Meal Ticket were a country rock band who emerged from the London pub circuit during the 1970s and signed to Logo Records.
They had several line ups which included Ray Flacke,[1] Jack Brand,[2] Andy Coulter, Rod Demick,[3] Chris Hunt, Keith Nelson,[4] Steve Simpson, Willy Finlayson[5] and Rick Jones.
Canadian born Jones, who was known for his television appearances on Play School and Fingerbobs, wrote many of their songs.
[8] They released three albums,[9] Code Of The Road (1977), Three Times A Day (1977) and Take Away (1978).
Side One Side Two Credits Steve Simpson: Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals Willy Finlayson: Guitar, Lead Vocals, Electric Keyboard on The Man from Mexico Rick Jones: Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Guitar on The Code of the Road Ray Flacke: Guitar, Vocals Jack Brand: Bass, Vocals Chris Hunt: Drums and Percussion Alby Greenhalgh: saxophone on Day Job Other credits Produced by Alan O'Duffy with Willy Finlayson Engineered by Alan O'Duffy Recorded January 1977 at The Point, London with assists from M Dunn and B Gaylor Mixed at Advision, London with assists from Declan O'Doherty Mastered at the Master Room, London 'Out of the Blue' recorded at Pebble Beach Studios, Worthing, August 1976, Produced by Meal Ticket and Tony Platt, engineered by Tony Platt A Logo Records Production Side One Side Two Credits Steve Simpson: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Accordion Willy Finlayson: Lead Vocals, Guitar Rick Jones: Lead Vocals, Keyboards Ray Flacke: Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, DobroVocals Jack Brand: Bass, Vocals Chris Hunt: Drums and Percussion Other credits Produced by Ritchie Gold / Handle Artists Recorded and Mixed at Threshold / Decca Studio 1 Engineer Derek Varnals Assisted by Paul Cooper and Craig Thompson ‘This could be the Town' Recorded at Marquee Studio, Engineer Phil Harding, Mixed at Threshold ‘Yesterday's Music' Recorded and Mixed at Marquee Studio, Engineer John Eden July and August 1977 Mastered at EMI Abbey Road by Chris Blair A Logo Records Production Side one Side two Credits Richard Jones (keyboards/vocals) Alan Coulter (drums) Rod Demick (bass) Willy Finlayson (guitar/keyboards/vocals) Keith Nelson (banjo) Steve Simpson (guitar/violin/vocals)