Crackin' "Crackin' - I" (1975) -Westcoast Soul / Funk-

 Label : Polydor Records

 Side One

01 - Wanna Dance? (Lester Abrams)
02 - Nothin' To Fear (Rick Chudacoff & Leslie Smith)
03 - Fall In Line (Lester Abrams)
04 - Starring You (Lester Abrams)
05 - Turn It Over (Lester Abrams)

Side Two

01 - Right As Rain (David S. Andersen)
02 - What Ta Day (Rick Chudacoff)
03 - Live Life Simple (Leslie Smith, Rick Chudacoff & Arno Lucas)
04 - Jump Up (David S. Andersen)
05 - Get Crackin' (Lester Abrams, Bob Bordy, Rick Chudacoff, George T. Clinton, Lou Gordon, Arno Lucas & Leslie Smith)


Produced by John Guess for Crackin', Inc
All Songs Arranged by Crackin'
Recorded & Remixed at The Record Plant, Sausalito & Los Angeles, California
Engineered by Tom Flye
2nd Engineer : Cris Morris
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California by John Golden

Crackin' :
Rick Chudacoff : Bass, Synthesizer, Percussion & Background vocals
Bob Bordy : Electric, Slide & Acoustic Guitars, Background vocals
Leslie Smith : Lead & Background vocals, Percussion, Congas & Drums
Arno Lucas : Lead & Background vocals, Congas, Drums & Percussion
Lester Abrams : Lead & Background vocals, Drums, Acoustic Piano, Clavinet & Percussion
George T. Clinton : Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Clavinet & Background vocals


Side One

01 - Wanna Dance?

Lead vocal & Congas : Arno Lucas
Background vocals : Leslie Smith, Arno Lucas & Lester Abrams
Organ, Electric Piano & Synthesizer : George T. Clinton
Drums & Clavinet : Lester Abrams
Guitars : Bob Bordy
Bass & Piano Bass : Rick Chudacoff


02 - Nothin' To Fear

Lead vocals : Arno Lucas & Leslie Smith
Background vocals : Arno Lucas & Leslie Smith
Electric Piano & Organ : George T. Clinton
Drums : Lester Abrams
Guitars : Bob Bordy
Bass : Rick Chudacoff
Tenor Sax : ?

03 - Fall In Line

Lead vocals : Lester Abrams, Leslie Smith & Arno Lucas
Background vocals : Lester Abrams, Leslie Smith & Arno Lucas
Drums & Acoustic Piano : Lester Abrams
Organ & Synthesizer : George T. Clinton
Guitars : Bob Bordy
Bass & Synthesizer Bass : Rick Chudacoff
Tenor Sax : ?

04 - Starring You

Lead vocals : Lester Abrams & Arno Lucas
Background vocals : Leslie Smith, Lester Abrams & Arno Lucas
Guitar : Bob Bordy
Drums & Clavinet : Lester Abrams
Acoustic Piano & Organ : George T. Clinton
Congas : Arno Lucas
Bass : Rick Chudacoff

05 - Turn It Over

Vocals : Arno Lucas, Lester Abrams, Leslie Smith & Bob Bordy
Organ : George T. Clinton
Clavinet & Drums : Lester Abrams
Bass & Synthesizer : Rick Chudacoff

Side Two

01 - Right As Rain

Lead vocal : Leslie Smith
Background vocals : Leslie Smith & Arno Lucas
Guitars : Bob Bordy
Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano & Organ : George T. Clinton
Bass & Synthesizer Bass : Rick Chudacoff
Drums : Lester Abrams

02 - What Ta Day

Lead vocal & Congas : Arno Lucas
Background vocals : Leslie Smith
Guitars : Bob Bordy
Electric Piano & Organ : George T. Clinton
Bass : Rick Chudacoff
Drums : Leslie Smith
Drums : Lester Abrams
Timbales : ?

03 - Live Life Simple

Lead vocals : Arno Lucas & Leslie Smith
Background vocals : Arno Lucas & Lester Abrams
Organ, Electric Piano, Clavinet & Synthesizer : George T. Clinton
Guitars : Bob Bordy
Bass & Synthesizer : Rick Chudacoff
Drums : Leslie Smith

04 - Jump Up

Lead vocal : Arno Lucas
Guitars : Bob Bordy
Acoustic & Electric Pianos, Oberheim : George T. Clinton
Bass : Rick Chudacoff
Drums : Lester Abrams

05 - Get Crackin'

Vocals : Lester Abrams, Leslie Smith & Arno Lucas
Guitars : Bob Bordy
Bass : Rick Chudacoff
Drums & Clavinet : Lester Abrams
Organ & Electric Piano : George T. Clinton