Russ Freeman

Russ Freeman
Leader of the Rippingtons

I collect from Russ Freeman: All Solo-Releases - All CDMs/12” with Extra-Songs or Remixes - All Soundtrack/Sampler-Contributions - All Guest Appearances (including Production/Arrangement)
I don't collect from Russ Freeman: Bootlegs without Extra-Songs - Compilations without Extra-Songs
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Russ Freeman Solo Works

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Nocturnal Playground
1986 / Japan / CD
01) Nocturnal playground
02) Polo in the palisades
03) What she really wants
04) Jamaican nights
05) Easter island
06) Moving violation
07) Amelia
08) Paradise cove

Alternative cover

Holiday
1995 / Germany / CD
01) Carol of the bells
02) Faith
03) O come, all ye faithful
04) Hark the herald angels sing
05) God rest ye merry gentlemen
06) Angels we have heard on high
07) Hymne
08) Holiday
09) My favorite things
10) Jesu, joy of man's desiring
11) Merry christmas, baby
12) This christmas
13) Have yourself a merry little christmas

Drive
2002 / Japan / CD
01) Guitarland
02) Villa by the sea
03) Soul dance
04) Brighter day
05) Boys of summer
06) Anywhere near you
07) Drive
08) Cool in the shade
09) East river drive
10) Bellagio
11) Higher love

Japan pressing with bonus song: 11)

Russ Freeman Guest Appearances & Collaborations

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Alphonse Mouzon - The Survivor
1992 / USA / CD
01) Games people play
02) Feeling good
03) Two lonely hearts
04) All that jazz
05) After the rain
06) The survivor
07) It's not over yet
08) Soft and gentle
09) Anticipation
10) In hot pursuit
11) Bedtime stories

Songs 02), 03) and 05) with Russ Freeman (Guitars)

Alphonze Mouzon - On Top Of The World
1994 / USA / CD
01) Aftershock
02) Popcorn
03) Soul mates
04) Mad about you
05) Mafia the talking parrot
06) Love's alright
07) The morning after
08) Mystic crystal
09) Cappuccino girl
10) Allison
11) On top of the world
12) Wish you were here
13) Child's play

Songs 09) - 12) with Russ Freeman (Guitars)

Barry Manilow - Barry Banilow
1989 / USA / CD
01) Please don't be scared
02) Keep each other warm
03) Once and for all
04) The one that got away
05) When the good times come again
06) Some good things never last
07) In another world
08) You begin again
09) My moonlight memories of you
10) Anyone can do the heartbreak
11) A little travelling music, please

Song 11) with Russ Freeman (Guitars)

Barry Manilow - Because It's Christmas
1990 / USA / CD
01) The christmas song
02) Jingle bells
03) Silent night / I guess there ain't no Santa Claus
04) The first noel / When the meadow was bloomin'
05) Excerpt from Handel's messia / Because it's christmas (for all the children)
06) Baby, it's cold outside
07) White christmas
08) Carol of the bells / The bells of christmas
09) Joy to the world / Have yourself a merry little christmas
10) We wish you a merry christmas / It's just another new year's eve

with Russ Freeman (Rhythm Guitar)

Brandon Fields - Other Places
1990 / USA / CD
01) Undercover
02) Gina
03) Old San Juan
04) The face on mars
05) You got it
06) Know how
07) Marie
08) Other places

Song 03) with Russ Freeman (Guitars)

Alternative covers

Brian Bromberg - Basses Loaded
1988 / USA / CD
01) What's all the hubub...bub?
02) Gold rush
03) Song for B. J.
04) Hear our cry
05) Basses loaded
06) For you and you alone
07) Cheer up, it's only life!
08) Floyd

Songs 01), 05) and 07) with Russ Freeman (Rhythm Guitar)

Carl Anderson - Pieces Of A Heart
1990 / USA / CD
01) My love will
02) Baby my heart
03) How deep does it go
04) You're the reason
05) Hot coffee
06) Pieces of a heart
07) If I could
08) Children of a lesser god
09) Life's lessons
10) Dance of the seven veils
11) Maiden voyage

with Russ Freeman (Supervising Producer)
Song 03) (Producer / Drums / Bass / Keyboards / Guitars / Percussions)
Song 04) (Writer / Producer / Drums / Bass / Keyboards / Guitars)
Songs 05) and 11) (Producer / Guitars)
Song 07) (Producer / Guitars)
Song 10) (Writer / Producer / Drums / Bass / Guitars)

Carl Anderson - Fantasy Hotel
1992 / USA / CD
01) I will be there
02) If not for love
03) Once in a lifetime love
04) Love will follow
05) Enough said
06) All I wanna do
07) The closest thing to heaven
08) Lover's mask
09) I'm no stranger
10) Wish I could stay (Fantasy Hotel)

with Russ Freeman (Supervising Producer)
Songs 01) and 03) (Producer / Bass / Keyboards / Guitars)
Song 04) (Producer / Keyboards / Guitars)
Song 05) (Producer / Guitars)
Song 06) (Producer / Arranger / Keyboards / Guitars / Drum Programming / Bass)

Russ Freeman & Craig Chaquico - From The Redwoods To The Rockies
1998 / USA / CD
01) Riders of the ancient winds
02) The maiden and the warrior
03) From the Redwoods to the Rockies
04) Samba del luna
05) Seattle child
06) Tribal runner
07) Fallen heroes
08) Sweetwater
09) Change of seasons
10) From the Redwoods to the Rockies (Acoustic Reprise)

with Russ Freeman

Songs 03) and 04) with David Benoit (Piano)

Craig Chaquico - Four Corners
1999 / USA / CD
01) The drifter
02) Forbidden love
03) Turquoise moon
04) Red rocks
05) Arizona daybreak
06) Somebody to love
07) A mother's heart
08) Haight ashbury
09) Samba del rio
10) Borders
11) Four corners

with Russ Freeman (Producer)
Song 01) (Writer / Guitars / Keyboards)

Dotsero - West Of Westchester
2000 / USA / CD
01) Westchester lady
02) Lodo mojo
03) Then there was you
04) Shoulder step
05) Off shore
06) Two of a kind
07) Late at night
08) When were together
09) Welcome home
10) Staring at the ceiling
11) This is how it should feel

with Russ Freeman (Producer)
Song 10) (Guitars)

Eric Marienthal - Turn Up The Heat
2001 / USA / CD
01) Everything she wants
02) Lefty's lounge
03) One day in Venice
04) Takin' it to the streets
05) Love don't live here
06) Sugar
07) San Marcos square
08) Rendezvous
09) Hold on
10) Hangin' on the boardwalk
11) Remember our promise

with Russ Freeman (Producer)
Songs 01) and 08) (Writer / Guitars / Keyboards)
Song 03) and 05) (Keyboards)
Songs 06), 07) and 09) (Guitars)

Full Swing - In Full Swing
1987 / USA /CD
01) 2 good 2 be 4gotten
02) Last port of call
03) Dance of the seven veils
04) The jungle
05) We're rockin' in rhythm
06) Anything can happen here
07) Palacio do samba
08) Long lost lover
09) Busted for boppin'
10) September rain

with Russ Freeman
Song 01) (Writer / Arranger / Synthesizers)
Song 03) (Writer / Arranger / Synthesizers / Guitars)
Song 06) (Arranger / Guitars)
Song 08) (Guitars)

with David Benoit
Song 02) (Arranger / Keyboards)
Songs 05) and 10) (Arranger / Piano)

with Members of the Rippingtons

Full Swing - The End Of The Sky
1989 / USA / CD
01) Song for everyman
02) The last thing I should say
03) The end of the sky
04) A deeper blue
05) Camel island
06) Dear diary
07) Local hero
08) Another life
09) A footstep in the snow
10) Like a waterfall

with Russ Freeman
Songs 02) and 04) (Guitars)
Songs 06) and 09) (Writer)

Song 06) with David Benoit (Piano)

Gato Barbieri - The Shadow Of The Cat
2002 / USA / CD
01) El chico
02) The shadow of the cat
03) Last kiss
04) If I was your woman
05) Tierra del fuego (Land of fire)
06) Beautiful walk
07) Ai ai ai ai
08) Bliss
09) Para todos (For everyone)
10) Blue habanera
11) Last tango (Theme from Last Tango In Paris)
12) Si tu me quisieras (If I was your woman)

Songs 05) and 06) with Russ Freeman (Lead Guitars)

with Lisa Fischer
Songs 04) and 12) (Background Vocals)
Song 07) (Vocals)

Hisaaki Kanzaki - Kanzaki
1988 / Japan / CD
01) Akogare
02) I want your love ~ I gotta do!
03) So far away ~ I can't say good-bye
04) Overlaps
05) Kanzaki's walk
06) Fallin' on my star
07) Mika's dream
08) My love

with Russ Freeman (Producer / Arranger / Guitars)
Songs 01), 02), and 04) - 06) (Synthesizers)

with Members of The Rippingtons

Song 06) with David Benoit (Piano)

Jeff Kashiwa - Walk A Mile
1997 / USA / CD
01) Givin' in
02) Saratoga
03) August moon
04) Slide
05) I see it in your eyes
06) Rise
07) Walk a mile
08) After the rain
09) New day
10) Our cry, our prayer

Song 02) with Russ Freeman (Guitars)

Jessie Allen Cooper - Moment In Time
1993 / USA / CD
01) Moment in time
02) Amazon
03) Julianna
04) Mystical illusion
05) Sun talk
06) In my heart
07) Santa Monica sunset
08) Sassafras
09) (As the sea) whispers
10) Tomorrow

Song 04) with Russ Freeman (Guitars)

Kilauea - Antigua Blue
1991 / USA / CD
01) Adventure highway
02) Antigua blue
03) The love goddess
04) Isle of lucy
05) One romantic evening
06) Barbados
07) Pirate's cove
08) On the edge of reality
09) Sunrise in La Jolla

with Russ Freeman (Writer)

with Members of The Rippingtons

Kilauea - Tropical Pleasures
1992 / USA / CD
01) The odyssey
02) Prelude to Teresa's confession
03) Teresa's confession
04) Frontrunner
05) Rio skyline
06) Tropical pleasures
07) Her secret fantasy
08) Our last goodbye
09) Mysteries of the enchanted forest
10) Kona coast

Song 04) with David Benoit (Writer / Arranger / Piano)

Songs 05) and 10) with Russ Freeman (Writer)

Kilauea - Diamond Collection
1995 / USA / CD
01) She wore diamonds
02) No getting over you
03) Malibu wave
04) Teresa's confession
05) Exotic isle
06) The love goddess
07) That's the way she wants it
08) Frontrunner
09) Casual elegance
10) Pirate's cove
11) Bedroom eyes
12) Tropical pleasures
13) Winner take all
14) Waimea bay

Songs 03), 06) and 10) with Russ Freeman (Writer)

Song 08) with David Benoit (Writer / Arranger / Piano)

Lorraine Feather - The Body Remembers
1997 / USA / CD
01) Five
02) Touchy
03) The body remembers
04) Very unbecoming
05) Along for the ride
06) Little tiger
07) Where are my keys
08) Bleecker street
09) Boxboy
10) Indigo sky
11) Touchy (Slight Irritation Edit)
12) The body remembers (Brief Recollection Edit)

with Russ Freeman
Songs 02) and 11) (Guitars / Sitar)
Song 05) (Guitars)

Song 10) with David Benoit (Piano)

Mark Williamson - Time Slipping By
1994 / USA / CD
01) Got to be a better way
02) Prayer for the children / Give them love
03) Over and over
04) Tears like rain
05) Look at us now
06) Can't let go
07) Time slipping by
08) A little loving
09) Sweet love
10) More than alone
11) Closing in
12) We'd be together

with Russ Freeman (Executive Producer)
Songs 01), 02) and 08) (Arranger / Guitars / Keyboards)
Song 04) (Guitarss)
Song 05) (Keyboards)
Song 06) (Guitars / Keyboards)
Song 11) (Arranger / Keyboards)

Song 02) with Vesta Williams (Choir)

Mike Gealer - Paradise Highway
1992 / USA / CD
01) Lift off
02) Dreamin
03) Paradise highway
04) Windwalk
05) Fiesta del sol
06) Will you be mine (Intro)
07) Will you be mine
08) Take my hand
09) She makes me smile
10) Family tree
11) Stretch
12) Thru the fire
13) Stay

Song 01) with Russ Freeman (Arranger)

Nelson Rangell - In Every Moment
1992 / USA / CD
01) One world spirit
02) N.Y. / L.A.
03) Someday
04) Golden
05) Boomtown
06) Wild river
07) Map of the stars
08) All this time
09) Tell me what you're thinking
10) Dancing with Ivy

with Russ Freeman (Producer)
Song 04) (Keyboards / Guitars)
Songs 05) and 08) (Keyboards)
Song 07) (Guitars)

Patsy Meyer - Don't Stop Now
1997 / USA / CD
01) Deja vu
02) Don't stop now
03) Better left unsaid
04) Ocho rios
05) One step closer
06) Changes
07) The best is yet to come
08) Red, green, gold & blue
09) I know you by heart
10) Empty-hearted
11) All you gotta do

Song 04) with Russ Freeman (Guitars)

Paul Taylor - Undercover
2000 / USA / CD
01) Aerial
02) Velvet rope
03) Movin' on
04) Avenue
05) My love
06) Alone with you
07) Code blue
08) Indigo
09) Undercover
10) Looking glass

with Russ Freeman
Songs 01), 07) and 10) (Producer)
Song 03) (Producer / Guitars)

Phil Perry - Magic
2001 / USA / CD
01) Magic
02) Spirit of love
03) Living for the love of you
04) Keep reminding me
05) Groove with you
06) I can't wait ('til morning comes)
07) More of your sweet love
08) All of my days
09) You'll never know
10) Perfect island
11) In the morning (father's lullaby)

with Russ Freeman (Executive Producer)
Songs 04) and 08) (Writer / Bass / Keyboards / Guitars)

Scott Wilkie - Boundless
1999 / USA / CD
01) Sporty!
02) Home again
03) Sailcats
04) Rivertown
05) Chasing the dream
06) Nothing yet
07) Reverie
08) Those
09) Song for Shari
10) Poolside
11) Water balloons

Songs 03), 05) and 10) with Russ Freeman (Guitars)

Steve Bailey - Dichotomy
1992 / Japan / CD
01) Key west sunset
02) Surfs up
03) Ryan's song
04) Words can't say
05) Free step
06) Drivin' my Ford home
07) Here comes the sun
08) Dizzy's tizzy
09) Before the morning after
10) Rush eib
11) Nocturne de panorama
12) The big d

Songs 04) and 06) with Russ Freeman (Guitars)

Songs 07) and 09) with David Benoit (Piano)

The Ritz - Flying
1992 / Japan / CD
01) Flying
02) You should know better
03) Skylark
04) Walkin' on a thin line
05) Full moon
06) To you
07) What's this
08) Meet me half way
09) Never never land
10) Don't let me fall too far

with Russ Freeman
Song 01) (Writer / Guitars)
Song 08) (Guitars)

T-Square - Natural
1990 / USA / CD
01) Control
02) Wind song
03) White mane
04) Labyrinth of love
05) Snowbird
06) Radio star
07) Daisy field
08) Happy song
09) Last raindrops
10) Uptown