19/07/2023

Marlene "Looking For Love" (1984) -Westcoast Rock-



 Label : Master Sound


Philippines Side A

01 - Creature Of The Night (Roger Odell & William Sharpe)
02 - I'll Take My Time (Jay Gruska & Paul Gordon)
03 - Goodbye Love (Steve Skaith & Steve Jeffries)
04 - Rock Steady (Dominic Bugatti & Frank Musker)
05 - Time And Time Again (Jay Gruska & Robbie Buchanan)

Side B

01 - Needle In A Haystack (Robert Kraft)
02 - I Wonder What You're Like (Robert Kraft, Larry Carlton & Carol Hall)
03 - A Little T.L.C. (Terry Britten & Lynsey De Paul)
04 - Somebody Told Me (Jay Gruska & Paul Gordon)
05 - Looking For Love (Paul Gordon)
06 - Why In The World (Rick Blessing)


Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Larry Williams on "Creature Of The Night", "Goodbye Love", "Rock Steady" & "A Little T.L.C."
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Jay Gruska on "I'll Take My Time", "Time And Time Again", "Somebody Told Me" & "Looking For Love"
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Robert Kraft on "Needle In A Haystack", "I Wonder What You're Like" & "Why In The World"
All Background vocals Arranged by Jay Gruska
All Horns Arranged by Larry Williams except "Goodbye Love"
All Synthesizers Arranged by Larry Williams & Jay Gruska except "Needle In A Haystack", "I Wonder What You're Like" & "Why In The World" by Robert Kraft

Producer Yasohachi Itoh
Associate Producers : Jay Gruska, Larry Williams & Robert Kraft
Creative Direction : Freddie Yamazaki
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Yoshihiro Suzuki
Assistant Engineers : Joey Wolpert, Ira "Cord" Rubnitz & Mikio Takamatsu
Additional Recording Engineers : John Vigran & Hal Sacks
Product Coordinator : Akira YadaMoon Bird Co., CA
Recorded at One On One Studios, Bodifications & Room 335, L.A. in March 1984
Mixed at Sound Labs, L.A. & CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studios, Tokyo in March And April 1984


Side A

01 - Creature Of The Night

Larry Williams : Acoustic Piano & Synthesizers
Jay Gruska : Synthesizers
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Jay Gruska, Joe Pizzulo, Tommy Funderburk & Joseph Williams : Background vocals

02 - I'll Take My Time

Randy Kerber : Acoustic Piano
Larry Williams : Synthesizers
Jay Gruska : Synthesizers
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Rosemary Butler, Maxine Willard Waters, Wendy Waldman, Jay Gruska, Joe Pizzulo, Tommy Funderburk & Joseph Williams : Background vocals

03 - Goodbye Love

Larry Williams : Keyboard & Synthesizers
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Fisher : Percussion 
Jerry Hey & Gary Grant : Trumpets
Larry Williams & Gary Herbig : Tenor Saxophones
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Jay Gruska, Rosemary Butler, Maxine Willard Waters & Wendy Waldman : Background vocals

04 - Rock Steady

Larry Williams : Keyboard & Synthesizers
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jay Gruska, Joe Pizzulo, Tommy Funderburk & Joseph Williams : Background vocals

05 - Time And Time Again

Randy Kerber : Acoustic Piano
Larry Williams : Synthesizers
Jay Gruska : Synthesizers
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Rosemary Butler, Maxine Willard Waters & Wendy Waldman : Background vocals

Side B

01 - Needle In A Haystack

Robert Kraft : Acoustic Piano
Michael Boddicker : Keyboards & Syntheiszers
Larry Carlton : Guitar
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Gary Grant & Larry Hall : Flugelhorns
Larry Williams : Alto Saxophone
Gary Herbig : Tenor Saxophone
Bill Reichenbach : Bass Trombone
Jay Gruska, Rosemary Butler, Maxine Willard Waters & Wendy Waldman : Background vocals
Special Guest : Sportsmen's Lodge Finger Pop Club

02 - I Wonder What You're Like

Robert Kraft : Rhodes Piano
Larry Carlton : Guitar
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jerry Hey : Flugelhorn
Rosemary Butler & Maxine Willard Waters : Background vocals

03 - A Little T.L.C.

Larry Williams : Keyboard & Synthesizers
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Rosemary Butler, Maxine Willard Waters & Wendy Waldman : Background vocals

04 - Somebody Told Me

Larry Williams : Acoustic Piano & Synthesizers
Jay Gruska : Synthesizers
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jerry Hey & Gary Grant : Trumpets & Flugelhorns
Larry Williams & Gary Herbig : Tenor Saxophones
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone & Bass Trombone
Rosemary Butler, Maxine Willard Waters & Wendy Waldman : Background vocals

05 - Looking For Love

Larry Williams : Acoustic Piano & Synthesizers
Jay Gruska : Synthesizer
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Rosemary Butler, Maxine Willard Waters & Wendy Waldman : Background vocals

06 - Why In The World

Robert Kraft : Acoustic Piano & Yamaha DX-7 Synthesizer
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
Larry Williams : Synthesizer
Michael Landau : Guitar
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Rosemary Butler, Maxine Willard Waters & Wendy Waldman : Background vocals