31/10/2018

Ashford & Simpson "Is It Still Good To Ya" (1978) -City Soul / Smooth Soul-



Label : Warner Bros. Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - It Seems To Hang On (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Is It Still Good To Ya (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - The Debt Is Settled (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - Ain't It A Shame (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

Side 2

01 - Get Up And Do Something (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - You Always Could (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Flashback (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - As Long As It Holds You (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)


Produced & Written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
Rhythm Arranged by Ashford & Simpson And Ray Chew
Strings & Horns Arranged by Paul Riser
Horns Arranged by John Davis
Mixing & Mastering by James Simpson
Chief Engineer Recording & Mixing : Mike Hutchinson
Assistants : Carla Bandini, Craig Michaels
Studio : Sigma Sound, New York
Studio Coordinator : Barbara Tiesi
Strings Recorded by Harvey Hoffman / Celebration Studio, New York
Horns Recorded by Mike Hutchinson / Sigma Sound, New York
Mastering : Columbia Recording
Strings : Al Brown
Copiyists : Sephra Herman, Chiefy Saloam


Side 1

01 - It Seems To Hang On

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes & Synthesizer : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : John Sussewell
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Yolanda McCullough
Strings & Horns : Paul Riser

02 - Is It Still Good To Ya

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Steve Jordan
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Strings : Paul Riser

03 - The Debt Is Settled

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Steve Jordan
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Raymond Simpson, Yolanda McCullough
Strings : Paul Riser

04 - Ain't It A Shame

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums John Sussewell
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Raymond Simpson, Yolanda McCullough
Strings : Paul Riser

Side 2

01 - Get Up And Do Something

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Synthesizer & Clavinet : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Steve Jordan
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Raymond Simpson, Yolanda McCullough
Horns : John Davis

02 - You Always Could

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums John Sussewell
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Raymond Simpson, Yolanda McCullough
Horns : John Davis

03 - Flashback

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Steve Jordan
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson
Strings : Paul Riser

04 - As Long As It Holds You

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Steve Jordan
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Raymond Simpson, Yolanda McCullough
Strings : Paul Riser