13/10/2022

Allen Toussaint "Motion" (1978) -Smooth Soul-



 Label : Warner Bros. Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Night People (Allen Toussaint)
02 - Just A Kiss Away (Allen Toussaint)
03 - With You In Mind (Allen Toussaint)
04 - Lover Of Love (Naomi Neville)
05 - To Be With You (Allen Toussaint)

Side 2

01 - Motion (Allen Toussaint)
02 - Viva La Money (Allen Toussaint)
03 - Declaration Of Love (Allen Toussaint)
04 - Happiness (Allen Toussaint)
05 - The Optimism Blues (Allen Toussaint)


Produced by Jerry Wexler
Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Engineer : Dee Robb
Assistant Engineers : Joe Chicarelli & Richard Leech
Remixed by Paul Wexler at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Remix Engineer : Lee Herschberg
Remix Engineer on "Night People" : Dee Robb
Vocals Recorded at Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans
Engineer : Skip Godwin

Drums  Jeff Porcaro :
Bass : Robert Popwell & Chuck Rainey
Guitar : Larry Carlton
Electric Piano : Allen Toussaint
Acoustic Piano : Richard Tee
Percussion : Victor Feldman, Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals
Etta James, Bonnie Raitt & Rosemary Butler on "Motion", "With You In Mind", "Viva La Money", "Declaration Of Love" & "Night People"
Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Venetta Field on "Happiness" & "The Optimism
Blues"
Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Jessica Smith on "To Be With You"

Horn Arrangements on "Viva La Money", "Just A Kiss Away" & "Happiness" by Allen Toussaint
String & Horn Arrangements on "To Be With You", "Motion", "With You In Mind" & "Declaration Of Love" by Nick DeCaro