Hellecasters
Essential Listening Volume 1
The Story
"Essential Listening Volume 1" is a unique collection of trend setting and cutting-edge instrumentals that will satisfy the old fans and create new ones.Taken from their three groundbreaking CDs, "Return Of The Hellecasters", "Escape From Hollywood", and "Hell III-New Axes To Grind" the thirteen tracks also feature two previously unreleased Hellecasters tracks, including a cover of Noel Redding's "Little Miss Strange" and a new Will Ray track "Bucket Of Fish". Each track on this CD is unparalled by any other. It will be way beyond our lifetimes before these recordings will be considered dated. John Jorgenson, Will Ray and Jerry Donahue make music that takes your breath away
The Music
| 03:00 | Disintonation | Instrumental |
| 04:17 | Valley Of The Pharaohs | Instrumental |
| 05:21 | Ghosts Of 42nd Street | Instrumental |
| 02:53 | Little Miss Strange | Instrumental |
| 04:58 | Back On Terra Firma | Instrumental |
| 05:29 | Riddler's Journey | Instrumental |
| 03:59 | Danger Man | Instrumental |
| 05:43 | Le Journee Des Tzinganes | Instrumental |
| 03:41 | Mr. Natural | Instrumental |
| 03:37 | Axe To Grind | Instrumental |
| 04:25 | Deiter's Lounge | Instrumental |
| 05:07 | Almost Dawn | Instrumental |
| 03:58 | Bucket Of Fish | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Jerry Donahue | Guitars on All Tracks, Gong (Track 2), Keyboards (Track 6 & 12), Production, Arrangements, Engineering, Mixing |
| John Jorgenson | Guitars on All Tracks Except 12, Keyboards (Tracks 1, 2, 5-8, 10), Bass (Track 1), Vibes (Track 11), Percussion (Tracks 1, 2, 5), Production, Arrangements, Engineering, Mixing |
| Will Ray | Guitars on All Tracks Except 12, Production, Arrangements, Engineering, Mixing |
| Dennis Belfield | Bass (Tracks 2, 3, 5-10 & 12) |
| John Davis | Bass (Tracks 4 & 13) |
| Bob Birch | Bass (Track 11) |
| John Hobbs | Keyboards (Tracks 3 & 7) |
| Guy Babylon | Keyboards (Track 11) |
| Steve Duncan | Drums (Tracks 1-4, 6-10, 12 & 13), Percussion (Track 2) |
| Donald Lindley | Drums (Track 5) |
| Charlie Morgan | Drums (Track 11) |
| Luis Conte | Percussion (Track 8) |
| Michael McDonald | Engineering, Mixing |
| Andy Green | Engineering |
| Biob Kearney | Engineering |
| Pete Lewis | Engineering |
| Eric Nordquist | Engineering |
| Bob Stone | Mastering |
| Dean Coy | Photography |
| Cindy Pascarello | Graphic Design |
| Recorded in Hollywood, Burbank and London. | |