05/07/2023

Ira Watson "Shining Star" (1982) -CCM / Westcoast Rock-



Label : Sozo Records


États-Unis Side A

01 - Shining Star (Ira Watson & Kel-Jon)
02 - Please Come Back To Me (Ira Watson & Kel-Jon)
03 - Nobody But Jesus (Ira Watson, Warren Jones & Kel-Jon)
04 - You Belong To Me (Ira Watson & Kel-Jon)

Side B

01 - Breakin' Away (Ira Watson & Kel-Jon)
02 - I've Got To Praise His Holy Name (Ira Watson & Kel-Jon)
03 - Are You Runnin' (Ira Watson & Kel-Jon)
04 - We Shall Be Like Him (Ira Watson & Kel-Jon)


Musicians :
Guitar : Norman Harris, Harold Hall, Ira Watson, Arnell Byrd
Bass : Ira Watson, Jimmi Williams, Everitt Brooks, Eugène 'Lambchops' Curry (Mini Moog Bass)
Drums : Keith Benson, Jonny Ingram, Harold Young, Mark Gillman, Ricky Wellman
Keyboards : Hilton Felton, Eugène 'Lambchops' Curry, Ira Watson, Warren Jones, Harold Sutton
Percussion : Carl Grey, Dave Cruze, Ira Watson, Warren Jones, Norman Harris

Featured Guest Vocalists :
Mary Grate ("I've Got To Praise His Holy Name")
Denise Rankin ("Please Come Back To Me")
Background vocalists Barbara Ingram, Evette Benson, Carla Bensson

Sitar : Norman Harris
Saxophone Solos : Tim Eyermann
Strings Provided by Don Renaldo
Choir : Star of Bethlehem Choir

Produced by Ira Watson
Arrangers : Matthew Allen, Norman Harris, Warren Jones, Ira Watson & Jack Faith
Engineers : Jim Gallager, Bob Dawson, Phil York, Ron Lagerlof & Ira Watson
Assistant Engineer : Vince Warsavage
Remixed by Ron Lagerlof & Ira Watson at Cecca Sound Studios, Dallas, TX
Recording Studios : 
Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Bias Recording Co., Springdfield, VA
Central Sound Studios, Inc., Auburndale, FL
Sonrise Sound, Fort Worth, TX 
Cecca Sound Studios, Dallas, TX