Lee Ritenour "Rit" (1981) -Westcoast Rock-

 

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Mr. Briefcase (Eric Tagg)
02 - (Just) Tell Me Pretty Lies (Lee Ritenour & Eric Tagg)
03 - No Sympathy (Lee Ritenour & Eric Tagg)
04 - Is It You? (Lee Ritenour, Eric Tagg & Bill Champlin)
05 - Dreamwalk (Lee Ritenour)

Side Two

01 - Countdown (Captain Fingers) (Lee Ritenour)
02 - Good Question (Lee Ritenour)
03 - (You Caught Me) Smilin' (Sylvester Stewart)
04 - On The Slow Glide (Lee Ritenour)
05 - No Sympathy (Reprise) (Lee Ritenour)


Featuring :

Lee Ritenour : Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Vocoder Vocals, Guitar Synthesizer
Harvey Mason : LM-1 Digital Drums, Percussion
David Foster : Keyboards
Don Grusin : Keyboards
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Alex Acuña : Drums
Steve Forman : Percussion
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizers 

Richard Tee : Keyboards
Greg Mathieson : Keyboards
David Hungate : Bass
John Pierce : Bass
Rick Shlosser : Drums
Bill Champlin : Vocals

And Introducing
Eric Tagg : Vocals

Produced by Harvey Mason, David Foster & Lee Ritenour
Executive Producer : Lee Ritenour for Captain Fingers Productions

Recorded at :

Sunset Sound, L.A. 

Monterey Studio, Glendale 

Kendun Recorders, Glendale 

Santa Barbara Sound, Santa Barbara 

Davlin Studio, L.A.
Recorded & Mixed by Humberto Gatica & Don Murray
Additional recording : Ralph Osborne
Production Assistant : Kevin Rice
Assistant Engineer : Les Brockmann
Mastered by Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital

Rhythm arrangements by Lee Ritenour, David Foster & Harvey Mason
Strings & Horns arranged by Lee Ritenour, David Foster, Harvey Mason & Jerry Hey

Additional Musicians :
Jerry Hey : Trumpets, Flugelhorn (String Arrangements)
Chuck Findley : Trumpets, Flugelhorns
Gary Grant : Trumpets, Flugelhorns
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Lew McCreary : Trombone
Charlie Loper : Trombone
Louis Johnson : Bass
Greg Phillinganes : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Johnny Mandel : String Arrangements


Side One

01 - Mr. Briefcase

Produced by David Foster & Lee Ritenour
Featuring : Lee Ritenour, Eric Tagg, David Foster, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate

02 - (Just) Tell Me Pretty Lies

Produced by Harvey Mason & Lee Ritenour 
Horns Arranged by Jerry Hey
Featuring : Lee Ritenour, Eric Tagg, Harvey Mason, Abraham Laboriel, Richard Tee, David Foster, Michael Boddicker, Steve Forman

03 - No Sympathy

Produced by David Foster, Harvey Mason & Lee Ritenour
Featuring : Lee Ritenour, Eric Tagg, David Foster, Greg Mathieson, David Hungate, Rick Shlosser, Bill Champlin, Harvey Mason

04 - Is It You?

Produced by Harvey Mason & Lee Ritenour
Strings & Horns Arranged by Jerry Hey
Featuring : Lee Ritenour, Eric Tagg, Bill Champlin, David Foster, Richard Tee, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuña  Harvey Mason, Jerry Hey

Side Two

01 - Countdown (Captain Fingers)

Produced by Harvey Mason & Lee Ritenour
Featuring : Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason, Abraham Laboriel, Don Grusin, Michael Boddicker, Paulinho Da Costa

02 - Good Question

Produced by David Foster & Lee Ritenour
Featuring : Lee Ritenour, David Foster, Jeff Porcaro, John Pierce

03 - On The Slow Glide

Produced by Harvey Mason & Lee Ritenour
Featuring : Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason, Abraham Laboriel, Don Grusin, Michael Boddicker, David Hungate

04 - No Sympathy (Reprise)

Produced by David Foster, Harvey Mason & Lee Ritenour
Featuring : Lee Ritenour, Abraham Laboriel, Don Grusin, Alex Acuña, Steve Forman