The Bliss Band - Dinner with Raoul (1978)

1. Rio
2. Over The Hill
3. Slipaway
4. Don't Do Me Any Favours
5. On The Highway
6. Right Place, Right Time
7. Stay A Little Longer
8. Here Goes
9. Whatever Happened
10. Take It If You Need It



Produces by Jeff Baxter (of Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers fame)

Featuring: MICHAEL McDONALD, JEFF BAXTER, KEITH KNUDSEN, VICTOR FELDMAN, STEPHEN KUPKA, EMILIO CASTILLO, GREG ADAMS, MIC GILLETTE, etc...

The vocalist & keyboard player, Paul Bliss led this west coast music group that in late 70's released two albums. Their debut album "Dinner With Raoul" was released in 1978 and was quickly followed up by the album "Neon Smiles" in 1979. The band did only release two album. In 1997 Paul Bliss released his solo album "Edge Of Coincidence".

Paul Bliss, contrary to previous information, both recorded and toured with David Essex. He made stage appearances with him from 1977 to 1983 and he appears on the Stagestruck album.

Paul was born in Birmingham, 2 years before 'little brother' Martin, and went into the music industry in the early Seventies, fronting a band called The Bliss Band. The band released 2 albums on CBS America, Dinner with Raoul in 1978 and Neon Smiles in 1979. Lead guitar with the band was none other than Phil Palmer another ex-member of The David Essex Band.

As well as playing and recording Paul is also a songwriter and he has had songs recorded by Olivia Newton John, The Hollies, Sheena Easton, Justin Hayward and Celine Dion to name but a few. In 1997 Paul released an album of his own material called The Edge of Coincidence. For the past few years Paul has been touring with The Moody Blues as their keyboard player and he is well known by their fans.

Encoded at 320K from vinyl album. Includes album cover art, track listing, and insert.

Special thanks to "walknthabass" for the original needle drop of this great album.

Download: Dinner with Raoul