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Welcome To The St. James' Club
Welcome To The St. James' Club stands with "Curves Ahead" and "Tourist In Paradise" as one of the best loved Rippingtons CDs, with its nine instrumentals and one vocal track (the psuedo-African chorus of "Kenya"). A few tracks also feature the Rippingtons hallmark scat (wordless) vocals, but Russ Freeman is clearly the center of the musical arrangements, using a wide variety of guitars, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, bass, drums and anything else he could think of to create the right smooth jazz vibe. Interestingly the even numbered tracks tend to be the more dynamic, edgy tracks (and usually feature the overdriven electric guitar solos), while the odd numbered tracks tend to be more introspective, romantic or relaxing. Anyone know why?
Tracks — 9 of 10 instrumental
| 1 | Welcome To The St. James' Club Inst. guitar | 4:24 |
| 2 | Wednesday's Child Inst. guitar | 4:56 |
| 3 | I Watched Her Walk Away Inst. guitar | 5:28 |
| 4 | Kenya | 5:23 |
| 5 | Affair In San Miguel Inst. guitar | 5:08 |
| 6 | Tropic Of Capricorn Inst. guitar | 5:05 |
| 7 | Who's Holding Her Now? Inst. guitar | 3:54 |
| 8 | Soul Mates Inst. guitar | 4:54 |
| 9 | Passion Fruit Inst. guitar | 4:33 |
| 10 | Victoria's Secret Inst. guitar | 3:27 |
