Al Jarreau "This Time" (1980) -Westcoast Soul-

 

Label : Warner Bros. Records

 1

01 - Never Givin' Up (Al Jarreau & Tom Canning)
02 - Gimme What You Got (Tom Canning & Al Jarreau)
03 - Love Is Real (Tom Kellock, Al Jarreau & Tom Canning)
04 - Alonzo (Al Jarreau)
05 - (If I Could Only) Change Your Mind (Tom Canning & Allee Willis)

2

01 - Spain (I Can Recall) (Chick Corea, Artie Maren & Al Jarreau)
02 - Distracted (Al Jarreau)
03 - Your Sweet Love (Tom Canning, Al Jarreau & Tom Kellock)
04 - (A Rhyme) This Time (Earl Klugh & Al Jarreau)


Produced by Jay Graydon
Basic Tracks Recorded at Dawnbreaker Studios, San Fernando, California
Engineer : Joe Bogan
Second Engineer : Debbie Thompson
Remix & Overdubs Recorded at Garden Rake Studios
Engineer : Jay Graydon
Mastered at A&M Records by Bernie Grundman

Transfers done at Jennifudy Studios


1

01 - Never Givin' Up

Rhythm Arrangement : Greg Mathieson, Al Jarreau & Tom Canning
String Synthesizer : Greg Mathieson
Ralph Humphrey : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Greg Mathieson : Acoustic Piano
Oscar Neves : Gut-string Guitar
Jay Graydon : Electric Guitar & Synthesizer Programming
Jerry Hey : Horn Arrangement & Flugelhorn
Al Jarreau : Background vocals & Vocal Percussion

02 - Gimme What You Got

Rhythm Arrangement : Jay Graydon, Tom Canning & Al Jarreau
String Synthesizers : Michael Omartian
Al Jarreau : Background vocals
Carlos Vega : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Tom Canning : Fender Rhodes
David Foster : Acoustic Piano
Jay Graydon : Electric Guitar & Synthesizer Programming
Jerry Hey : Flugelhorn

03 - Love Is Real

Rhythm Arrangement : Jay Graydon, Al Jarreau & Tom Kellock
String Synthesizers : Greg Mathieson
Al Jarreau : Background vocals
Carlos Vega : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Tom Canning : Acoustic Piano
David Foster : Fender Rhodes
Jay Graydon : Electric Guitar & Synthesizer Programming
Dean Parks : Electric Guitar
Jerry Hey : Horn Arrangement & Trumpet
Chuck Findley : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Larry Williams : Synthesizer

04 - Alonzo

Rhythm Arrangement : Al Jarreau & Jay Graydon
String Synthesizers : Greg Mathieson
Al Jarreau  : Vocal Percussion 
Ralph Humphrey : Drums & Percussion
Abraham Laboriel : Bass 
Tom Canning : Fender Rhodes

05 - Change Your Mind

Rhythm Arrangement : Tom Canning
String Synthesizers : Greg Mathieson
Al Jarreau : Background vocals
Ralph Humphrey : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Tom Canning : Acoustic Piano & Fender Rhodes
Jay Graydon : Electric Guitar & Synthesizer Programming
Dean Parks : Electric Guitar
Les Thompson : Harmonica Solo

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01 - Spain (I Can Recall)

Steve Gadd : Drums 
Abraham Laboriel : Bass 
Larry Williams : Fender Rhodes & Synthesizers

02 - Distracted

Rhythm Arrangements : Al Jarreau & Jay Graydon
Background vocals : Al Jarreau : Background vocals
Steve Gadd : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass 
George Duke : Fender Rhodes
Jay Graydon : Electric Guitar
Steve George : Synthesizer
Jerry Hey : Horn Arrangement, Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Chuck Findley : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Lon Price : Alto Saxophone Solo

03 - Your Sweet Love

Rhythm Arrangement : Tom Canning, Al Jarreau & Jay Graydon
String Synthesizers : Michael Omartian
Steve Gadd : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Tom Canning : Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes & Bells
Jay Graydon : Electric Guitar & Synthesizer Programming
Jerry Hey : Flugelhorn
Larry Williams : Synthesizer

04 - (A Rhyme This Time)

Rhythm Arrangement : Earl Klugh, Jay Graydon & Al Jarreau
Ralph Humphrey : Drums
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
David Foster : Fender Rhodes
Earl Klugh : Gut-string Guitar