Gerald Alston "Open Invitation" (1990) -Smooth Soul-

Label : Motown Record Corporation

01 - Slow Motion (Stan Sheppard & Aaron Smith)
02 - Getting Back Into Love (Stan Sheppard & & Jimmy Varner)
03 - Don't You Know I Feel (Stan Sheppard & & Jimmy Varner)
04 - I'll Go Crazy* (Bruce Malament, Louis Johnson & Vesta Williams)
05 - Never Give Up* (David Bellochio & Stacy Habeeb)
06 - Tell Me This Night Won't End* (L. Smokey Bates, Ray Fuller & Percy Bady)
07 - Open Invitation** (Jeff Franzel & Norma Jean Wright)
08 - Still In Love* (Mark Holden & Richard Scher)
09 - Any Day Now** (Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard) 


Executive Producer : Debbie Sandridge
Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA 

Project Assistant : Gayle Woodard


01 - Slow Motion

Produced by Stan Sheppard & Jimmy Varner
Drum Programming : Aaron Smith

Rhythm Arrangements : Stan Sheppard & Aaron Smith

Vocal Arrangements : Stan Sheppard
Guitar : Charles Fearing

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Background vocals : By All Means - Alfie Silas, Crystal Wilson & Penny Wilson

Recorded at Pacifique Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Engineered by Gary Dobbins
Mixed by Barney Perkins at Encore Studios, Burbank, CA
Assistant Engineer : Milton Chan

02 - Getting Back Into Love

Produced by Stan Sheppard & Jimmy Varner
Keyboards & Drum Programming : Jimmy Varner
Rhythm Vocal Arrangements : Stan Sheppard & Jimmy Varner
Guitar : Charles Fearing
Saxophone : Gerald Albright

Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : By All Means - Alfie Silas, Crystal Wilson, Penny Wilson

Recorded at Pacifique Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Engineered by Gary Dobbins
Mixed by Barney Perkins at Encore Studios, Burbank, CA
Assistant Engineer : Milton Chan

03 - Don't You Know I Feel

Produced by Stan Sheppard & Jimmy Varner
Keyboards, Drum Programming & Rhythm Arrangements : Jimmy Varner

Vocal Arrangements : Stan Sheppard & Jimmy Varner
Guitar : Charles Fearing
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa

Saxophone : Gerald Albright 
Background vocals : By All Means - Alfie Silas, Crystal Wilson

Recorded at Pacifique Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Engineered by Gary Dobbins
Mixed by Barney Perkins at Encore Studios, Burbank, CA
Assistant Engineer : Milton Chan

04 - I'll Go Crazy

Produced by Jimmy Anthony Carmichael
Keyboard Programming & Arrangements : John Barnes & Lloyd Tolbert
Piano & Synthesizers : Jerry Peters
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. 
Bass : Freddie Washington
Background vocals : Deborah Thomas, Marva King

Recorded at Calvin Harris Studios, Woodland Hills, CA ; Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood, CA & Lion Share, Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Calvin Harris
Assistant Engineers : Bill Malina, Steve Harrison, Joe Shay, Guy De Fazio & Mark Stebbeds
Mixed by Calvin Harris at Calvin Studios, Woodland Hills, CA

05 - Never Give Up 

Produced by Jimmy Anthony Carmichael
Keyboard Programming & Arrangements : John Barnes & Lloyd Tolbert
Piano & Synthesizers : Jerry Peters
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. 
Bass : Freddie Washington
Background vocals : Deborah Thomas, Marva King, Billie Barnum, Sherlie Matthews : Background vocals 

Recorded at Calvin Harris Studios, Woodland Hills, CA ; Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood, CA & Lion Share, Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Calvin Harris
Assistant Engineers : Bill Malina, Steve Harrison, Joe Shay, Guy De Fazio & Mark Stebbeds
Mixed by Calvin Harris at Calvin Studios, Woodland Hills, CA

06 - Tell Me This Night Won't End

Duet with Brenda Russell
Produced by Jimmy Anthony Carmichael
Keyboard Programming & Arrangements : John Barnes & Lloyd Tolbert
Piano & Synthesizers : Jerry Peters
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Guitar : Steve Lukather
Bass : Freddie Washington

Recorded at Calvin Harris Studios, Woodland Hills, CA ; Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood, CA & Lion Share, Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Calvin Harris
Assistant Engineers : Bill Malina, Steve Harrison, Joe Shay, Guy De Fazio & Mark Stebbeds
Mixed by Calvin Harris at Calvin Studios, Woodland Hills, CA

07 - Open Invitation

Produced by Levi Seacer Jr.
All Instruments : Levi Seacer Jr.
Saxophone : Gerald Albright
Background vocals : Alex Brown, Paulette Brown, Fred Sawyers

Recorded at Westlake Studios, West Hollywood, CA
Engineered by David Friedlander & Levi Seacer Jr.
Mixed by Alan Meyerson at Larrabee Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineer : Neil H. Pogue

08 - Still In Love

Produced by Jimmy Anthony Carmichael
John Barnes & Lloyd Tolbert : Keyboard Programming & Arrangements
Keyboard Programming & Arrangements : John Barnes & Lloyd Tolbert
Piano & Synthesizers : Jerry Peters
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. 
Bass : Freddie Washington
Background vocals : Deborah Thomas, Marva King

Recorded at Calvin Harris Studios, Woodland Hills, CA ; Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood, CA & Lion Share, Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Calvin Harris
Assistant Engineers : Bill Malina, Steve Harrison, Joe Shay, Guy De Fazio & Mark Stebbeds
Mixed by Calvin Harris at Calvin Studios, Woodland Hills, CA

09 - Any Day Now

Produced by Levi Seacer Jr.
All Instruments : Levi Seacer Jr.
Background vocals : Kevin Jackson, Constina Jackson

Recorded at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN
Engineered by David Friedlander & Tom Garneau
Assistant Engineer : Brian Poer
Mixed by John Black at Creation Recording, Minneapolis, MN