Released in '85, this was an album that marked the end of Nick's initial run. Between 1977 and 1981, he dropped an album a year and was signed with Chrysalis and then Casablanca Records before taking a four-year break and resurfacing with this self-titled effort on RCA. Gone was his longtime writing partner and guitarist James McCulloch. All that remained was his bass player Eric Nelson who was still holding down the bottom end. Nick did pull together some stellar musicians, from Mr. Mister's Pat Mastelotto on drums to Mitchell Froom (I wonder if this was a typo? I'm sure this is Mitchell Froom) on keyboards. The two guitar players, Jeff Silverman and Steve (Psycho) Sykes, are pretty solid and there are some tasty licks to be heard. I remember CFOX playing a track from this album ... once , but my memory is really fuzzy on this next bit. I keep confusing a memory of hearing Giuffria's "Call To The Heart" with whatever song they played by Nick Gilder. The c...
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