18/05/2021

Aretha Franklin "Aretha" (1980) -Westcoast Soul / Smooth Soul-


  
 Label : Arista Records


États-Unis 1

01 - Come To Me (Williard Eugene Price)
02 - Can't Turn You Loose (Otis Redding)
03 - United Together (Chuck Jackson & Phil Perry)
04 - Take Me With You (Chuck Jackson, Phil Perry & Tony Coleman)
05 - Whatever It Is (Eddie Setser, Mark Grey & Jerry Michael)

2

01 - What A Fool Believes (Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins)
02 - Together Again (Aretha Franklin, Chuck Jackson & Phil Perry)
03 - Love Me Forever (Kenny Moore & Patrick Henderson)
04 - School Days (Aretha Franklin)


"What A Fool Believes", "Come To Me", "Can't Turn You Loose", "Love Me Forever" Produced by Arif Mardin
"United Together", "Whatever It Is", "Together Again", "Take Me With You" Produced by Chuck Jackson
"School Days" Produced by Chuck Jackson & Aretha Franklin
"School Days" & "Together Again" Arranged by Aretha Franklin

Rhythm Section on:
"United Together", "School Days", "Whatever It Is", "Together Again" & "Take Me With You" :
Bass James Jamerson Sr., Scott Ewards, Tony Coleman
Drums : Bernard Purdie, Ed Greene, Tony Coleman (Overdubs)
Keyboards : Aretha Franklin, Richard Tee, Michael Lang, Tony Coleman
Guitars : Cornell Dupree, Michael McGloiry, Paul Jackson Jr.
Background vocals : The Original Sweet Inspirations - Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, Estelle Brown
Background vocals Edie Lehman, Marti McCall, Myrna Matthews, Aretha Franklin, Charles Jackson, Tony Coleman

Recorded at The Record Plant
Lee DeCarlo Engineer
Whitney Studios Frank Keymar : Engineer
Mixed by Reggie Dozier

"What A Fool Believes"
Electric Piano & Synthesizer : David Foster
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Bass : Louis Johnson
Guitars : David Williams & Steve Lukather
Synthesizer Programming : Todd Cochran
Alto Sax Solo : David Sanborn
All Background vocals by Aretha Franklin
Additional Background vocals : Hamish Stuart

"Come To Me"
Piano : David Paich
Electric Piano & Synthesizer : David Foster
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Bass : Louis Johnson
Percussion : George Devens
Background vocals by Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall, Myrna Matthews

"Can't Turn You Loose"
Electric Piano & Synthesizer : David Foster
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Bass : Louis Johnson
Guitars : David Williams & Steve Lukather
Additional Synthesizer : Steve Porcaro & Bob Christiansen
Synthesizer Programming : Todd Cochran
Background vocals by Estelle Brown, Brenda Corbett, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Myrna Smith

"Love Me Forever"
Piano : Aretha Franklin
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Bass : Mike Porcaro
Guitars : David Williams & Steve Lukather
Organ : David Paich
Background vocals by Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, Estelle Brown
Tenor Sax Solo : David 'Fathead' Newman
Horn Section :
Trumpets Lew Soloff (Lead), Randy Brecker 
Alto Sax Dave Tofani
Tenor Saxes : Seldon Powell, Michael Brecker
Trombone : Barry Rogers
Baritone Sax : Lew Delgatto
French Horns : Peter Gordon, John Trevor Clark
String Section :
Concertmaster : Gene Orloff - F. Zlotkin, A. Shulman, J. Abramowitz, J. Malin, F. Buldrini, P. Dimitriades, M. Wright, G. Tarack, H. Kohon, H. Lookofsky, M. Takayama, J. Barber, A. Brown

Contractor & Coordinator in Los Angeles : Frank DeCaro
Coordinator in New York : Chrissy Allerdings
Recording Engineer : Jeremy Smith
Basic Tracks & Vocals Recorded at Sound Lab Studios, Los Angeles
Recording Engineer for Additional Music : Lew Hahn
All Additional Music Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York
Additional Editing & Mixing done at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles
Assisting Engineers : Michael O'Reilly, Stewart Whitemore
Remixed by Lew Hann, Gene Paul, Arif Mardin
"Love Me Forever" Remixed by Michael O'Reilly & Arif MardinAssisted by Joe Mardin
Produced & Arranged by Arif Mardin