21/07/2021

The Waters "Watercolors" (1980) -Westcoast Soul / Soul-



 Label : Arista Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Dance With Me (Danny Smith, Deniece DuPuy & Oren Waters)
02 - Heart Lead The Way (Addison Terry, Oren Waters & Raymond Gibson)
03 - I Can Make You Smile (Norma & Skip Scarborough)
04 - Throw A Little Bit Of Love My Way (Jay Graydon)

Side 2

01 - Party People (Michael Smith)
02 - Come To Me (Skip Scarborough & Wanda Hutchinson)
03 - Dance The Night Away (R. Caldwell, Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters & Skip Scarborough)
04 - Let Him Prove It (Maxine Willard Waters) 


Produced by David Rubinson, Luther & Oren Waters
Executive Producer : Larkin Arnold 

Strings & Horns Arranged by David N. Crawford
Vocals Arranged by The Waters
Recorded at Total Experience Studios, Los Angeles
Recording Engineers : Bob Margouleff & Howard Siegel 
Assisted by Gerry Brown
Recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco
Recording Engineers : Leslie Ann  Jones, Bob Margouleff, Howard Siegel, Ken Kessie & Bill Steele
Recorded at Pat Gleeson's Different Fur Studios, San Francisco
Recording Engineers : Bob Margouleff & Howard Siegel 
Assisted by Bill Koepnick
Mixed at The Automatt, San Francisco   
Mixing Engineer : David Rubinson with Leslie Ann Jones
Mastered at The Automatt, San Francisco
Mastering Engineer : Paul Stubblebine

Vocals by The Waters : Julia, Luther, Maxine & Oren

Musicians : 
Drums : Nate Neblett all excepJames Gadson on "Dance With Me", David Straughter on "Party People"
Syndrums : Oren Waters
Bass John Barnes, Bass Synthesizer on "Dance The Night Away", "Party People" & "Dance With Me" ; Wayne Douglas, Electric Bass on "Come To Me", "Throw A Little Bit Of Love My Way" & "I Can Make You Smile", Robert Russell, Electric Bass on "Heart Lead The Way" & "Let Him Prove It" & Victor Conte, Electric Bass on "Dance The Night Away"
Guitar John Rowin, Tony Drake, Louis Russell & Ray Obiedo
Keyboards John Barnes, Ernest Straughter, Michael Stanton & Oren Waters
Percussion : Sheila Escovedo & Munyungo
Sax Solo on "Heart Lead The Way" : Don Myrick
Strings Contracted by Charles Veal
Horns Contracted by George Bohannon