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Runner Live

by Runner

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Time To Cross 04:31
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2.
Whispered Wars 08:11
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Particle Peasant 03:40
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Now That You're Gone 07:16
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Orchestrated Man 07:04
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Face The Music 04:41
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Written by Ken Moore Performed by Runner
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Centipede Attack 05:04
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Progressive Behavior 07:23
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Runner 08:23
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Your Heart 08:15
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Pendulum Clock 05:00
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Almega 04:24
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Two Egg 07:10
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Kameleon 05:12
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The year was 1984, and the day was June 16. The band, formerly called Kameleon, had changed their name to Runner in hopes of adding a vocalist. Still an instrumental band here, Runner was booked at a local club in Baltimore called Wildwood [in Woodlawn]. The band was started by Wayne Myers and Mark Mulvey, who together had written a handful of songs, later adding bassist, Mark Chance, who promised to invite his friend, Ken Moore, to join the band. Ken brought with him several keyboards, along with numerous songs that he had written for his own band (Captain Felix). Mark Mulvey's brother, Sean, recorded the event with a rather large video camera. Mike Prezioso was starting a business providing lights for live bands, and offered to do smoke for the event as well. As a result, the video is quite hard to see the members of the band, but the soundtrack is preserved as a documentation of their live performance.

Another friend, Rick Spink, recorded the music using a portable cassette deck. Ken had a copy of Sean's video, and a copy of the cassette, so following these tracks are a series of bonus tracks taken from the cassette that was made by Rick. An unexplainable change in speed haunts side two and the last song, Kameleon, was not included. Also, Centipede Attack fades out before it ends, but he did have Time To Cross, which was missing from the video tape.

The end result is a documentation of Runner's most famous appearance in the Baltimore music scene. The band had indeed added a singer after this event, but broke up less than a year later without ever performing with vocals live. Some of those songs can be heard on "Ken Moore Groups" on the MooreMyers Bandcamp site.

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released May 19, 2023

Runner is:
Wayne Myers - electric guitar
Mark Mulvey - drum kit and orchestra bells
Mark Chance - bass guitar
Ken Moore - keyboards (ARP Odyssey and String Ensemble, Mini-Moog)

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Anvil Creations Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

The Anvil Creations name officially began in 1980 when Ken Moore decided to start offering his original music on high quality cassette tape. Recently having celebrated 40 years of recording Sound as Music, Ken has been building up a collection of albums on the Moore/Myers site, both as retro-release and as new recordings. Here, as Anvil Creations, we are offering "name your own price" albums. ... more

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