Nite City 1st LP!

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Noah James, lead vocals
Paul Warren, guitar, vocals
Ray Manzarek keyboards, vocals
Nigel Harrison bass
Jimmy Hunter drums




Track Listing

Side One
1.Summer Eyes
2.Nite City
3.Love Will Make You Mellow
4.Angel With No Freedom



Side Two
1.Midnight Queen
2.Bitter Sky Blue
3.Caught In A Panic
4.In The Pyramid
5.Game Of Skill

Produced by Ray Manzarek & Jay Senter



"Manzarek formed a band called Nite City, a quintet which featured former Rare Earth guitarist Paul Warren and Blondie bassist-to-be Nigel Harrison. Their self-titled 1977 album generally consists of fairly typical mainstream rock songs, built around -- and distinguished by -- Manzarek's engaging keyboard-playing. The songs were co-written by Manzarek and vocalist Noah James, with Paul Warren and Danny Sugerman sharing credit on a few. Aside from a bit of Morrisonian poetry reading in the title track, you'd probably never know that Nite City was a Doors offshoot. This album was once considered a prototype of west coast new wave, but it's now hard to figure why. The album is listenable but hardly memorable; "Love Will Make You Mellow" and "Bitter Sky Blue" are the standout tracks.
Rarebirds Review Page

SUMMER EYES (Ray Manzarek/Noah James) 4:26
NITE CITY (L. Huxley/Ray Manzarek/Noah James) 4:55
LOVE WILL MAKE YOU MELLOW (Ray Manzarek/Noah James) 4:50
ANGEL W/ NO FREEDOM (Daniel Sugerman/Ray Manzarek/Noah James) 6:39
MIDNIGHT QUEEN (Daniel Sugerman/Ray Manzarek/Noah James) 3:55
BITTER SKY BLUE (Ray Manzarek/Noah James) 3:12
CAUGHT IN A PANIC (Ray Manzarek/Noah James) 4:41
IN THE PYRAMID (Ray Manzarek/Paul Warren) 3:48
GAME OF SKILL (Paul Warren/Ray Manzarek/Noah James) 4:40

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where can we hear this album?

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Newspaper advert for Nite City debut album.



From a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed Stereo/Mono promo copy , in its original factory sleeve. Here's an interesting 1970's rarity... this group was formed by Ray Manzarek, who was the keyboardist for the Doors. Also in the quintet were former Rare Earth guitarist Paul Warren and Blondie bassist-to-be Nigel Harrison. This track, from the group's first album, is a straight-ahead rocker.

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28-5-1977
Anniston Star AL


May 9 1977
Portfolio


31-3-1977

22-3-1977
St Louis Post Dispatch MI