30/12/2016

The S.O.S. Band "S.O.S." (1980) -Contemporary R&B-



Label : CBS, Inc.


États-Unis Side 1

01 - S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dat Dat Dat Dit Dit Dit) (S.O.S. Band & Sigidi)
02 - What's Wrong With Our Love Affair? (Jason 'T.C.' Bryant)
03 - Open Letter (Sigidi & Rhonghea Southern)
04 - Love Won't Wait For Love (Sigidi & Crystal McCarey)

Side 2

01 - Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Harold Clayton & Sigidi)
02 - I'm In Love (R.E. Daniels)
03 - Take Love Where You Find It (Bruno Speight & J.A. Simpson)
04 - S.O.S. (Reprise) (S.O.S. Band & Sigidi)


Executive Admiral : Clarence Avant (Executive Producer)
Guidance & Navigation : Bunnie Jackson Ransom (Manager)
Admiral : Sigidi
Arranged by Fred Wesley
The S.O.S. Band & Sigidi

The S.O.S. Crew :
Commander : Jason 'T.C.' Bryant - Keyboards & Vocals
Captain : Billy 'B.E.' Ellis - Saxophone, Keyboards & Vocals
First Mate : Mary Davis - Vocals & Percussion
Executive Officer : James Earl Jones III - Drums & Vocals
Ensign : Willie 'Sonny' Killebrew - Saxophone, Flute & Vocals
Helmsman : Bruno Speight - Lead Guitar
Statemate : John Alexander Simpson - Bass Guitar & Vocals

Additional Musicians :
Drums : James Stroud (on "Love Won't Wait For Love")
Percussion : Munyungo
Horns : Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Rick Gardner, David Li, Richard Griffith, Ray Brown Jr., Nolan Smith & Jeff Clayton
Strings : Bill Henderson (Concertmaster)
Background vocals : Rosalind Sweeper, Freddie Rawls, Michele Morgan & Gertha Simms
Handclaps : Dorothy Farrell, Linda Riley, Pam Jones, Isaac Welcome, Angela Hall, Grace Anderson & Charlene Few

Engineering Crew : Richard Wells & Ted Bush, Assisted by Tommy Cooper - Web IV Studios, Atlanta, Georgia 
Tom Race - Apogee Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
George Pappas, Assisted by Greg Webster - Axis Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
Mixed by David Hassinger & Serge Reyes with Mute Matrix & Rhonghea Southern, Assisted by Neil Petinov - The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California
Mastered by Mike Reese - The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California