29/05/2021

Thelma Houston "Ready To Roll" (1978) -Funk / Soul-



Label : Motown Record Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (Norma Helms & Mitch Botler)
02 - Love Is Comin' On (Ronnie Vann, Karin Patterson & Greg Wright)
03 - I Wanna Start My Life All Over Again (Sharon Anton & Sandra Crouch)
04 - Midnight Mona* (Ronnie Vann, Karin Patterson & Greg Wright)

Side Two

01 - Pardon Me** (Alfred McCrary & Sundray Tucker)
02 - Everybody's Got A Story (Sharon Anton & Sandra Crouch)
03 - Strange* (Greg Wright, Karin Patterson & Olivia Foster)
04 - Am I Expecting Too Much (Raymond Crossley, Curtis Nolen, Dana Meyers & Maureen Bailey)
05 - Can't We Try (Ken Hirsch & Ron Miller)


Produced by Hal Davis & Greg Wright*
**Co-Produced by Hal Davis & Bobby Belle

Rhythm, String & Horn Arrangements by Art Wright except on "Love Is Comin' On", Rhythm Arrangements by Greg Wright & Ronnie Vann
String & Horn Arrangements by Jimmie Haskell on "Midnight Mona"
Rhythm Arrangements by Greg Wright
String & Horn Arrangements by Jimmie Haskell on "Strange"
Rhythm Arrangements by Greg Wright
String & Horn Arrangements by Dave Blumberg

Musicians :
Keyboards : Greg Wright, Sonny Burke, Greg Phillinganes, John Barnes, Clarence McDonald, Willard Oldfield
Guitars : 'Wah Wah' Watson, Ronnie Vann, Ray Parker Jr., Roland Bautista
Drums : James Gadson
Bass : Eddie Watkins Jr., Tony Newton, Robert Hill
Percussion : Eddie 'Bongo' Brown, Alan Estes, Gary Coleman, Rock Deadrick
Vibes : Gene Estes
Congas : Joe Clayton

Background Vocalists : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters, Patti Brooks, Ivory Stone Davis, Venetta Fields, Maxine Anderson, Greg Wright, Platypus, Olivia Foster, Patricia Keene, Dorothy Sheffield, Stephanie Spruill, Roger St. Kennedy, Karin Patterson

Recorded at Motown Recording Studios & Paramount Studio, Hollywood, California & ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Engineers : Russ Terrana, Art Stewart, Sye Mitchell, Barney Perkins, Zollie Johnson, Rob Robitaille
Mixed & Mastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Mixing Engineer : Russ Terrana
Mastering Engineer : Jack Andrews