29/06/2021

Pointer Sisters "Special Things" (1980) -Westcoast Soul-



 Label : Planet Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Could I Be Dreaming (Trevor Lawrence, Anita Pointer & Marlo Henderson)
02 - He's So Shy (Tom Snow & Cynthia Weil)
03 - The Love Too Good To Last (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen)
04 - Evil (Geoffrey Leib & Larry Lingle)
05 - Save This Night For Love (Art Jacobson, Bill Haberman & Ellison Chase)

Side Two

01 - We've Got The Power (Bob Esty & Michael Brooks)
02 - Where Did Time Go (Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager)
03 - Special Things (Anita Pointer)
04 - Here Is Where Your Love Belongs (Bill Champlin)


Produced by Richard Perry
Associate Producer : Trevor Lawrence
Remix Engineer : James Guthrie
Recording Engineer : Gabe Veltri
Assistant Engineers : Tim Dennen, Stephen Marcussen, Jim Küenzi, Raven Royce-Jordan
Recorded & Mixed at Studio 55, Los Angeles, California
Mastered by Doug Sax & Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab
Production Coordinator : Michael Solomon, Daniel Kushnick
Vocal Arrangements by The Pointer Sisters

Pointer SistersAnita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer 


Side One

01 - Could I Be Dreaming

Drums : Ollie Brown
Bass : Nathan Watts
Keyboards : Greg Phillinganes 
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. 
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Trumpet & Flugelhorn : Chuck Findley, Steve Madaio
Alto Flute : Don Myrick, Jay Hutson
Trombone : Bill Reichenbach
French Horn : Henri Sigismonti
Strings & Horn Arranged & Conducted by Trevor Lawrence
(Concertmaster : Sid Sharp)
Lead vocals : Anita

02 - He's So Shy

Drums
: James Gadson
Bass : Nathan Watts
Keyboards : Tom Snow
Guitar : Tim May
Synthesizer : Tom Snow
Synthesizer Programmer : Michael Boddicker
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Arranged by Tom Snow
Lead vocals : June

03 - The Love Too Good To Last

Drums : Ollie Brown
Bass : Nathan Watts
Keyboards : Greg Phillinganes 
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. 
Synthesizer : Lance Ong
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa 
Flugelhorn : Chuck Findley, Warren /ooney
Strings & Horn Arranged by Burt Bacharach
Orchestrated by Trevor Lawrence
(Concertmaster : Sid Sharp)
Lead vocals : Anita

04 - Evil

Drums : Raymond Pounds
Bass : Nathan Watts
Keyboards : Greg Phillinganes 
Guitars : Marlo Henderson, Ben Bridges
Guitar Solo : Paul Jackson Jr.
Synthesizer : Lance Ong
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa 
Horns : Gary Grant
Trumpet : Steve Madaio, Larry Gittens
Saxophones : Don Myrick, Jay Hutson
Trombones : Bill Reichenbach, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde
Horns Arranged by Trevor Lawrence
Lead vocals : June

05 - Save This Night For Love

Drums : Ollie Brown
Bass, Percussion : Nathan Watts
Keyboards, Synthesizer : Greg Phillinganes 
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr., Marlo Henderson
Synthesizer Programmer : Michael Boddicker
Strings Arranged & Conducted by Trevor Lawrence
(Concertmaster : Sid Sharp)
Lead vocals : Anita

Side Two

01 - We've Got The Power

Bass : John Pierce
Drums : James Gadson
Clavinet : Greg Phillinganes
Fender Rhodes : John Barnes
Acoustic Piano : Clarence McDonald
Guitar : Mark Goldenberg, Tim May
Strings & Horn Arranged & Conducted by Trevor Lawrence
(Concertmaster : Sid Sharp)
Lead vocals : June

02 - Where Did Time Go

Drums : Ricky Lawson
Bass : James Jamerson
Keyboards : Greg Phillinganes, Burt Bacharach
Guitars : David Williams, Marlo Henderson
Strings Arranged by Burt Bacharach
(Concertmaster : Sid Sharp)
Horns Orchestrated by Trevor Lawrence
Lead vocals : June

03 - Special Things

Drums : James Gadson
Bass : Nathan Watts
Keyboards : John Barnes
Guitars : Mark Goldenberg, Tim May
Synthesizer : Michael Boddicker
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Lead vocals : Anita

04 - Here Is Where Your Love Belongs

Drums : Ricky Lawson
Bass : Nathan Watts
Keyboards : Greg Phillinganes
Guitars : David Williams, Paul Jackson Jr.
Alto Sax Solo : Don Myrick
Strings & Horn Arranged & Conducted by Trevor Lawrence
(Concertmaster : Sid Sharp)
Lead vocals : Ruth