29/06/2020

Johnnie Taylor "One Step Beyond" (1996) -Southern Soul-



Label : Stax Records


États-Unis 01 - Time After Time (Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne)
02 - Party Life (Dave Butler)
03 - Will You Love Me Forever (Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis & Raymond Jackson)
04 - I Am Somebody (Parts 1 & 2) (Arthur Snyder)
05 - I Don't Wanna Lose You (Parts 1 & 2) (Melvin Davis)
06 - Don't Take My Sunshine (Bobby Newsome)
07 - Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone (Kent Barker, James Skeet Wilson & Don Davis)
08 - A Fool Like Me (Dave Butler)

Bonus Tracks

09 - Steal Away (Jimmy Hugues)
10 - Friday Night (T. Hester & R. Wyler)


Johnnie Taylor : Vocals
With

On #01, 04-06, 09-10
Barry Beckett, Rudy Robinson : Keyboards
Eddie Hinton : Lead Guitar
Jimmy Johnson : Rhythm Guitar
David Hood : Bass
Roger Hawkins : Drums
The Memphis Horns (most likely)

On #02, 03, 07 & 08
(Most likely) Marvell Thomas and/or Rudy Robinson : Keyboards
Steve Cropper : Guitar
Donald 'Duck' Dunn : Bass
Al Jackson Jr. : Drums
The Memphis Horns

Produced by Don Davis
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Rudy Robinson
Strings Arranged by Wade Marcus
Rhythm Tracks for #01, 04-06, 09-10 Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, AL ; 1970
Other Rhythm Tracks Recorded at Stax Recording Studio, Memphis, 1970
#01-08 Originally Released as "ONE STEP BEYOND"  (STS-2020); #09 & 10 as the sinle STA-0068
Remastering, 1996 - Phil De Lancie (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)