There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966–1969

There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966–1969
Compilation album by the Left Banke
Released	1992
Recorded	1966-1969
Genre	Baroque pop
Length	74:08
Label	Mercury
The Left Banke chronology
Strangers on a Train (1986) There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966–1969 (1992)

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There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966–1969 is a compilation album by American baroque pop band the Left Banke, released by Mercury Records in 1992. It contains the entirety of the band's two 1960s albums Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina and The Left Banke Too, with an additional four tracks having appeared on singles only and one previously unreleased track, as well as "Walk Away Renee" appearing as a slightly remixed version. It is currently out of print. The band enjoyed cult status in the 1990s and beyond as a definitive example of mid-1960s baroque pop.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Walk Away Renée"	Michael Brown, Tony Sansone, Bob Calilli	2:40
2.	"I Haven't Got the Nerve"	George Cameron, Steve Martin Caro	2:13
3.	"Pretty Ballerina"	Brown	2:32
4.	"She May Call You Up Tonight"	MBrown, Martin-Caro	2:18
5.	"I've Got Something on My Mind"	Brown, Martin-Caro, Cameron	2:46
6.	"Barterers and Their Wives"	Brown, Tom Feher	2:56
7.	"Let Go of You Girl"	Brown, Martin-Caro, Cameron	2:53
8.	"What Do You Know"	Brown, Feher	2:57
9.	"Evening Gown"	Brown, Feher	1:46
10.	"Lazy Day"	Brown, Martin-Caro	2:24
11.	"Shadows Breaking Over My Head"	Brown, Martin-Caro	2:34
12.	"Ivy Ivy" (Smash single 2089)	Brown, Feher	3:11
13.	"Men Are Building Sand" (previously unreleased)	Brown, Bert Sommer	2:19
14.	"Desirée"	Brown, Feher	2:42
15.	"Dark is the Bark"	Cameron, Finn, Martin-Caro	3:28
16.	"My Friend Today"	Feher	3:03
17.	"Sing Little Bird Sing"	Tom Finn	3:09
18.	"And Suddenly" (Smash single 2089b)	Brown, Bert Sommer	2:05
19.	"Goodbye Holly"	Feher	2:56
20.	"In the Morning Light"	Brown, Feher	2:50
21.	"Bryant Hotel"	Feher	3:24
22.	"Give the Man a Hand"	Marvin Potocki	2:33
23.	"Nice to See You"	Finn	2:41
24.	"There's Gonna Be a Storm"	Finn	4:16
25.	"Pedestal" (Smash single 2243)	Tom Kaye, Marty Joe Kupersmith	3:45
26.	"Myrah" (Smash single 2243b)	Brown, Martin-Caro	3:21

Tracks 1-11 are taken from the Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina album, while tracks 14-17 and 19-24 are taken from The Left Banke Too.

Personnel

• Steve Martin Caro – lead vocals; drums (on "Goodbye Holly"), tambourine (on "Nice To See You"), bass (on "Bryant Hotel")
• Michael Brown – piano, harpsichord, Clavinet, organ; lead vocals (on "What Do You Know")
• Tom Finn – bass, guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals (on "Nice to See You" & "There's Gonna Be A Storm")
• George Cameron – drums, percussion, backing vocals; lead vocals (on "I Haven't Got The Nerve", "Goodbye Holly" & "Bryant Hotel")
• Warren David-Schierhorst – drums
• Jeff Winfield – electric guitar
• Rick Brand – electric guitar, banjo
• Bert Sommer – lead vocals/guitar (on "Ivy, Ivy", "And Suddenly" & "Men Are Building Sand")
• Michael McKean – guitar (on "Ivy, Ivy", "And Suddenly" & "Men Are Building Sand")
• Tom Feher – piano; guitar (on "Sing Little Bird" & "Bryant Hotel")

Additional personnel

• Steve Tallarico – backing vocals
• Paul Griffin – keyboards
• Paul Leka – piano, string arrangements
• Hugh McCracken – guitar
• Al Gorgoni – guitar
• George "Fluffer" Hirsh – guitar
• Marvin Potocki – guitars
• John Abbott – bass, guitar, string and horn arrangements
• Seymour Barab – bass, cello
• Joe Mack – bass
• Chet Amsterdam – bass
• Al Rogers – drums
• Buddy Saltzman – drums
• Bobby Gregg – drums
• Artie Schroek – vibraphone, drums, string arrangements
• Paul Leka – string arrangements
• Harry Lookofsky – violin
• George Marge – oboe
• Ray Alonge – french horn
• Marvin Stamm – trumpet
• George Young – woodwinds

External links

• DJ Tom Finn