This Perfect Day

Special Edition CD

SONGS: 1. Center Of My Universe (4:59) 2. There Isn't A Thing (4:56) 3. Why It Kills Us To Compromise (4:04) 4. Never Put Down Your Horn (2:54) 5. A Fisherman's Life (4:32) 6. Why The Caged Bird Sings (3:33) 7. Eyes Of A Child (5:15) 8. My Ballerina (5:38) 9. Out This Open Window (6:46)

Album Credits

Produced by Bill Gable & Roscoe Beck
Engineered and Mixed by Dan Garcia & Steven Strassman
Additional mixing and post-production by Rich Breen
Mastered by Doug Sax
Design and Art Direction by Jack and Laurent Durieux for milk-graphicdesign.com

Center Of My Universe

Bill Gable: piano, synths, percussion and vocals
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass
Tom Brechtlein: drums
Roscoe Beck: finger cymbals
Luis Conte: djembe, chocalho, ganza, shekere and vocals
Mark Hatch: trumpet
Judd Miller: EVI (alghaitas), synths and percussion
Casey Scheuerell: cymbals

There Isn't A Thing

(Arr. by Stephen Barber)
Bill Gable: guitar, synth, percussion and vocals
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass
Tom Brechtlein: drums
Roscoe Beck: fretless bass and vocals
Heitor Pereira: electric guitars
Lenny Castro: congas
Mark Hatch: trumpet
Joe Meyer: french horn
Judd Miller: EVI (tuba and piccolo trumpet)

Why It Kills Us To Compromise

Bill Gable: guitar, synths, accordion and vocals
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass
Alex Acuna: cajon
Lenny Castro: caxixi and triangle

Never Put Down Your Horn

Bill Gable: vocals
Luis Conte: tumbador segunda, shekere, quinto, cowbell and vocals
Orestes Vilato: cata, clave and bombo

A Fisherman's Life

(arr. by Stephen Barber; conducted by Bill Ginn)
Bill Gable: guitar, cavaquinho, synths, accordion and vocals
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass
Tom Brechtlein: drums
Joel Derouin: violin
Suzie Katayama: cello
Judd Miller: EVI (bass clarinet)
Joe Meyer: french horn
Jim Self: euphonium
Jim Lang: synths

Why The Caged Bird Sings

Bill Gable: guitar, percussion and vocals
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass
Tom Brechtlein: drums
Judd Miller: EVI (harmonica)
Tollak Ollestad: harmonica solo

Eyes Of A Child

Bill Gable: guitars, synth and vocals
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass
Tom Brechtlein: drums
Dino Saluzzi: bandoneon
Sandro Albert: electric guitar
Luis Conte: shaker
Bob Sheppard: flute

My Ballerina

(Arr. by Stephen Barber & Bill Ginn; Conducted by Bill Ginn)
Bill Gable: piano, synth and vocals
Carol Robbins: harp
Joel Derouin: violin
Suzie Katayama: cello
Rob Lockhart: flute & clarinet
Jon Clarke: oboe
Bill Ginn: bass clarinet
Mark Hatch: trumpet
Joe Meyer: french horn

Out This Open Window

Gable: piano, synths, organ, guitars, percussion and vocals
Steve Rodby: acoustic bass
Tom Brechtlein: drums
Rob Lockhart: soprano sax
Larry Steelman: synth

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