Album US 1981 on Planet label
Jazz and R&B/Soul (Soul, Disco, Jazz-Funk)
Printed inner sleeve with artist photo, credits & lyrics. Produced for Greg Phillinganes Productions Recorded and mixed on location at Crystal Sound Studios, L.A. Additional overdubs recorded at Redwing Studios, Tarzana and Salty Dog Studios, Los Angeles Mastered at Precision Lacquer, L.A. A2 Remixed at Studio 55, Los Angeles Management and direction by Cieje Enterprises ℗ & © 1981 Planet Records Distributed by Elektra/Asylum Records A Division of Warner Communications Inc. Printed in U.S.A. A1 ©1981 Consul Music Corporation, Bulldog Music - ASCAP A2 ©1981 Geffen-Kaye Music, Poopy's Music, Jamal Music - ASCAP Baby Shoes Music, Ink. Inc., Irving Music, Braintree Music - BMI A3 ©1981 Geffen-Kaye Music, Poopy's Music, David Batteau Music - ASCAP A4 ©1981 Geffen-Kaye Music, Poopy's Music, Jamal Music - ASCAP Baby Shoes Music, Ink. Inc., Irving Music, Braintree Music - BMI B1 ©1981 Sembello Music, Foghorn Music, Deep Canyon Music, Dennis Earl Music - ASCAP B2 ©1981 Geffen-Kaye Music, Poopy's Music - ASCAP B3 ©1981 Geffen-Kaye Music, Poopy's Music - ASCAP Hancock Music - BMI B4 ©1981 Fire Horse Music - ASCAP, Rainbow Horse Music - BMI B5 ©1981 Poopy's Music, Geffen-Kaye Music, Adrice Music - ASCAP George Benson appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Paulinho Da Costa appears courtesy of Pablo Records, Inc. Angela Windbush appears courtesy of Rene and Capitol Records. Herbie Hancock Sadao Watanabe and Cheryl Lynn appears courtesy of Columbia Records.
Greg Phillinganes key, voc, *1956 US producer, lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, synthesizer, fairlight computer synthesizer, album by, written by, written by, backing vocals, written by, vocoder, solo | |
Marylata Kastner coordinator, album | |
Raymond Pounds dr, US drums | |
James Kennar other, hair styled by | |
Yutaka Yokokura key, ep, JP arranged by, horns, arranged by, strings | |
Nathan Watts b, *1954 US bass | |
Armand Kaproff vc, cello | |
Frederick Seykora vc, cello | |
Selene Hurford vc, cello | |
Harry Bluestone vn, 1907-1992 GB concertmaster, violin | |
Marlo Henderson g, 1948-2015 US guitar | |
Gary Grant tr, US horns | |
Gary Herbig ts, sax, US horns | |
Jerry Hey tr, fh, *1950 US horns | |
Tom Saviano sax, US horns | |
Ben Sidran voc, p, *1943 US lyrics by, additional | |
Frank DeCaro g, other, strings contracted by | |
Paulinho Da Costa perc, cng, *1948 BR percussion, written by, percussion, effects, sound effects | |
Sadao Watanabe as, fl, *1933 JP saxophone, soloist | |
Alan DeVeritch vl, viola | |
David Schwartz vl, 1916-2013 US viola | |
Linn Subotnick vl, viola | |
Milton Thomas vl, 1920-2001 US viola | |
Endre Granat vn, *1937 US violin | |
Erno Neufeld vn, US violin | |
Israel Baker vn, 1919-2011 US violin | |
Marvin Limonick vn, violin | |
Nathan Ross vn, violin | |
Reginald Hill vn, CA violin | |
Sheldon Sanov vn, violin | |
Stanley Plummer vn, 1927-2000 violin | |
William Hymanson vn, violin | |
John McClain g, US co-producer, written by, guitar | |
Charles Mims Jr. , US arranged by, horns | |
Michael Sembello g, *1954 US guitar, guitar, backing vocals, written by | |
Bill Bergman sax, US horns | |
Dennis Brunk tb, horns | |
Greg Smith bs, sax, fl, US horns | |
John Berry tr, horns | |
Lee Thornburg tr, tb, US horns | |
Michael Mast ss, ts, horns | |
The Heart Attack Horns , US horns | |
Leon Ndugu Chancler dr, perc, *1952 US percussion | |
Greg Poree g, US acoustic guitar | |
Jerry Peters key, voc, p, US arranged by, strings | |
Dennis Karmazyn vc, US cello | |
Nils Oliver vc, cello | |
Charles Veal Jr. vn, concertmaster, violin | |
Rosemary Veal McLean , other, strings contracted by | |
Ruth Cook Holmes , other, strings contracted by | |
Barbara Thomason vl, viola | |
Denyse Buffum vl, US viola | |
Pamela Goldsmith vl, US viola | |
Rollice Dale vl, viola | |
Bonnie Douglas vn, US violin | |
Carol Shive vn, violin | |
Dorothy Wade vn, violin | |
Kenneth Yerke vn, str, US violin | |
Ron Clark vn, US violin | |
Ronnie Foster org, syn, *1950 US vocoder | |
Herbie Hancock p, *1940 US written by, synthesizer, clavitar bass | |
Freddie Washington b, US bass | |
Paul Jackson Jr. g, *1959 US guitar |
John Kosh design, art direction |
Gabe Veltri engineer |
Norman Perbil engineer, assistant |
Chris Jonz management, direction |
Larry Emerine mastered by |
Stephen Marcussen mastered by |
Aaron Rapoport photography by |
John Fischbach recorded by, engineer |
Carolyn Dennis backing vocals |
George Benson backing vocals |
Lynn Davis backing vocals |
Patrice Rushen backing vocals |
Angela Winbush backing vocals |
Cheryl Lynn backing vocals |
Bill Schnee remix |
Bobby Martin backing vocals |
Greg Phillinganes backing vocals |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Girl Talk | Greg Phillinganes | Ben Sidran, Bobby Troup, Neal Hefti | 4:29 |
2 | Baby I Do Love You | Greg Phillinganes | John McClain, Allee Willis, Greg Phillinganes, Richard Perry | 4:14 |
3 | Takin It Up All Night | Greg Phillinganes | David Batteau, Greg Phillinganes | 4:25 |
4 | Forever Now | Greg Phillinganes | Allee Willis, John McClain, Richard Perry, Greg Phillinganes | 5:55 |
5 | Big Man | Greg Phillinganes | Dennis Belfield, Michael Sembello | 4:34 |
6 | I Dont Want To Be The One | Greg Phillinganes | Greg Phillinganes | 4:01 |
7 | Maxxed Out | Greg Phillinganes | Herbie Hancock, Greg Phillinganes | 5:02 |
8 | Do It All For Love | Greg Phillinganes | Maxayn Lewis, Wornell Jones | 4:27 |
9 | The Call | Greg Phillinganes | Greg Phillinganes, Paulinho Da Costa | 3:22 |