ArtistInfo
Thelma Houston
The Devil In Me / Ready To Roll / Ride To The Rainbow / Reachin’ All Around
Compil. UK 2018 on SoulMusic Records label
R&B/Soul (Soul, Disco)
Reissue of Thelma‘s final four solo Motown albums, on two CDs. The short version of “Saturday Night, Sunday Morning” that opens the “Ready To Roll” album is omitted. Amongst the credits, the following errors are likely unintentional and have been corrected here: lan Oldfield -> Alan Oldfield Melvin "Wall Wall" Ragiu -> Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin Michael Rubini -> Michel Rubini Michael Rubin -> Michel Rubini Torn Kelley -> Tom Kelley Publishers, by track: 1-1. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 1-2. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 1-3. Gold Forever Music Inc / All Nations Music / Universal/MCA Music Limited 1-4. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 1-5. Copyright Control 1-6. Stone Diamond Music Corp / Jobete Music Co Inc / EMI Entertainment World Inc US / EMI Songs Ltd 1-7. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 1-8. Colgems-EMI Music Inc / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC / Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd 1-9. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 1-10. Stone Diamond Music Corp / Jobete Music Co Inc / EMI Entertainment World Inc US / EMI Songs Ltd 1-11. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 1-12. Copyright Control 1-13. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 1-14. Universal Songs Of Polygram International Inc. / Universal Music Publishing International Ltd / Island Music Ltd 1-15. Copyright Control 1-16. Copyright Control 1-17. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 1-18. Stone Diamond Music Corp / Jobete Music Co Inc / EMI Entertainment World Inc US / EMI Songs Ltd 2-1. Colgems-EMI Music Inc / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC / Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd 2-2. Copyright Control 2-3. Grimora Publishing / Roynet Music / Bucks Music Group Ltd 2-4. Copyright Control 2-5. Black-Bull-Music Inc / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC / EMI Music / Jobete Music 2-6. Brass Heart Music / Carlin Music Corp 2-7. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 2-8. Copyright Control 2-9. Charles Kipps Music Inc 2-10. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 2-11. Stone Diamond Music Corp / Jobete Music Co Inc / EMI Entertainment World Inc US / EMI Songs Ltd 2-12. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 2-13. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC 2-14. Colgems-EMI Music Inc / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC / Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd 2-15. Stone Diamond Music Corp / Jobete Music Co Inc / EMI Entertainment World Inc US / EMI Songs Ltd 2-16. Copyright Control 2-17. Stone Diamond Music Corp / Jobete Music Co Inc / EMI Entertainment World Inc US / EMI Songs Ltd 2-18. EMI Mills Music Inc / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC / EMI Music Publishing Ltd / Redwood Music Ltd // Warner Chappell Music Ltd / Irving Music / Universal Music Publishing International Ltd 2-19. EMI Music / Jobete Music / Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Musicians
 | Thelma Houston voc, bvoc, *1946 US album by |
 | Johnny Lee , art direction, album “reachin‘ all around” |
 | Norm Ung , US art direction, album “ready to roll” |
 | Ed Caraeff Studio design, albums “ready to roll”, “ride to the rainbow”, photography by, albums “ready to roll”, “ride to the rainbow”, art direction, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Wriston Jones , design, album “the devil in me”, art direction, album “the devil in me” |
 | Dorothy Sheffield voc, backing vocals, album “ready to roll” |
 | Greg Wright key, backing vocals, album “ready to roll”, keyboards, album “ready to roll”, written by, arranged by, rhythm, producer, arranged by, rhythm |
 | Ivory Davis voc, backing vocals, album “ready to roll”, backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Julia Tillman Waters bvoc, voc, backing vocals, album “ready to roll”, backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Karin Patterson bvoc, backing vocals, album “ready to roll”, written by |
 | Maxi Anderson voc, bvoc, US backing vocals, album “ready to roll” |
 | Maxine Willard Waters bvoc, backing vocals, album “ready to roll”, backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Olivia Foster voc, backing vocals, album “ready to roll”, written by |
 | Oren Waters voc, key, bvoc, US backing vocals, album “ready to roll” |
 | Patricia Keene voc, backing vocals, album “ready to roll” |
 | Pattie Brooks bvoc, US backing vocals, album “ready to roll”, backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Platypus , backing vocals, album “ready to roll” |
 | Roger St. Kenerly bvoc, clap, US backing vocals, album “ready to roll” |
 | Stephanie Spruill voc, bvoc, US backing vocals, album “ready to roll” |
 | Venetta Fields bvoc, voc, *1941 US backing vocals, album “ready to roll”, backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Bill Woodruff voc, backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Bobby Belle , backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow”, written by |
 | Jesse Richardson voc, backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Mona Lisa Young voc, bvoc, US backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Oma Drake voc, bvoc, backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Terry Young bvoc, eb, p, US backing vocals, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Eddie N. Watkins Jr. b, bass, album “ready to roll”, bass, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Robert Lee Hill key, b, bass, album “ready to roll” |
 | Tony Newton b, eb, voc, bass, album “ready to roll” |
 | David Shields b, US bass, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Joe Clayton cng, US congas, album “ready to roll” |
 | Eddie "Bongo" Brown cng, perc, 1932-1984 US congas, album “ride to the rainbow”, percussion, album “ready to roll” |
 | Tony Jones , coordinator, album production & direction, album “ready to roll”, “ride to the rainbow”, coordinator, album coordinator, album “the devil in me” |
 | Ian Campbell , design, album “reachin‘ all around” |
 | James Gadson dr, *1939 US drums, album “ready to roll”, drums, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Larry Tolbert dr, *1950 drums, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Abdoulaye Soumare voc, engineer, assistant mixing engineer, album “ride to the rainbow” |
| Deborah Scott engineer, assistant mixing engineer, album “ride to the rainbow”, engineer, assitant recording engineer, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Dennis Moody , engineer, assitant recording engineer, album “ride to the rainbow”, engineer, recording engineer, album “ride to the rainbow” |
| Gail Ritter engineer, assitant recording engineer, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Romie Lovrich , engineer, assitant recording engineer, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Bob Robitaille key, engineer, recording engineer, album “ride to the rainbow”, engineer, album “ready to roll”, engineer, album “the devil in me” |
 | Sye Mitchell , 1937-2006 engineer, recording engineer, album “ride to the rainbow”, engineer, album “ready to roll” |
 | Art Stewart voc, US engineer, album “ready to roll”, engineer, album “the devil in me” |
 | Barney Perkins , engineer, album “ready to roll” |
 | Russ Terrana , US engineer, album “ready to roll”, engineer, album “the devil in me”, mixed by, mixing engineer, album “the devil in me”, “ready to roll”, “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Zollie Johnson , engineer, album “ready to roll” |
 | Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson g, syn, voc, *1950 US guitar, album “ready to roll” |
 | Ray Parker Jr. , *1954 US guitar, album “ready to roll” |
 | Roland Bautista g, 1951-2012 US guitar, album “ready to roll” |
 | Ronnie Vann key, voc, guitar, album “ready to roll”, arranged by, rhythm, written by |
 | Melvin Ragin g, *1950 US guitar, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Spencer Bean g, guitar, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Clarence McDonald key, p, keyboards, album “ready to roll” |
 | Greg Phillinganes key, voc, *1956 US keyboards, album “ready to roll” |
 | John Barnes key, keyboards, album “ready to roll” |
 | Sonny Burke key, org, p, keyboards, album “ready to roll”, keyboards, album “ride to the rainbow” |
| Willard Alan Oldfield keyboards, album “ready to roll” |
 | Alan Oldfield p, key, syn, keyboards, album “ride to the rainbow”, synthesizer, synthesizer & arp, album “ride to the rainbow”, arranged by |
 | Sylvester Rivers p, keyboards, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Jack Andrews , mastered by, mastering engineer, album “ready to roll” |
 | Jo Hansch , AU mastered by, mastering engineer, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | John Matousek , mastered by, album “reachin‘ all around” |
 | Alan Estes perc, US percussion, album “ready to roll” |
 | Gary Coleman perc, *1936 US percussion, album “ready to roll”, percussion, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Rock Deadrick perc, percussion, album “ready to roll” |
 | Melvin Webb dr, cng, tim, US percussion, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Harry Langdon , US photography by, album “reachin‘ all around” |
 | Tom Kelley , US photography by, album “the devil in me” |
 | Brenda M. Boyce , product manager, album “ready to roll”, coordinator, album coordinator, album “reachin‘ all around”, product manager, album “ride to the rainbow” |
 | Vigon Nahas Vigon , typography, handlettering, album “the devil in me” |
 | Gene Estes vib, perc, 1931-1996 US vibraphone, vibes, album “ready to roll” |
 | Michael Omartian key, voc, *1945 US arranged by |
 | Jerry Peters key, voc, p, US arranged by |
 | Jimmie Haskell str, *1936 US arranged by, string, horn |
 | Arthur Wright g, US arranged by, rhythm, string, horn, arranged by, rhythm, horn, string |
 | David Blumberg alp, 1942-2010 US arranged by, string, horn |
 | Van McCoy bvoc, p, 1940-1979 US arranged by |
 | James Anthony Carmichael voc, *1941 US arranged by |
 | Paul Riser str, *1943 US arranged by |
 | Lawrence Brown , producer, written by |
 | Terri McFaddin , producer, written by |
 | Gene Page key, str, 1939-1998 US arranged by |
 | Greg Poree g, US arranged by |
 | Ann Peebles voc, bvoc, *1947 US written by, i can‘t stand the rain |
 | Bernard Miller , US written by, i can‘t stand the rain |
 | Don Bryant voc, *1942 US written by, i can‘t stand the rain |
 | Harold Arlen voc, p, 1905-1986 US written by, stormy weather |
 | Ted Koehler p, 1894-1973 US written by, stormy weather |
Producers
| Roger Williams artwork, design |
| David Nathan reissue producer, liner notes |
| Nick Robbins remastered by |
| Brenda Sutton producer |
| Michael B. Sutton producer |
| Brian Holland producer |
| Greg Wright producer |
| Michel Rubini producer |
| Clayton Ivey producer |
| Terry Woodford producer |
| Michael Masser producer |
| Ronald Miller producer |
| Hal Davis producer |
| Bobby Belle co-producer |
| Charles Kipps producer |
| Van McCoy producer |
| Eddie Langford producer |
| Suzanne DePasse producer |
| John Myles producer |
Composers
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Devil In Me | Thelma Houston | ||
| 2 | I‘m Here Again | Thelma Houston | Brenda Sutton, Kathy Wakefield, Michael B. Sutton | 6:31 |
| 3 | It‘s Just Me Feeling Good | Thelma Houston | Brenda Sutton, Michael B. Sutton, Pam Sawyer | 4:23 |
| 4 | I Can‘t Go On Living Without Your Love | Thelma Houston | Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Richard Davis | 4:32 |
| 5 | Triflin‘ | Thelma Houston | Greg Wright, Karin Patterson | 4:01 |
| 6 | Give Me Something To Believe In | Thelma Houston | Bob Siller, Don Dunn, Michel Rubini | 3:59 |
| 7 | Memories | Thelma Houston | Bob Siller, Don Dunn, Michel Rubini | 4:12 |
| 8 | I‘ve Got The Devil In Me | Thelma Houston | Harold Beatty, Michel Rubini | 6:26 |
| 9 | Baby, I Love You Too Much | Thelma Houston | Barbara Wyrick, Mickey Buckins | 2:52 |
| 10 | Your Eyes | Thelma Houston | Michael Masser, Pam Sawyer | 3:11 |
| 11 | Bonus Track | Thelma Houston | ||
| 12 | If You Won‘t Let Me Walk On The Water | Thelma Houston | Ronald Miller, Terry Etlinger | 3:53 |
| 13 | Ready To Roll | Thelma Houston | ||
| 14 | Love Is Comin‘ On | Thelma Houston | Greg Wright, Karin Patterson, Ronnie Vann | 6:13 |
| 15 | I Wanna Start My Life All Over Again | Thelma Houston | Sandra Crouch, Sharon Anton | 5:01 |
| 16 | Midnight Mona | Thelma Houston | Greg Wright, Karin Patterson, Ronnie Vann | 4:22 |
| 17 | Pardon Me | Thelma Houston | Alfred McCrary, Sundray Tucker | 2:53 |
| 18 | Everybody‘s Got A Story | Thelma Houston | Sandra Crouch, Sharon Anton | 4:04 |
| 19 | Strange | Thelma Houston | Greg Wright, Karin Patterson, Olivia Foster | 4:36 |
| 20 | Am I Expecting Too Much | Thelma Houston | Curtis Anthony Nolen, Dana Meyers, Maureen Bailey, Raymond Crossley | 3:39 |
| 21 | Can‘t We Try | Thelma Houston | Ken Hirsch, Ronald Miller | 3:41 |
| 22 | Ride To The Rainbow | Thelma Houston | ||
| 23 | Saturday Night, Sunday Morning | Thelma Houston | Mitchell Bottler, Norma Helms | 6:19 |
| 24 | I Wanna Be Back In Love Again | Thelma Houston | Bobby Belle, Eddie Summers | 3:49 |
| 25 | Love Machine | Thelma Houston | Billy Griffin, Warren Moore | 7:39 |
| 26 | Imaginary Paradise | Thelma Houston | Alfred McCrary, Bobby Belle, Charity McCrary, Linda McCrary, Sundray Tucker | 3:42 |
| 27 | Just A Little Piece Of You | Thelma Houston | Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright | 3:43 |
| 28 | Ride To The Rainbow | Thelma Houston | Bunny Hull, Gary Poirot, Michele Simmons | 3:46 |
| 29 | Paying For It With My Heart | Thelma Houston | Guy Finley, Michel Rubini | 3:54 |
| 30 | Give It To Me | Thelma Houston | R. Wilson | 3:43 |
| 31 | Reachin‘ All Around | Thelma Houston | ||
| 32 | You Never Were My Friend | Thelma Houston | Charles Kipps | 4:01 |
| 33 | Reachin‘ All Around My Love | Thelma Houston | Lawrence Brown, Terri McFaddin | 3:10 |
| 34 | I Can‘t Go Home Again | Thelma Houston | Ronald Miller, Terry Etlinger | 3:24 |
| 35 | Lies | Thelma Houston | Lawrence Brown, Terri McFaddin | 3:21 |
| 36 | Don‘t Wonder Why | Thelma Houston | Leonard Caston | 3:38 |
| 37 | Never Took No For An Answer | Thelma Houston | Mitchell Bottler, Norma Helms | 3:43 |
| 38 | Rhythm Of Love | Thelma Houston | Kathy Wakefield, Ken Hirsch | 4:15 |
| 39 | (I‘ve Given You) The Best Years Of My Life | Thelma Houston | Dino Fekaris, Jack Alan Goga, Nick Zesses | 3:34 |
| 40 | Little Bit Of Heaven And A Little Bit Of Hell | Thelma Houston | Deirdre Meehan, Michael Masser | 2:52 |
| 41 | Medley: Stormy Weather / I Can’t Stand The Rain | Thelma Houston | Ann Peebles, Bernard Miller, Don Bryant, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 5:33 |
| 42 | Bonus Track | Thelma Houston | ||
| 43 | Love Masterpiece | Thelma Houston | Art Posey, Hal Davis, Josef Powell | 4:03 |
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