Peabo Bryson "Straight From The Heart (1984) -Westcoast Soul-

  

 Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Slow Dancin' (Peabo Bryson)
02 - If Ever You're In My Arms Again (Michael Masser, Tom Snow & Cynthia Weil)
03 - Straight From The Heart (Peabo Bryson)
04 - There's No Getting Over You (La Theme De Sharon) (Peabo Bryson)

Side Two

01 - I Get Nervous (Richard Feldman, Rick Kelly & Larry McNally)
02 - Learning The Ways Of Love (Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin)
03 - Real Deal (Peabo Bryson)
04 - Love Means Forever (Peabo Bryson)


On "Slow Dancin'", "Straight From The Heart", "There's No Getting Over You (La Theme De Sharon", "Love Means Forever" & "Real Deal" :

Studio : Cheshire Studio, Atlanta, GA

Engineer : Russ Fowler
Assistant Engineer : Don M. Radick
Mixed at Cheshire Sound Studio by Peabo Bryson, Dwight W. Watkins & Russ Fowler
Re-Mix on "I Get Nervous" At Cheshire Sound Studio by Peabo Bryson, Dwight W. Watkins & Russ Fowler
Session Coordinator : Bobby Sanders 

Produced by Peabo Bryson

Assistant Producer : Dwight W. Watkins

On "I Get Nervous" :

Recorded at Orca Studios, Encino, CA

Engineers : Richard Feldman & Kevin Reach

Produced by Richard Feldman & Rick Kelly

On "Learning The Ways Of Love" & "If Ever You're In My Arms Again"

Rhythm Tracks & Vocals Recorded at Devonshire Studios

Engineer : Mike Mancini

Assisted by Dean
Strings Recorded at Evergreen Studios

Engineer : Rick Rocco
Mixed by Bill Schnee at Bill Schnee Studios
Mastered at The Mastering Lab

Produced by Michael Masser for Prince Street Productions, Inc.


Side One

01 - Slow Dancin'

Peabo Bryson : Percussion Solo, Memory Moog
Dwight W. Watkins : Alembic Bass
Mark Parrish : Memory Moog
Myra Walker : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano
Andre Robinson : Simmons Electronic Drums
Charles Bryson : Percussions
Trammel Starks : Memory Moog
Arranged by Peabo Bryson

02 - If Ever You're In My Arms Again

Randy Kerber : Piano, Yamaha DX7
Tom Snow : Fender Rhodes
Neil Stubenhaus : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitars
Carlos Vega : Drums
Strings Arranged & Conducted by Lee Holdridge
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Gene Page & Michael Masser
Debra Thomas & Richard Marx : Background vocals

03 - Straight From The Heart

Peabo Bryson : Memory Moog Solo, Background vocals
Dwight W. Watkins : Bass Guitar, Oberheim DX, Background vocals
Myra Walker : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano, Oberheim DX, Background vocals
Andre Robinson : Simmons Electronic Drums
Ron Dover : Tenor Saxophone
Richard Horton : Electric Guitar
John Hauser : Electric Guitar
Arranged by Peabo Bryson

04 - There's No Getting Over You (La Theme De Sharon)

Peabo Bryson : Yamaha DX7
Myra Walker : Yamaha DX7
Trammell Starks : Memory Moog, Yamaha DX7
Arranged by Peabo Bryson

Side Two

01 - I Get Nervous

Rick Kelly : Keyboards
Richard Feldman : Guitars
Louis Johnson : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Marcy Levy, Lynn Davis & Josie James : Back-up vocals

02 - Learning The Ways Of Love

Randy Kerber : Piano, Yamaha DX7
Neil Stubenhaus : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitars
Carlos Vega : Drums
Strings Arranged & Conducted by Lee Holdridge
Rhythm Tracks Arranged by Gene Page & Michael Masser
Debra Thomas & Richard Marx : Background vocals

03 - Real Deal

Peabo Bryson : Oberheim DX, Memory Moog, Background vocals
Dwight W. Watkins : Alembic Bass
Myra Walker : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano, Oberheim DX, Background vocals
Andre Robinson : Simmons Electronic Drums
Richard Horton : Electric Guitar
Mark Parrish : Prophet 5
Trammel Starks : Memory Moog, Yamaha DX7
Samuel T. Dukes : Background vocals
Arranged by Peabo Bryson

04 - Love Means Forever

Peabo Bryson : Memory Moog
Dwight W. Watkins : Alembic Bass, Flugelhorn
Myra Walker : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano
Andre Robinson : Simmons Electronic Drums
Richard Horton : Acoustic Guitar
Mark Parrish : Memory Moog
James Bowling : Flute
Ron Dover : Tenor & Soprano Saxophone, Flute
Trammel Starks : Memory Moog
Arranged by Peabo Bryson