The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control

The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control
Studio album by Ray Manzarek
Released	1974
Recorded	1974; Sound Labs, Hollywood, California
Genre	Rock
Length	40:44
Label	Mercury
Producer	Bruce Botnick, Bob Brown
Ray Manzarek chronology
The Golden Scarab (1973) The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll & Now It's Out of Control (1974) Carmina Burana (1983)

The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control is a 1974 album by ex-Doors member Ray Manzarek.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ray Manzarek; except where indicated

1. "The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman, Dick Wagner) — 2:39
2. "The Gambler" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman) — 5:23
3. "Whirling Dervish" (Manzarek, Paul Davis) — 5:20
4. "Begin the World Again" — 6:42
5. "I Wake Up Screaming" (Manzarek, Danny Sugerman) — 3:36
6. "Art Deco Fandango" — 2:03
7. "Bicentennial Blues (Love It or Leave It)" — 7:57
8. "Perfumed Garden" — 5:54

Personnel

• Ray Manzarek - celesta, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, organ, piano, Wurlitzer, synthesizer, vocals
• Flo & Eddie - background vocals on "The Whole Thing Started with Rock and Roll Now It's Out of Control" , "Bicentennial Blues" and "Perfumed Garden"
• Joe Walsh - guitar
• John Klemmer - saxophone on "Whirling Dervish"
• Michael Fennelly - guitar
• George Segal - banjo
• Steve Forman - percussion
• Mike Melvoin - horn arrangements
• Mark Pines - guitar
• Patti Smith - "poetess" on "I Wake up Screaming"; recites Jim Morrison's "Ensenada" from The New Creatures
• Gary Mallaber - drums, percussion, vibraphone
• Paul Davis - percussion
• Rudy Hill - engineer
• Desmond Strobel, John David Moore - art direction
• Danny Sugarman - personal management

Bob Brown - Producer

Special thanks: "Guitar Center, the Screamer, Linda Smith, Iggy Pop, Mandi Newall."

References

1. Allmusic: Overview