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What If (Dixie Dregs album)

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What If
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1978
Recorded1978
StudioChateau Recorders
Length39:46
LabelCapricorn
ProducerKen Scott
Dixie Dregs chronology
Free Fall
(1977)
What If
(1978)
Night of the Living Dregs
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

What If is the second studio album by the Dixie Dregs, released in 1978.[3]

Production

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The band sought, for What If, producer/engineer Ken Scott, because of his production of Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire (1973). “Those guys were our heroes,” said guitarist and main composer Steve Morse. He added: “we were eager to work with Ken. We felt like we were graduating to the next level.”[4]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take It Off the Top"Steve Morse4:07
2."Odyssey"Morse7:35[5]
3."What If"Morse5:01
4."Travel Tunes"Andy West4:34
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Ice Cakes"Morse4:39
6."Little Kids"Morse2:03
7."Gina Lola Breakdown"Morse, Twiggs Lyndon4:00
8."Night Meets Light"Morse7:47

Personnel

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Production

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Producer - Ken Scott

  • Assistant engineers – Brian Leshon, Chris Gregg, Gary Coppola
  • Mastered By – SR/2*
  • Recorded At – Chateau Recorders

Production coordinator - Steven Brooks

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Gioffre, Daniel (2011). "What If - The Dixie Dregs | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 62. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Waters, Timothy R. (17 Dec 1981). "Classical mixed with bluegrass? Call them the Dregs". Arts. The Christian Science Monitor.
  4. ^ Bosso, Joe (13 September 2022). ""I Was Like a Mad Scientist, Always Refining": Steve Morse Reveals How He Wrote "Take It Off the Top"". Guitar Player. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. ^ from 1978 Album, 25 April 2010