Dwayne Ford "Needless Freaking" (1981) -Westcoast Rock-

 Label : Sefel Records / Epic Records

 Side One

01 - Lovin' And Losin' You (Dwayne Ford & Derek Kendrick)
02 - Am I Ever Gonna Find Your Love (Dwayne Ford & Derek Kendrick)
03 - Stranger In Paradise (Dwayne Ford & Patricia Gallant)
04 - The Hurricane (Dwayne Ford)

Side Two

01 - Midnight Ride (Dwayne Ford, Derek Kendrick & Patricia Gallant)
02 - There's A Life In Me (Dwayne Ford)
03 - The American Blues (Dwayne Ford)
04 - The Best Will Survive (Dwayne Ford & Derek Kendrick)


Produced by Dwayne Ford, David Foster, Ken Friesen
Arranged by Dwayne Ford & David Foster
Orchestration by Erich Bulling
Recorded at :

Sunset Sound

Davlin Studios 

Eastern Sound
Mixing at Eastern Sound
Engineers : Humberto Gatica, Ken Friesen
Assistant Engineers :
Stephen McManus - Sunset Sound
Jeff Boreson - Davlin Studios
Tom Henderson - Eastern Sound

Half-Speed Laquering at I.A.M. Studios, Irvine, California by Roger Donaldson

Matrixing at Europadisk, New York, New York

The Players :
Dwayne Ford : Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Prophet 5, OBX Oberheim Synthesizer

Fender Rhodes : David Foster

Drums : Mike Baird, Jeff Porcaro, Barry Keane

Bass : Neil Stubenhaus, Mike Porcaro, Dennis Pendrith

Guitar : Steve Lukather, Mike (Peppy) Francis, Jay Graydon, David Bendeth

Tenor Sax : Earl Seymour

Lead vocals : Dwayne Ford

Background vocals (Arranged by Dwayne Ford) : Dwayne Ford, Patricia Gallant


Side One

01 - Lovin' And Losin' You

Produced by David Foster & Dwayne Ford
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Mike Porcaro : Bass
Steve Lukather : Guitar
Dwayne Ford : Keyboards

02 - Am I Ever Gonna Find Your Love

Produced by David Foster & Dwayne Ford
Mike Baird : Drums
Neil Stubenhaus : Bass
Steve Lukather : Guitar
David Foster : Fender Rhodes
Dwayne Ford : Keyboards
David Bendeth : Guitar

03 - Stranger In Paradise

Produced by David Foster & Dwayne Ford
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Mike Porcaro : Bass
Steve Lukather : Drums
Earl Seymour : Tenor Saxophone
Dwayne Ford : Keyboards

04 - The Hurricane

Produced by David Foster & Dwayne Ford
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Mike Porcaro : Bass
Steve Lukather : Drums
Earl Seymour : Tenor Saxophone 
Dwayne Ford : Keyboards

Side Two

01 - Midnight Ride

Produced by David Foster & Dwayne Ford
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Mike Porcaro : Bass
Steve Lukather : Drums
Earl Seymour : Tenor Saxophone
Dwayne Ford : Keyboards
David Foster : Fender Rhodes
Orchestration by Erich Bulling 

02 - There's A Life In Me

Produced by Dwayne Ford & Ken Friesen
Barry Keane : Drums
Dennis Pendrith : Bass
Mike Francis : Guitar 
Dwayne Ford : Keyboards

03 - The American Blues

Produced by Dwayne Ford & Ken Friesen
Barry Keane : Drums
Dennis Pendrith : Bass
Mike Francis : Guitar
Earl Seymour : Tenor Saxophone
Dwayne Ford : Keyboards

04 - The Best Will Survive

Produced by David Foster & Dwayne Ford
Mike Baird : Drums
Neil Stubenhaus : Bass
Steve Lukather : Guitar
Jay Graydon : Guitar
David Foster : Fender Rhodes
Dwayne Ford : Keyboards