Man with a Vision (album)

Man with a Vision is the third studio album by John Parr, released in 1992.[1] The majority of the album was produced by Parr, except "Man With a Vision", produced by John Wolff, and "Restless Heart", produced by Harold Faltermeyer.[2] The album was released in the UK by Music for Nations, in Germany by Edelton, Switzerland by Blue Martin Records, and Austria and Scandinavia by Generation Records.

Man With a Vision
Studio album by
Released23 March 1992
GenreAOR
LabelMusic for Nations
Edelton
Blue Martin Records
Generation Records
ProducerJohn Parr (tracks 1, 3, 5-12)
John Wolff (track 2)
Harold Faltermeyer (track 4)
John Parr chronology
Running the Endless Mile
(1986)
Man With a Vision
(1992)
Under Parr
(1996)

Two singles were released from the album, "Man with a Vision" and "It's Starting All Over Again". "Restless Heart" had been previously released for The Running Man soundtrack in 1987, and as a single in the UK and Germany in 1988. "Man with a Vision" was originally recorded by Seven in 1990, with Parr as producer.[3]

Speaking to the Get Ready to Rock! webzine in 2011, Parr spoke of the litigation he suffered from in the 1990s:

"I was dead in the water long before Under Parr [Parr's 1996 studio album]. From the nineties onwards I was locked in the litigation. I was ducking and diving doing little deals here and there to try and stay afloat. All my income was frozen for almost twenty years so I had to really bob and weave. Man with a Vision was really a bunch of demos but as there were no deals on the table I was forced to release it through Blue Martin a small label in Switzerland. [After Under Parr], I walked away from music for the next ten years. It broke my heart. I was making records that only my family and friends heard - some of my best work I think, that nobody was going to hear. The guitar stayed untouched in the box for ten years and I never sang a note."[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wilderness Years"John Parr1:33
2."Man With a Vision"Parr, Keith McFarlane, Simon Lefevre3:59
3."It's Starting All Over Again"Parr, Peter Goalby3:25
4."Restless Heart"Harold Faltermeyer, Parr4:35
5."Ghost Driver"Parr, Tom Whitlock4:10
6."Bedtime Story"Betsy Durkin Matthes, Parr5:03
7."Come Out Fightin'"Matthes, Parr5:16
8."Everytime"Parr, Goalby4:54
9."Killer on the Sheets"Parr3:47
10."Dirty Lovin'"Parr, Mark Scott4:41
11."This Time"Parr, Goalby5:16
12."Sarah"Parr4:00

Personnel

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  • John Parr – writer, producer, arranger and performer[5]
  • Richard Cottle – keyboards ("Wilderness Years") and saxophone ("Come Out Fightin")
  • Paul Hodson – keyboards ("This Time", "It's Starting All Over Again" and "Everytime")
  • John Cooke – piano ("Bedtime Story")
  • Dave Lane – piano ("Dirty Lovin"), organ ("Ghost Driver")
  • Harold Faltermeyer – keyboards ("Restless Heart")
  • Peter Goalby – co-arranger and rhythm guitar ("This Time", It's Starting All Over Again" and "Everytime")
  • Nick Robinson – harmonica ("Dirty Lovin")

Chart performance

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[6] 38
Swiss Albums Chart[7] 37

References

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  1. ^ "John Parr - Man With A Vision at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. ^ "John Parr - Man With A Vision (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Seven (75) - Man With A Vision (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Get Ready to ROCK! Interview with singer songwriter John Parr who had a major hit in 1985 with St Elmo's Fire,June 2011". Getreadytorock.com. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. ^ Man With A Vision (liner notes). Edelton. 1992. EDL 2589-2.
  6. ^ Steffen Hung. "John Parr - Man With A Vision". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  7. ^ Steffen Hung. "John Parr - Man With A Vision". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 21 March 2018.