic Records
ProducerHenry Lewy, Billie Hughes, Dale Jacobs

“Quiet Moment” from Dream Master was included on Shine, Mono Presents 70’s Shine American Music Masterpiece Collection, released by Sony Music direct (Japan) in 2003, as track #8, alongside tracks by Eric Anderson, Tony Kosinec, Dan Fogelberg, Dave Mason, Ned Doheny, Fools Gold, Cecilio & Kapono, Les Dudek, Simon & Garfunkel, Livingston Taylor, Bob Dylan, Dane Donohue, Willie Nelson, Eric Gale, and James Taylor.

Track listing[5][6]
Dream Master
No.TitleLength
1."Stealin' My Heart Away"3:38
2."Dreams Come True"3:29
3."Waiting For You To Fly"3:31
4."Only Love"3:00
5."Lower Lights"2:54
6."Gypsy Lady"3:42
7."Quiet Moment"2:53
8."Catch Me Smilin'"3:57
9."Only Your Heart Can Say"3:36
10."Dream Master"3:29

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from liner notes of the Dream Master album

(Note: the numbers below refer to the songs in the order of the tracking listing)

  • Produced by – Henry Lewy
    • Except the song “Only Love”: Produced by – Billie Hughes, the song “Catch Me Smilin’”: Produced by – Dale Jacobs
  • Engineered by – Carlton Lee
  • Remixes Produced & Engineered by – Gary Lyons
  • Assisted by – John Weaver
  • Mastered by – Joe Gastwirt and Jo Hansch
  • Strings, Woodwinds & Horns Arranged & Conducted by – Ian Freebairn-Smith
  • Piano by – Mike Melvoin (1, 2, 9, 10), Randy Kumano (4), Lincoln Mayorga (5), Doug Louie (8)
  • Electric Piano by – Mike Melvoin (3), Dale Jacobs (8)
  • Bass by – Wilton Felder (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10), Allen Soberman (4), Joel Wade (8), Michael Porcaro (9)
  • Drums by – Russ Kunkel (1,), Jeffrey Porcaro (3, 6, 9, 10), John Dell (4), Rick Shlosser (7), Kat Hendrihse (8)
  • Electric Guitar by – Will McFarland (1, 6), Tony Peluso (2), Mitch Holder (2, 3, 9, 10), Jay Graydon[7] (2, 7), Terry Frewer (8), Brett Wade (8), Jose Feliciano (9)
  • Acoustic Guitar by – Billie Hughes (all tracks), Oscar Castro-Neves (7)
  • Percussion by – Gary Lyons (1, 6), Steve Foreman (2, 5, 9, 10), Victor Feldman (3, 7)
  • Background Vocals by – Bill Hughes (3, 5, 7, 8, 9), Renee Armand (3, 10), Laura Creamer (3), Clark Burroughs (3, 7), Colleen Peterson (5, 10), Terry Frewer (8), Brett Wade (8), Joanie Taylor (8), Jose Feliciano (9), Ventta Fields (9), Sherlie Matthews (9), Paulette Brown (9), Ian Freebairn-Smith (10)

References
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  2. "THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD". geocities.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  3. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1979-02-17). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  4. "Bill Hughes- Dream Master". Discogs. com.
  5. Dream Master by Bill Hughes @ARTISTdirect, retrieved 2017-06-27
  6. "DREAM MASTER Bill Hughes CD Album". CDJapan. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  7. "Jay Graydon. Official Web Site. Discography - H". www.jaygraydon.net. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
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