15/12/2018

Karen Alexander "Isn't It Always Love" (1975) -Soft Rock-



Label : Elektra / Asylum Records


États-Unis Side I

01 - Brown Shoes (Karen Alexander)
02 - Fish In The Sea (Karen Alexander)
03 - A Little Bit More (Karen Alexander)
04 - Watch Out (Karen Alexander)
05 - A Hundred Colors (Karen Alexander)
06 - Home To California (Karen Alexander)

Side II

01 - Isn't It Always Love (Karla Bonoff)
02 - Hotel (Karen Alexander)
03 - Russian Lady (Karen Alexander)
04 - Baghdad Ragman (Karen Alexander)
05 - Leaf On A River (Karen Alexander)
06 - Without Music (Karen Alexander)


Produced by Charles Plotkin
This Album was Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders & Cover Recorders, both in Los Angeles & Mixed at Elektra Sound Recorders during February, 1975
The Work at Elektra was Engineered by Bruce Morgan
The Work at Clover was Engineered by Michael Boshears & Richie Moore
The Record was Mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders by Terry Dunavan
Production Coordinators : Laura Plotkin & Carol Thompson

The Basic Unit
Karen Alexander : All Vocals
Matthew Betton : Drums, Tack Piano, Vibes & Occasional Percussion
David Jackson : Acoustic & Electric Bass, Tuba
Dean Parks : Guitar & Ukulele

Others
Andrew Gold : 12-String Guitar on "Home To California", Electric Guitar on "Isn't It Always Love", Recorder on "Baghdad Ragman"
Milt Holland : Various Hard Percussion Textures on "Baghdad Ragman", "Hotel" & "Isn't It Always Love"
Don Menza : Saxophone on "Baghdad Ragman"
Chuck Plotkin : Accordion on "Russian Lady"
Joel Tepp : Harmonica on "Home To California" & Occasional Clarinet
Strings & Woodwinds on "A Hundred Colors", "Fish In The Sea", "Leaf On A River", "Isn't It Always Love" & "Russian Lady" Arranged & Conducted by David Campbell
Violins : Tom Buffum, Marcy Dicterow, Bob Dubow, Lye Stem, Polly Sweeney (First Chait), John Wittenberg
Violas : Denyse Buffum, Paul Polivnick
Cellos : Jesse Ehrlich, Dennis Karmazyn
Woodwinds :
Bill Byrne : Flute & Saxophone
Don Menza : Flute, Saxophone & English Horn

Horns & Reeds on "Without Music", "Watch Out", "Brown Shoes", "A Little Bit More" & "Home To California" Arranged by Matthew Betton
Michael Campbell : Clarinet & Saxophone
James Gordon : Clarinet & Saxophone
David Hungate : Trombone
Charles Keagle : Clarinet & Saxophone
Darrell Leonard : Trumpet