Ashford & Simpson "Send It" (1977) - City Soul / Smooth Soul-

Label : Warner Bros. Records

 Side 1

01 - By Way Of Love's Express (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Let Love Use Me (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Don't Cost You Nothing (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - Send It (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

Side 2

01 - Top Of The Stairs (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Too Bad (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Bourgié Bourgié (Instrumental) (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - I Waited Too Long (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)


Produced & Written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
Arranged by Paul Riser
Chief Engineer, Recording & Mixing : Mike Hutchinson
Assistant : Bill Stewart
Studio : Sigma Sound, New York
Mixing : James Simpson
Strings & Horns : Sephra Herman & Al Brown
Copyist : Chiefy Salaam


Side 1

01 - By Way Of Love's Express

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Clavinet : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : Chris Parker
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Moog Synthesizer : Phillip Woo
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Raymond Simpson, Yolanda McCullough
Recording Engineer : Jerry Block

02 - Let Love Use Me

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Guitar : Steve Khan
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : John Sussewell
Percussion : Dave Carey

03 - Don't Cost You Nothing

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : Chris Parker
Congas : Ralph MacDonald
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Raymond Simpson, Yolanda McCullough
Recording Engineer : Jerry Block

04 - Send It

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : John Sussewell
Percussion & Congas : Ralph MacDonald

Side 2

01 - Top Of The Stairs

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes : Robert Sabino
Guitar : Steve Khan
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : John Sussewell
Percussion : Dave Carey
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Raymond Simpson, Yolanda McCullough

02 - Too Bad

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Guitar : Steve Khan
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : John Sussewell

03 - Bourgié Bourgié

Instrumental
Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes & Clavinet : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : John Sussewell
Percussion & Congas : Ralph MacDonald

04 - I Waited Too Long

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Clavinet : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : John Sussewell
Percussion : Dave Carey
Tambourine : Ralph MacDonald
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Raymond Simpson, Yolanda McCullough