Bonnie Raitt "Takin My Time" (1973) -Soft Rock-

Label : Warner Bros. Records

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01 - You've Been In Love Too Long (Ivy Hunter, Clarence Paul & William Stevenson)
02 - I Gave My Love A Candle (Joel Zoss)
03 - Let Me In (Yvonne Baker, Alphonso Howell & George Minor)
04 - Everybody's Cryin' Mercy (Mose Allison)
05 - Cry Like A Rainstorm (Eric Kaz)

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01 - Wah She Go Do (McCarth Lewis)
02 - I Feel The Same (Chris Smither)
03 - I Thought I Was A Child (Jackson Browne)
04 - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues (Fred McDowell)
05 - Guilty (Randy Newman)


Produced by John Hall
Mixed at Village Recorders, West L.A.
Mixdown Engineer : Rick Heenan
Tracks Recorded at Sunst Sound, Hollywood
Engineered by John Haney & Wayne Daily ("I Gave My Love A Candle", "Cry Like A Rainstorm", "I Feel The Same" & "Guilty")
Overdubs Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, N. Hollywood
Engineered by Lanky Lindstrot
Mastered at The Mastering Lab by Doug Sax & Arnie Acosta, June-July, 1973


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01 - You've Been In Love Too Long

Bonnie Raitt : Vocal
Paul Barrere : Electric Rhythm Guitar
John Hall : Electric Lead Guitar
Freebo : Fender Fretless Bass
Bill Payne : Electric Piano
Backup vocals : John Hall & Bonnie Raitt
Jim Keltner : Drums
Milt Holland : Percussion

02 - I Gave My Love A Candle

Bonnie Raitt : Vocal & Acoustic Guitar
Freebo : Fender Fretless Bass
Bill Payne : Piano
Earl Palmer : Drums
John Hall : Electric Guitar & Mellotron

03 - Let Me In

Bonnie Raitt : Vocal
Taj Mahal : Acoustic Bass
John Hall : Electric Guitar
Bill Payne : Piano
Earl Palmer : Drums
Freebo : Tuba
Horns Arranged & Played by George Bohannon (Trombone), Oscar Brashear (Flugelhorn) & Ernie Watts (Soprano Sax)

04 - Everybody's Cryin' Mercy

Bonnie Raitt : Vocal
Taj Mahal : Harp
Freebo : Fender Fretless Bass
Earl Palmer : Drums
Bill Payne : Piano
Backup vocals : Bonnie Raitt, John Hall, Taj Mahal, Freebo & Bill Payne 

05 - Cry Like A Rainstorm

Bonnie Raitt : Vocal
Taj Mahal : Harp
Bill Payne : Piano & Organ
Freebo : Fender Fretless Bass
John Hall : Acoustic Guitar
Earl Palmer : Drums
Sam Clayton : Congas

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01 - Wah She Go Do

Bonnie Raitt : Vocal
Freebo : Fender Fretless Bass
Bill Payne : Organ
Van Dyke Parks : Inspiration, Piano & Body English
John Hall : Electric Guitar
Jim Keltner : Drums
Milt Holland : Timbales, Shakers & Claves
Horns Transcribed from Splish Splash Version, Conducted by Kirby Johnson
Horns Played by Anthony Terran, Glenn Ferris, Joel Peskin, Martin Krystall, Robert Hardaway & Bud Brisbois
Backup vocals : Bonnie Raitt, John Hall & Van Dyke Parks
"Wah She Go Do" is from The Album Splish Splash by Calypso Rose, SR 7776, Distributed & Manufactured in the U.S.A. by Stracker Calypso & Earl Harris, Jamaïca, Long Island, New York

02 - I Feel The Same

Bonnie Raitt : Vocal & Acoustic Guitar
Lowell George : Electric Slide Guitar
Bill Payne : Electric & Acoustic Piano
Freebo : Fender Fretless Bass
Earl Palmer : Drums
Milt Holland : Tablas

03 - I Thought I Was A Child

Bonnie Raitt : Vocal & Acoustic Guitar
John Hall : Electric Guitar
Freebo : Fender Fretless Bass
Bill Payne : Piano
Earl Palmer : Drums
Sam Clayton : Congas

04 - Write Me A Few Of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues

Bonnie Raitt : Vocal, Bottleneck Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Freebo : Fender Fretless Bass
Jim Keltner : Drums
John Hall : Electric & Acoustic Rhythm Guitars
Hand Clapping : Bonnie Raitt, John Hall, Carrol Farhat, Carl Huston & Nat Seligman

05 - Guilty

Bonnie Raitt : Vocals
Freebo : Fender Fretless Bass
Lowell George : Electric Slide Guitar
Paul Barrere : Electric Rhythm Guitar
Earl Palmer : Drums
Horns Arranged & Conducted by Kirby Johnson
Horns Played by Anthony Terran, Glenn Ferris, Joel Peskin & Martin Krystall
Bill Payne : Piano