Industry Standard

Industry Standard

Studio album by

the Dregs

Released

1982

Length

37:27

Label

Arista

Producer

Steve Morse, Eddy Offord

The Dregs chronology

Unsung Heroes
(1981)

Industry Standard
(1982)

Off the Record
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Industry Standard is the sixth studio album by The Dregs, released in 1982. The album garnered the group their fourth Grammy nomination. This was the final album by the Dregs before their split in 1983, and their last one for 12 years until the release of Full Circle in 1994.

Industry Standard was the band's only album featuring vocals by Alex Ligertwood (Santana) and Patrick Simmons (the Doobie Brothers); Ligertwood sang on "Crank It Up", while Simmons sang on and co-wrote "Ridin' High".

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Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Morse, except where noted

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Assembly Line"		4:25
2.	"Crank It Up"	Morse, The Dregs	3:35
3.	"Chips Ahoy"		3:39
4.	"Bloodsucking Leeches"		3:59
5.	"Up in the Air"		2:27

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Ridin' High"	Morse, Simmons	3:40
7.	"Where's Dixie?"		3:57
8.	"Conversation Piece"		6:12
9.	"Vitamin Q"		5:33

Personnel

T Lavitz – Keyboards, Saxophone
Rod Morgenstein – Drums
Steve Morse – Banjo, Guitar
Mark O'Connor – Violin
Andy West – Bass, Bass (Electric)

Guest Performers

Steve Howe duet with Steve Morse, 'Up in the Air' – Guitar
Alex Ligertwood – "Crank It Up" - Vocals
Patrick Simmons – "Ridin' High" - Vocals

References

^ Gioffre, Daniel (2011). "Industry Standard - The Dregs | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 62. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Steve Morse Rod Morgenstein Andy West Allen Sloan, M.D. Steve Davidowski Frank Brittingham Dave Morse Johnny Carr Mark Parrish Allen Sloan, M.D. Bart Yarnall Gilbert Frayer Frank Josephs T Lavitz Mark O'Connor Dave LaRue Jerry Goodman
Studio albums	The Great Spectacular Free Fall What If Night of the Living Dregs Dregs of the Earth Unsung Heroes Industry Standard Off the Record Full Circle
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