Affinity

By: Ronaye Shandler

Origin: Victoria, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Side 1

6 tracks

Whiskey Runner (Al Rain)

#1 Side 1 03:31
Brazilian Medley: Bala Combala - Reza - Mas Que Nada - Berimbau

#2 Side 1 04:04
The Look of Love

#3 Side 1 03:41
Dean (Lenny Blum, Bruce Ley, Ronaye Shandler)

#4 Side 1 02:23
Sing Me a Tune

#5 Side 1 03:13
You Made Me Love You

#6 Side 1 02:57

Side 2

6 tracks

About This Title

Here's another off-the-radar album seeing the light of day here first. Ronaye Shandler performs a few of her own compositions, a few Al Rain titles and she is accompanied by Paul Clinch and Art Snider among others. Ronaye was extremely talented and sadly we lost her on February 12, 2022 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Ronaye Shandler: vocals, backing vocals
Don Paveling: bass
Dick Smith "Syncona": congas, cabasa
Paul Clinch: drums, congas, cabasa; backing vocals on 'Sing out Hallelujah'
Gary Gies: drums on 'I Mean to Satisfy', 'The Lady's Tired', and 'Whiskey Runner'
Ted Grimes: trumpet
Tao Coker: tambourine
Bruce Ley: keyboards, synthesizer
Art Snider: acoustic piano on 'The Lady's Tired'
Bill Stevenson: Fender Rhodes piano on 'The Lady's Tired'
Carla Stewart: backing vocals on 'Sing out Hallelujah'
John Stewart: backing vocals on 'Sing out Hallelujah'
Judy Donnelly: backing vocals on 'Sing out Hallelujah'
Ricki Yorke: backing vocals on 'Sing out Hallelujah'
Bruce Ley: everything else
Lenny Blum: everything else

Produced by Bruce Ley and Lennie Blum
Engineered by Bob Stright, Glenn Clarke, and John Palmer
Recorded at Sound Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Remixed by Bob Stright
Executive producer: Art Snider

Cover photo by Robert Warren
Album design by Patrick Christoper