Tony Carey In the Absence of the Cat Tracks: 1. In The Absence Of The Cat 2. Walk Away 3. Bella Vida 4. Round & Round 5. You & I 6. Play Guitar 7. Marcie 8. Hunting Season 9. Neon 10. Company Man Line up: Tony Carey - keyboards Record Label / Year of Release: X-Records 1982 Notes: Antony Laurence Carey (born October 16, 1953, Turlock, California) is a former rock and heavy metal keyboardist and Hammond organ player for the band Rainbow. He played for the band from 1975 to 1977. Since his departure from Rainbow, Tony Carey has maintained an extensive solo career, releasing albums under his own name as well under the name of Planet P Project. Beside his own recording career, Tony Carey has been a producer, performer and session musician for numerous acts all over the world. After leaving Rainbow Tony Carey seemed to say hell-with-it-all and devil-may-care, and just started pumping out solo instrumental projects. In 1982 alone he put out five records in his name, and this is the second, "In The Absence Of The Cat". Reissue (2011): So, where were we? Oh yes, I came to Germany in the summer of 1978, after a couple of crazy years with that other band, not sure what I wanted to do but very much wanting to do it. After a month or so of diddling around on another project in Munich, I landed at Hotline Studios in Frankfurt. I was living in a studio apartment with my girlfriend and out cat - both listed in the credits - and the guy who owned the studio let me use it at night (all night), every night, to fool around on the piano and try to write some songs. The less said about that guy the better, but the upshot is that eventually I started recording stuff. From early '79 until '82 I recorded hundreds of pieces of music, all genres, finally landing a hit with "I won't be home tonight", followed by 'Planet P' in 1983. The rest you'll know, or CAN know with a little bit of research. The first 5 records I recorded are WAY out of print, and have never been available on CD. This one is the first one on which I sing, and the first one I've remastered for CD. It's not easy for me to listen to, 30 years later - it was 'learning by doing' the whole time - but this is the 'lost' vocal album that pops up on eBay for too much money once in a while, for people who still own record players (I don't). I've got hundreds of letters over the years from collectors and curio-seekers, and so, without further ado, here is "In the Absence of the Cat". Now you can sell that record player - on eBay, of course. TC Germany March 2011