This article is about the British country rock group. For the American ska punk band, see Mealticket. For the system of paying for meals, see meal voucher.
Meal Ticket were a country rock band who emerged from the London pub circuit during the 1970s and signed to Logo Records. They had several line ups which included Ray Flacke,[1] Jack Brand,[2] Andy Coulter, Rod Demick,[3] Chris Hunt, Keith Nelson,[4] Steve Simpson, Willy Finlayson[5] and Rick Jones. Canadian born Jones, who was known for his television appearances on Play School and Fingerbobs, wrote many of their songs.[6] The band performed the theme to the BBC's Play For Today, The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980), also Another Flip for Dominick[7] which was entitled "You'd Better Believe It Babe".[8] They released three albums,[9] Code Of The Road (1977), Three Times A Day (1977) and Take Away (1978).
Out of the Blue (4.42) (R Jones / D Pierce / S Hammond) Vocal: Willie Finlayson
Keepin' the Faith (6.26) (R Jones / D Pierce / S Hammond) Vocal: Rick Jones
OK Bar (Same Old Story) (3.47) (R Jones / D Pierce / S Hammond) Vocal Willie Finlayson
Last One to Know (4.31) (S Hammond / R Jones / D Pierce) Vocal: Willie Finlayson
Day Job (4.23) (R Jones / D Pierce / S Hammond) Vocal: Rick Jones
Side Two
The Man from Mexico (6.47) (R Jones / M Ross) Vocal: Willie Finlayson
Snow (3.17) (R Jones / D Pierce) Vocal: Rick Jones
Golden Girl (4.21) (R Jones / D Pierce / S Hammond) Vocal: Rick Jones; Willy Finlayson; Steve Simpson
Standing on the Wrong Corner (3.24) (R Jones / D Pierce) Vocal: Willie Finlayson
Georgia Syncopator (2.57) (R Jones / D Pierce) Vocal: Rick Jones
The Code of the Road (Travellers Bible) (1.08) (R Jones / D Pierce) Vocal: Rick Jones
Credits Steve Simpson: Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals Willy Finlayson: Guitar, Lead Vocals, Electric Keyboard on The Man from Mexico Rick Jones: Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Guitar on The Code of the Road Ray Flacke: Guitar, Vocals Jack Brand: Bass, Vocals Chris Hunt: Drums and Percussion Alby Greenhalgh: saxophone on Day Job
Other credits Produced by Alan O'Duffy with Willy Finlayson Engineered by Alan O'Duffy Recorded January 1977 at The Point, London with assists from M Dunn and B Gaylor Mixed at Advision, London with assists from Declan O'Doherty Mastered at the Master Room, London 'Out of the Blue' recorded at Pebble Beach Studios, Worthing, August 1976, Produced by Meal Ticket and Tony Platt, engineered by Tony Platt A Logo Records Production
Three Times A Day (1977)edit
Side One
This could be the Town (2.36) (B Richardson) Lead Vocal: Willy Finlayson; Guitar solo: Ray Flacke
Oh Sister (3.32) (S Simpson / R Jones) Lead Vocal: Steve Simpson Slide guitar Solo: Ray Flacke
Last Port of Call (5.54) (R Jones / D Pierce) Lead Vocal: Rick Jones Mandolin: Steve Simpson
Comes the Dawn (3.09) (R Jones / D Pierce) Lead Vocal: Willy Finlayson Tenor Saxophone: Don Weller
River Man (5.41) (S Simpson) Lead Vocal: Steve Simpson Dobro: Ray Flacke
Side Two
Yesterday's Music (3.28) (Clayton-Thomas / W Smith) Lead Vocal: Willy Finlayson Guitar Solo: Steve Simpson
Rural Routes (3.18) (D Pierce / R Jones / S Hammond) Lead Vocal: Rick Jones Guitar Solo: Ray Flacke
I Wish, I Wish (3.05) (R Jones / D Pierce) Lead Vocal: Rick Jones and Steve Simpson Guitar Solo: Ray Flacke Banjo: Keith Nelson
Laughing Daughter (4.00) (R Jones / D Pierce) Lead Vocal: Rick Jones
This Dream I Have of You (4.00) (R Jones / D Pierce) Lead Vocal: Willy Finlayson Guitar Solo: Ray Flacke String Arrangement: Ann O'Dell
Credits Steve Simpson: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Accordion Willy Finlayson: Lead Vocals, Guitar Rick Jones: Lead Vocals, Keyboards Ray Flacke: Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, DobroVocals Jack Brand: Bass, Vocals Chris Hunt: Drums and Percussion
Other credits Produced by Ritchie Gold / Handle Artists Recorded and Mixed at Threshold / Decca Studio 1 Engineer Derek Varnals Assisted by Paul Cooper and Craig Thompson ‘This could be the Town' Recorded at Marquee Studio, Engineer Phil Harding, Mixed at Threshold ‘Yesterday's Music' Recorded and Mixed at Marquee Studio, Engineer John Eden July and August 1977 Mastered at EMI Abbey Road by Chris Blair A Logo Records Production
Take away (1978)edit
Side one
Why In The World
Down On My Knees
Lucy
Lonestar Motel
The Shape I'm In (R.Robertson)
Side two
Blame
Simple
Bonnie Lee’s Dinette
At The Funny Farm
Get On Board
Credits Richard Jones (keyboards/vocals) Alan Coulter (drums) Rod Demick (bass) Willy Finlayson (guitar/keyboards/vocals) Keith Nelson (banjo) Steve Simpson (guitar/violin/vocals)
Referencesedit
^"Ray Flacke credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^"Jack Brand credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^"Rod Demick credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^"Keith Nelson credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^"Willy Finlayson credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^"100 Children's TV stars. where are they now?". Daily Mirror. 28 May 2007.
^Andrew Pixely (2005). The Flipside of Dominick Hide & Another Flip for Dominick: Viewing Notes. BBC Worldwide.
^Daniel Tessier (1980). "The Flipside of Dominick Hide / Another Flip for Dominick". televisionheaven.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"Meal ticket". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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This article is about the British country rock group For the American ska punk band see Mealticket For the system of paying for meals see meal voucher Meal Ticket were a country rock band who emerged from the London pub circuit during the 1970s and signed to Logo Records They had several line ups which included Ray Flacke 1 Jack Brand 2 Andy Coulter Rod Demick 3 Chris Hunt Keith Nelson 4 Steve Simpson Willy Finlayson 5 and Rick Jones Canadian born Jones who was known for his television appearances on Play School and Fingerbobs wrote many of their songs 6 The band performed the theme to the BBC s Play For Today The Flipside of Dominick Hide 1980 also Another Flip for Dominick 7 which was entitled You d Better Believe It Babe 8 They released three albums 9 Code Of The Road 1977 Three Times A Day 1977 and Take Away 1978 Meal TicketOriginLondon United KingdomGenresCountry rock South Coast rockYears active1970sLabelsLogo EMI internationalPast membersRay Flacke Jack Brand Andy Coulter Rod Demick Rick Jones Chris Hunt Keith Nelson Steve Simpson Willy Finlayson Steve Hammond Contents 1 Discography 1 1 Code of the Road 1977 1 2 Three Times A Day 1977 1 3 Take away 1978 2 References 3 External linksDiscography editCode of the Road 1977 edit Side One Out of the Blue 4 42 R Jones D Pierce S Hammond Vocal Willie Finlayson Keepin the Faith 6 26 R Jones D Pierce S Hammond Vocal Rick Jones OK Bar Same Old Story 3 47 R Jones D Pierce S Hammond Vocal Willie Finlayson Last One to Know 4 31 S Hammond R Jones D Pierce Vocal Willie Finlayson Day Job 4 23 R Jones D Pierce S Hammond Vocal Rick JonesSide Two The Man from Mexico 6 47 R Jones M Ross Vocal Willie Finlayson Snow 3 17 R Jones D Pierce Vocal Rick Jones Golden Girl 4 21 R Jones D Pierce S Hammond Vocal Rick Jones Willy Finlayson Steve Simpson Standing on the Wrong Corner 3 24 R Jones D Pierce Vocal Willie Finlayson Georgia Syncopator 2 57 R Jones D Pierce Vocal Rick Jones The Code of the Road Travellers Bible 1 08 R Jones D Pierce Vocal Rick JonesCredits Steve Simpson Guitar Harmonica Keyboards Fiddle Mandolin Vocals Willy Finlayson Guitar Lead Vocals Electric Keyboard on The Man from Mexico Rick Jones Keyboards Lead Vocals Guitar on The Code of the Road Ray Flacke Guitar Vocals Jack Brand Bass Vocals Chris Hunt Drums and Percussion Alby Greenhalgh saxophone on Day JobOther credits Produced by Alan O Duffy with Willy Finlayson Engineered by Alan O Duffy Recorded January 1977 at The Point London with assists from M Dunn and B Gaylor Mixed at Advision London with assists from Declan O Doherty Mastered at the Master Room London Out of the Blue recorded at Pebble Beach Studios Worthing August 1976 Produced by Meal Ticket and Tony Platt engineered by Tony Platt A Logo Records Production Three Times A Day 1977 edit Side One This could be the Town 2 36 B Richardson Lead Vocal Willy Finlayson Guitar solo Ray Flacke Oh Sister 3 32 S Simpson R Jones Lead Vocal Steve Simpson Slide guitar Solo Ray Flacke Last Port of Call 5 54 R Jones D Pierce Lead Vocal Rick Jones Mandolin Steve Simpson Comes the Dawn 3 09 R Jones D Pierce Lead Vocal Willy Finlayson Tenor Saxophone Don Weller River Man 5 41 S Simpson Lead Vocal Steve Simpson Dobro Ray FlackeSide Two Yesterday s Music 3 28 Clayton Thomas W Smith Lead Vocal Willy Finlayson Guitar Solo Steve Simpson Rural Routes 3 18 D Pierce R Jones S Hammond Lead Vocal Rick Jones Guitar Solo Ray Flacke I Wish I Wish 3 05 R Jones D Pierce Lead Vocal Rick Jones and Steve Simpson Guitar Solo Ray Flacke Banjo Keith Nelson Laughing Daughter 4 00 R Jones D Pierce Lead Vocal Rick Jones This Dream I Have of You 4 00 R Jones D Pierce Lead Vocal Willy Finlayson Guitar Solo Ray Flacke String Arrangement Ann O DellCredits Steve Simpson Lead Vocals Guitar Acoustic Guitar Mandolin Accordion Willy Finlayson Lead Vocals Guitar Rick Jones Lead Vocals Keyboards Ray Flacke Guitar Acoustic Guitar DobroVocals Jack Brand Bass Vocals Chris Hunt Drums and PercussionOther credits Produced by Ritchie Gold Handle Artists Recorded and Mixed at Threshold Decca Studio 1 Engineer Derek Varnals Assisted by Paul Cooper and Craig Thompson This could be the Town Recorded at Marquee Studio Engineer Phil Harding Mixed at Threshold Yesterday s Music Recorded and Mixed at Marquee Studio Engineer John Eden July and August 1977 Mastered at EMI Abbey Road by Chris Blair A Logo Records Production Take away 1978 edit Side one Why In The World Down On My Knees Lucy Lonestar Motel The Shape I m In R Robertson Side two Blame Simple Bonnie Lee s Dinette At The Funny Farm Get On BoardCredits Richard Jones keyboards vocals Alan Coulter drums Rod Demick bass Willy Finlayson guitar keyboards vocals Keith Nelson banjo Steve Simpson guitar violin vocals References edit Ray Flacke credits allmusic com Retrieved 9 November 2020 Jack Brand credits allmusic com Retrieved 9 November 2020 Rod Demick credits allmusic com Retrieved 9 November 2020 Keith Nelson credits allmusic com Retrieved 9 November 2020 Willy Finlayson credits allmusic com Retrieved 9 November 2020 100 Children s TV stars where are they now Daily Mirror 28 May 2007 Andrew Pixely 2005 The Flipside of Dominick Hide amp Another Flip for Dominick Viewing Notes BBC Worldwide Daniel Tessier 1980 The Flipside of Dominick Hide Another Flip for Dominick televisionheaven co uk Retrieved 9 November 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Meal ticket allmusic com Retrieved 9 November 2020 External links editMeal Ticket discography at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Meal Ticket amp oldid 1096797822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
