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Was
Was (Not Was)
Album UK 1981 on ZE Records label
Electronic, Jazz, Rock and R&B/Soul (Avant-garde, Disco, Alternative Rock, Funk)
Produced in Detroit for John Lewis Productions. Recorded at The Sound Suite, Jan.-Mar. 1981. Original sound recording made by Ze Records.
Musicians
 | Was , 1979-1992 US album by |
 | Terry Robeson artwork, airbrush |
 | Bill Thomas , artwork, typeset/keyline |
 | Jervonny Collier b, bass |
 | Lamont Johnson voc, b, US bass |
| Franklin K. Funklyn McCullers drums |
 | Jerry Jones dr, drums |
 | Raymond Johnson , electric piano, rhodes |
 | Bruce Nazarian g, voc, 1949-2015 US guitar |
 | Ricardo Rouse g, b, guitar |
 | Wayne Kramer g, *1948 US guitar |
 | Graeme Durham , GB lacquer cut by |
| Mack Pitt mandolin |
 | Larry Fratangelo perc, dr, percussion |
| Gary Stuck percussion, additional |
| Jim Matthews percussion, additional |
| Les Chambers percussion, additional |
 | Kevin Tschirhart bgo, percussion, other, electronic hand claps |
 | Carl "Butch" Small perc, voc, percussion, vocals, rap |
| Irwin Krinsky piano |
 | Luis Resto p, syn, key, *1961 US piano, synthesizer, oberheim obx & arp |
 | David Was , *1952 US producer, alto saxophone, piano, vocals, written by |
 | Don Was b, *1952 US producer, bass, vibraphone, vocals, clavinet, engineer, recording & mixing, synthesizer, moog, written by |
 | David McMurray sax, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone |
 | Mark Johnson key, cwb, synthesizer, moog |
 | Armand Angeloni , tenor saxophone, piccolo flute |
 | Marcus Belgrave tr, 1936-2015 US trumpet, flugelhorn |
 | Anthony Was dr, vocals, additional |
| Kim Heron vocals, additional |
| Lamont Zodiac vocals, additional |
| Mark J. Norton vocals, additional |
| Mitchell Jacobs vocals, additional |
| Mrs. Martinez's Fifth Hour Vocal Music Class/Birney Middle School vocals, additional |
| Pam Schlom vocals, additional |
| Richard Pinkston vocals, additional |
| Rick Cushingberry vocals, additional |
| Rubin Weiss vocals, additional |
| Ruth Seymore vocals, additional |
| Tom Brzezina vocals, additional |
 | Harry Bowens bvoc, voc, lead vocals |
 | Marzanne McCants , vocals, spoken |
 | Johnny Allen p, *1917 US arranged by, strings |
 | Sweet Pea Atkinson voc, bvoc, US lead vocals |
Producers
| Maverse Players art direction |
| Carol Hall backing vocals |
| Caroline Crawford backing vocals |
| Kathy Kosins backing vocals |
| Michelle Goulet backing vocals |
| Sheila Horn backing vocals |
| Michael Zilkha executive-producer |
| Ray Janos mastered by, mastering engineer |
| Ken Collier mixed by, dance mixes |
| Dirk Bakker photography by, cover & liner |
| Jack Tann producer |
| Burr Huntington recorded by, remote recording |
Composers
| David Was |
| Don Was |
| Doug Fieger |
| Ron Banks |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Out Come The Freaks | Was | 5:37 | |
| 2 | | Where Did Your Heart Go? | Was | 4:54 | |
| 3 | | Tell Me That I'm Dreaming | Was | 4:58 | |
| 4 | | Oh, Mr. Friction | Was | 3:26 | |
| 5 | | Carry Me Back To Old Morocco | Was | Doug Fieger | 6:01 |
| 6 | | It's An Attack ! | Was | 3:11 | |
| 7 | | The Sky's Ablaze | Was | 2:17 | |
| 8 | | Go...Now ! | Was | Ron Banks | 5:28 |
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