22/08/2021

Carole King "Welcome Home" (1978) -Folk Pop / Country Pop-



Label : Capitol Records


États-Unis 1

01 - Main Street Saturday Night (Carole King)
02 - Sunbird (Carole King & Rick Evers)
03 - Venusian Diamond (Carole King, Rick Evers & Navarro)
04 - Changes (Carole King)
05 - Morning Sun (Carole King)

2

01 - Disco Tech (Carole King & Navarro)
02 - Wings Of Love (Carole King & Rick Evers)
03 - Ride The Music (Carole King)
04 - Everybody's Got The Spirit (Carole King)
05 - Welcome Home (Carole King)


Produced by Carole King & Norm Kinney

Navarro :
Robert McEntee Guitars, Vocals
Mark Hallman : Guitars, Vocals
Rob Galloway : Bass, High Vocal on "Disco Tech"
Michael Wooten : Drums*
Miguel Rivera : Congas,  Percussion
Richard Hardy : Flute, Saxophone, Clarinet, Vocals

*Thanks to Joe Pollard for use of his SynDrums

Horns Arranged by George Bohannon
Nolan Andrew Smith Jr. Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Oscar Brashear Trumpet, Flugelhorn
George Bohannon Trombone
Dick 'Slyde' Hyde : Trombone
Ernie Watts : Saxophone**
Richard Hardy : Saxophone

**Saxophone Solo on "Disco Tech" by Ernie Watts

Choir on "Welcome Home" consists of Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Richard Hardy, Carole King & three ladies kidnapped from the studio across the hall - Stephanie Spruill, Alexandra Brown & Ann White

Strings Arranged by Carole King
ViolinsCharles Veal Jr., ConcertmasterIsrael Baker, Frank Foster, William H. Henderson, Marcia Van Dyke, Dorothy Wade, John Wittenberg & Kenneth Yerke
Violas : Rollice Dale & Denyse Buffum
Cellos : Dennis Karmazyn & Ronald Cooper
The trio on "Changes" was played by the first member of each section

Bob Harrington Played Hammer Dulcimer on "Sunbird"
Anne Golia Played Tamboura on "Venusian Diamond"
Georgia Kelly Played Harp on "Welcome Home" & "Venusian Diamond"
Rick Evers Played Cowbell on "Venusian Diamond"

Engineered by Norm Kinney, Linda Tyler, & Steve Katz
Recorded at Sound Labs, Inc., Hollywood, California, January, 1978