Jimmie Spheeris "Ports Of The Heart" (1976) -Westcoast Rock-

 Label : Epic Records

 Side 1

01 - Child From Nowhere (Jimmie Spheeris)
02 - Emerald And The Dream Dance (Jimmie Spheeris)
03 - It's You They're Dreaming Of (Jimmie Spheeris)
04 - Captain Comes Cold (Jimmie Spheeris)
05 - Bayou Eyes (Jimmie Spheeris)
06 - It's All In The Game* (Carl Signan & Charles Dawes) 

Side 2

01 - Hills In My Head (Jimmie Spheeris)
02 - Whirlpool (Jimmie Spheeris)
03 - Sweet Separation* (Jimmie Spheeris)
04 - So Darkly Fall The Shadows (Jimmie Spheeris)
05 - Nightingale Come Sail* (Jimmie Spheeris)
06 - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)


Produced by David Campbell
Engineered by Greg Ladanyi

Assisted by Dennis Kirk

*Engineered by Val Garay

Assisted by Greg Ladanyi
Recorded & Mixed at The Sound Factory, L.A.
Mixed by Greg Ladanyi
Assisted by Dennis Kirk
Strings Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell
Winds Arranged by Jim Cowger

The String Players are :

Violin : Charles Veal, Robert Dubow, Gordon Marron, Mary Ann Ringgold, Haim Shtrum, Janice Gower, Sheldon Sanov, Lya Stern, Mareia Van Dyke

Viola : Pamela Goldsmith, Paul Polivinick, Ronald Strauss, Rollice Dale, Dan Neufeld, Arthur Toyval

Cello : Ronald Cooper, Dennis Karmazyn, David Speltz

Bass : Richard Feves

Side 1

01 - Child From Nowhere 

Piano & Vocals : Jimmie Spheeris

Electric Piano : Chick Corea

Bass : Stanley Clarke

Soprano Sax : Jim Cowger

Drums : John Guerin

02 - Emerald And The Dream Dance

Piano & Vocals : Jimmie Spheeris

Bass : John Pierce

Sax : Jim Cowger

Guitars : Geoff Levin

Drums : Bart Hall

Background vocals : Geoff Levin, John Pierce

Arp : Jay Ellington Lee

03 - It's You They're Dreaming Of 

Acoustic Guitars : Jimmie Spheeris & Geoff Levin

Bass : John Pierce

Clarinet : Jim Cowger

Viola : David Campbell

Background Voices : Jackson Browne & John Pierce

04 - Captain Comes Cold

Piano & Vocals : Jimmie Spheeris

Bass : John Pierce

Flute : Jim Cowger

Drums : John Guerin

05 - Bayou Eyes

Acoustic Guitars : Jimmie Spheeris & Geoff Levin

Piano : Jim Cowger

Bass & Harmony : John Pierce

Oud : Robin Williamson

Mandolin : Dan Orbach

06 - It's All In The Game

Piano : Emile Pandolfi

Electric Guitar : Geoff Levin

Bass : John Pierce

Drums : Bart Hall

Flute : Jim Cowger

Side 2

01 - Hills In My Head

Piano & Voices : Jimmy Spheeris

Bass : John Pierce

Electric Guitar : Geoff Levin

Drums : Bart Hall

Harmony : John Pierce

02 - Whirlpool

Piano : Jim Cowger

Acoustic Guitar : Geoff Levin

Bass : John Pierce

Vocals : Jimmy Spheeris

03 - Sweet Separation

Piano & Vocals : Jimmy Spheeris

Bass & Harmony : John Pierce

Electric Guitar : Geoff Levin

Drums : Bart Hall

04 - So Darkly Fall The Shadows

Piano & Vocals : Jimmy Spheeris

Viola : David Campbell

Flute : Jim Cowger

05 - Nightingale Come Sail

Piano & Vocals : Jimmy Spheeris

Electric Guitar : Geoff Levin

Bass & Harmony : John Pierce

Drums : Bart Hall

06 - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Acoustic Guitars : Jimmie Spheeris & Geoff Levin

Bass : John Pierce

Soprano Sax : Jim Cowger

Drums : Bart Hall

Bowed Bass Solo : Richard Feves