Carolina County Ball
Carolina County Ball is the second studio album by the rock band Elf, released as an LP in 1974 on the MGM label. It was released in the United States and Japan as L.A.59. The album is the first to feature Craig Gruber on bass.
Track listing
On some of the European releases of "Carolina County Ball", the first song is listed as "Carolina Country Ball" making this album something of a collector's item.Personnel
Personnel taken from Carolina County Ball liner notes.Elf
- Ronnie James Dio – lead vocals
- Steve Edwards – guitar
- Micky Lee Soule – keyboards, backing vocals
- Craig Gruber – bass
- Gary Driscoll – drums, percussion
- Helen Chappell, Liza Strike, & Barry St. John – backing vocals
- The Manor Chorus – vocals on "Blanche"
- Mountain Fjord, M.D., & Martyn Ford – strings
- Ray Swinfield – clarinet
- Chris Pyne – trombone
- Henry Lowther – trumpet
- Roger Glover – production, string arrangements
- Lou Austin, Simon Heyworth – recording engineers
- Colin Hart, Raymond Da'Rio – equipment
- Mixed at Kingsway Recorders
- Fin Costello – photography