22/09/2018

Rick Dees And The Cast Of Idiots "I'm Not Crazy" (1985) -Soft Rock / Adult Listening-



Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Who's The Boss (Rick Dees, Augie Johnson, Martie Echito & Angelo Bond)
02 - We Are The Weird (Rick Dees & Augie Johnson)
03 - I Wanna Be Elvis (Rick Dees & Augie Johnson)
04 - Candid Phone - 'Boob Job'

Side Two

01 - I'm Not Crazy (Rick Dees & Augie Johnson)
02 - I Don't Dye My Hair (But I Bleach My Face) (Rick Dees, Augie Johnson & Martie Echito)
03 - Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) (Stephen Michael Schwartz)
04 - Kick Butt (Fight Song) (Rick Dees & Steve Amerson)
05 - Candid Phone - 'Homosapien'


Musicians :
Drums : Jeff Porcaro, Gerry Davis
Snare Drum : Vance Tenort on "Kick Butt"
Bass : Nathan East, Mike Porcaro, Edward Reddick
Guitar : Steve Lukather, Steve Beckmeier, Gregory Cook
Percussion : Vance Tenort, Jeff Porcaro, Lenny Castro
Keyboards : Bobby Lyle, Michael Stanton, Martie Echito, Michael Nortfleet
Acoustic Piano : Bobby Lyle
Horns :
Greg Prechel, Stanley Martin : Trumpets
Scott Martin, Jeff Jorgensen : Tenor Sax
Chuck Brooke : Alto Sax
Michael Whitman : Baritone Sax
Andrew Martin : Trombone
Les Benedict : Baritone Trumpet
Synthesizer Programming : Martie Echito
Vocals : Rick Dees, Julie Dees, Augie Johnson, Andrew Bond, Danny Gans, Howard Stevens, Frank Welker, Rich Little
Background vocals : Julie Dees, Augie Johnson, Miki Howard, Oren Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Steve Amerson, Howard McCrary, David Hook, Rodnet Stone, Gene Reed, Michael Norfleet, Brandon Johnson, Kevin Dees, Louis Patton
Background Vocals Contractor : Miki Howard
Additional Lyrics on "I Wanna Be Elvis" by Cory Brown & Laura Brown
Dee's Doghouse Choir on "We Are The Weird" : Crystal Davis, Nadirah Ali, Debra Candle, Debbie Ketchens, Rita Rogers, Elaine McMahan, Ping, Julia Tillman Waters, Leslie Tyson - (1st Soprano), Tracye Ford, Miki Howard, Robin Johnson, Karyn White, Tanya Montgomery, Maxine Willard Waters, Yolanda Newby - (2nd Soprano), Kim Davis, Shelly Ballance, Linda Morgan, Ida Stein, Sheri Byers - (Alto), Louis Patto,, Stanley Gill, Oren Waters, Roy Galloway, Derek Halliburton - (1st Tenor), Vance Tenort, Kip Thompson, Barrington Henderson, Wayne Arnold, Thomas Webb (2nd Tenor), Michael Young, Jeff Garmon, Laura Brown, David McNutt - (Baritone), Kiplyn Campbelll, Vernell Shaw, Cory Brown, Eugene Collins - (Bass), Larry Herbert, Paul Josephs, Gil Castro & Lou Horvitz
Horns Arranged by Augie Johnson
Orchestration by Donald Cook

Recorded & Mixed by Mark Linett
Additional Engineering by Bob Schaper, Coke Johnson, Shep Lonsdale, Bill Jackson & David Glover
"Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are)" Remixed by F. Byron Clark
Recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California / The Villa Studios, Hollywood, California / Bill Schnee Studios, North Hollywood, California / Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California / Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
Production Assistants : Christine Hamilton, Bruce Sterling

Produced by Augie Johnson & Rick Dees