Red Dust & Spanish Lace
Red Dust and Spanish Lace was the breakthrough debut album by Acoustic Alchemy from 1987. Comprising nine tracks in total, the album spawned the radio-friendly single "Mr. Chow", which was described as "Chinese reggae". Other highlights include "Sarah Victoria", a re-recording of an early demo track, and the title track.
Singles
- "Mr. Chow"
Personnel
Acoustic Alchemy- Greg Carmichael – nylon guitar, steel string guitar
- Nick Webb – steel string guitar, nylon guitar
- Rainer Bruninghaus – keyboards
- David Munday – keyboards
- John Parsons – harmony steel string guitar
- Werner Kopal – bass
- Gunnar Plümer – acoustic bass
- Bert Smaak – drums
- Mario Argandoña – percussion
- Simon Morton – percussion
Production
- John Parsons – producer
- Klaus Genuit – recording
- John Brand – recording
- Manfred Struck – mixing at Fairland Studios
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics
- Simon Levy – art direction
- Virginia Team – art direction, design
- Jerry Joyner – front cover artwork
- Gary Ledden – back cover photography