Tavares "New Directions" (1982) -Westcoast Soul-

  Label : RCA Victor

 Side A

01 - A Penny For You Thoughts* (Kenny Nolan) 
02 - I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me* (Bill LaBounty & Jay Senter)
03 - Mystery Lady* (Kenny Nolan)
04 - Abra-Ca-Dabra Love You Too* (Kenny Nolan)

Side B

01 - Got To Find My Way Back To You** (Ric Wyatt Jr. & Kris Young)
02 - Maybe We'll Fall In Love Again* (Ric Wyatt Jr. & Kris Young)
03 - The Skin You're In*** (Kenny Nolan) 
04 - Wanna Be Close To You (René Moore & Angela Winbush)


*Produced by Kenny Nolan & Jay Senter
**Produced by Ric Wyatt for Grand Slam Productions Inc. In Association with Jay Senter & Kenny Nolan
***Produced by Benjamin Wright Jr. for Ritenosian Productions

Tavares : Antone Tavares, Feliciano Tavares, Perry Tavares, Ralph Vierra Tavares, Arthur Tavares

Side A

01 - A Penny For You Thoughts

Keyboards : Bill Meyers

Bass : Neil Stubenhaus

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson

Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr.

Percussion : Michael Fisher

Synthesizer : Rick Kelly

Strings & Horns Arranged by Bill Meyers

String Contractor : Lori Woods

Recording Engineer : Peter Bishop

Assistant Engineer : Reggie Kendall

Recorded & Mixed at The Mom & Pops Co. Store, Inc., Studio City, Ca.

02 - I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me

Keyboards : Bill Meyers

Bass : Neil Stubenhaus

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson

Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr.

Percussion : Michael Fisher

Synthesizer : Ian Underwood

Strings & Horns Arranged by Bill Meyers

String Contractor : Lori Woods

Recording Engineer : Peter Bishop

Assistant Engineer : Reggie Kendall

Recorded & Mixed at The Mom & Pops Co. Store, Inc., Studio City, Ca.

03 - Mystery Lady

Keyboards : Bill Meyers

Bass : Neil Stubenhaus

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson

Guitars : Charles Johnson

Percussion : Michael Fisher

Synthesizer : Ian Underwood

Strings & Horns Arranged by Bill Meyers

String Contractor : Lori Woods

Recording Engineer : Peter Bishop

Assistant Engineer : Reggie Kendall

Recorded & Mixed at The Mom & Pops Co. Store, Inc., Studio City, Ca.

04 - Abra-Ca-Dabra Love You Too

Keyboards : Bill Meyers

Bass : Neil Stubenhaus

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson

Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr.

Percussion : Michael Fisher

Synthesizer : Ian Underwood

Strings & Horns Arranged by Bill Meyers

String Contractor : Lori Woods

Recording Engineer : Peter Bishop

Assistant Engineer : Reggie Kendall

Recorded & Mixed at The Mom & Pops Co. Store, Inc., Studio City, Ca.

Side B

01 - Got To Find My Way Back To You

Keyboards & Synthesizer : Ric Wyatt Jr.

Bass : Cornelius Mims

Drums : Melvin Webb, Ric Wyatt Jr.

Guitars : Charles Fearing

Tenor Sax Solo : Johnny Washington

Rhythm Arrangements by Ric Wyatt Jr.

String & Horn Arrangements by Ric Wyatt Jr.

Orchestrated by Sam Brown III

Engineered & Mixed by Ed Biggs

Assistant Engineer : Reggie Kendall

Technical Engineer : James Goforth

Recorded & Mixed at The Mom & Pops Co. Store, Inc., Studio City, Ca.

Remixed by Johnny Luongo

02 - Maybe We'll Fall In Love Again

Keyboards, Drums, Bass Synthesizer & Synthesizers : Ric Wyatt Jr.

Guitars : Charles Fearing

Horns : 'The Mexican Connection' 

Bobby Loya : Trumpet & Trombone 

Bobby Navarrete : Reeds

Rhythm Arrangements by Ric Wyatt Jr.

String & Horn Arrangements by Ric Wyatt Jr.

Orchestrated by Sam Brown III

Engineered & Mixed by Ed Biggs

Assistant Engineer : Reggie Kendall

Technical Engineer : James Goforth

Recorded & Mixed at The Mom & Pops Co. Store, Inc., Studio City, Ca.

03 - The Skin You're In

Keyboards : Bill Meyers

Bass : Neil Stubenhaus

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson

Guitars : Charles Johnson

Percussion : Michael Fisher

Synthesizer : Rick Kelly

Horns Arranged by Bill Meyers

Recording Engineer : Peter Bishop

Assistant Engineer : Reggie Kendall

Recorded & Mixed at The Mom & Pops Co. Store, Inc., Studio City, Ca.

04 - Wanna Be Close To You 

Guitars : Marlo Henderson, Charles Fearing

Bass : Freddie Washington

Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler

Keyboards : Clarence McDonald, Benjamin F. Wright Jr.

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Synclavier II : Guy Babylon, Benjamin Wright Jr.

Prophet V : Benjamin Wright Jr.

Copyist : Marion Sherrill, Script House

Engineer : Art Stewart

Recorded at Jennifudy Studios, North Hollywood, Ca.

Mixed at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, Ca.