Past to Present 1977–1990 is the first compilation album by Toto, released in 1990. It contains nine hit songs from the band's first seven albums, and four new songs recorded with new singer Jean-Michel Byron.
According to the band, it was Toto's record label Columbia who proposed the band work with Byron. Ultimately the band was not happy with his onstage antics and he was asked to leave the band. Steve Lukather became Toto's lead vocalist in 1991.
Track listing
Some CD inlays and LP sleeves had the song '99' wrongly dated as a 1988 track. The only former Toto member not named in the album credits was Fergie Frederiksen lead vocalist on the 1984 album Isolation as none of that album's tracks were featured.
Personnel Adapted from the album's liner notes.
Toto Jean-Michel Byron – lead vocals, backing vocals Steve Lukather – guitars, piano (4), backing vocals David Paich – piano, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, backing vocals Mike Porcaro – bass Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion Additional musicians Luis Conte – percussion (1, 4, 7, 13) Greg Adams – trumpet (13), horn arrangements (13) Lee Thornburg – trumpet (13) Tom Timko – alto saxophone (13) Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone (13) Stephen Kupka – baritone saxophone (13) Choir John Bahler – vocals (1, 4, 7), choir director Alexandra Brown – vocals (1, 4, 7) Alfie Silas – vocals (1, 4, 7) Carmen Twillie – vocals (1, 4, 7) Darryl Phinnessee – vocals (1, 4, 7) Debbie Hall – vocals (1, 4, 7) Gene Morford – vocals (1, 4, 7) Luthur Waters – vocals (1, 4, 7) Lynn Davis – vocals (1, 4, 7) Maxine Waters – vocals (1, 4, 7) Oren Waters – vocals (1, 4, 7) Phillip Ingram – vocals (1, 4, 7) Phyllis St. James – vocals (1, 4, 7) Susan Boyd – vocals (1, 4, 7) Willie Green Jr. – vocals (1, 4, 7)
Technical Produced by Toto and James Guthrie Mixed by James Guthrie Assistant engineers – Ken Allardyce and Mike Reiter Illustration – Mark Ryden Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, CA
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1990)PeakpositionFinnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)8French Albums (SNEP)3Japanese Albums (Oricon)28
Year-end charts Chart (1990)PositionDutch Albums (Album Top 100)1French Albums (SNEP)73German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)66Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)37 Chart (1991)PositionDutch Albums (Album Top 100)18
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