24/07/2021

Burton Cummings "Sweet Sweet" (1981) -Pop Rock / Blue-Eyed Soul-



Label : Alfa Records


Canada Side 1

01 - You Saved My Soul (Burton Cummings)
02 - Real Good (Burton Cummings)
03 - Mother Keep Your Daughters In (Burton Cummings)
04 - Something Old, Something New (Burton Cummings)
05 - Nothin' Wrong With The Road (Burton Cummings)

Side 2

01 - Gettin' My Daddy's Car (Burton Cummings)
02 - Bad News (Burton Cummings & Steve Crossley)
03 - Someone To Lean On (Burton Cummings)
04 - Sweet Sweet (Burton Cummings)
05 - Firefly (Jonathan Cain)


Produced by Burton Cummings & Bruce Robb
Recorded & Mixed at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Production Co-ordinator : Jim 'Jumbo' Martin
Engineered by Bruce Robb
Mix Engineers : Dee Robb & Bruce Robb
Basic Tracks for "Real Good" & "Firefly" Recorded at Studio 55
Engineered by Howard Steele
"You Saved My Soul", "Real Good" & "Something Old, Something New" Featured in the film "MELANIE"
Mastering : Frank DeLuna, A&M Mastering


Side 1

01 - You Saved My Soul

Burton Cummings : Lead vocals, Grand Piano
Ian Gardiner : Bass
James Phillips : Fender Rhodes, RMI
Charles Crews : Electric Rhythm, Lead Guitars
Jack Daniels : Electric Rhythm Guitar
Fred Tackett : Acoustic Rhythm Guitar
Garry Peterson : Drums
Lenny Castro : Percussion
Background vocals : Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Clydene Jackson

02 - Real Good

Burton Cummings : Lead vocals, Grand Piano
James Phillips : Grand Piano
Ian Gardiner : Bass
Jack Daniels : Electric Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Steve Cropper : Electric Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Jim Horn : Tenor Sax
Rick Shlosser : Drums

03 - Mother Keep Your Daughters In

Burton Cummings : Vocal, Grand Piano, Clappa da Hands
James Phillips : Hammond Organ
Ian Gardiner : Bass
Jack Daniels : Electric Rhythm
Charles Crews : Electric Rhythm
Steve Lukather : Electric Solo
Garry Peterson : Drums

04 - Something Old, Something New

Burton Cummings : Lead vocal, Grand Piano
James Phillips : Prophet 5, RMI
Ian Gardiner : Bass
Charles Crews : Electric Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Jack Daniels : Electric Rhythm Guitar
Fred Tackett : Acoustic Rhythm Guitar
Garry Peterson : Drums
Lenny Castro : Percussion
Background vocals : Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Clydene Jackson

05 - Nothin' Wrong With The Road

Burton Cummings : Lead vocal, Grand Piano
Ian Gardiner : Bass
James Phillips : Hammond Organ
Jack Daniels : Electric Lead
Charles Crews : Electric Lead
Garry Peterson : Drums
Lenny Castro : Percussion
Black Friday And The Major Loons : Audienza Informala
Big Ben Donaldson : Atrocities
 
Side 2

01  - Gettin' My Daddy's Car

Burton Cummings : Lead vocal, Prophet 5
James Phillips : Grand Piano
Ian Gardiner : Bass
Garry Peterson : Drums
Jack Daniels : Electric Guitar (1st Solo - Costello)
Charles Crews : Electric Guitar (2nd Solo - Abbot)
Big Ben Donaldson : Atrocities

02 - Bad News

Burton Cummings : Lead vocal, Grand Piano, Vocoder
Ian Gardiner : Bass
James Phillips : Many Keyboards
Jack Daniels : Electric Rhythm
Charles Crews : Electric Rhythm
Garry Peterson : Drums
Steve Cropper : Electric Rhythm & Fills
Steve Lukather : Electric Solo
Fred Tackett : Acoustic Rhythm
Lenny Castro : Percussion
Horns : Andrew Love, Jack D. Hale, James Mitchell, Jerry Hey, Jim Horn

03 - Someone To Lean On

Burton Cummings : Vocals
James Phillips : Fender Rhodes
Ian Gardiner : Bass
Jack Daniels : Acoustic
Charles Crews : Acoustic
Fred Tackett : Acoustic
Garry Peterson : Drums
Jim Horn : Alto Sax
Lenny Castro : Percussion
Bill Payne : Oberheim

04 - Sweet Sweet

Burton Cummings : Vocal, Grand Piano
Ian Gardiner : Bass
Jack Daniels : Electric Rhythm
Charles Crews : Electric Rhythm
Jeff Baxter : Lead Guitar
Garry Peterson : Drums
Horns : Andrew Love, Jerry Hey, Jack D. Hale, Jim Horn, James Mitchell

05 - Firefly

Burton Cummings : Lead vocal, Grand Piano, Mini Moog, Background vocals
Jack Daniels : All Guitars, Background vocals
James Phillips : Fender Rhodes, Oberheim, Ickets-cray
Ian Gardiner : Bass
Garry Peterson : Drums
Lenny Castro : Percussion