26/01/2019

Sheree Brown "Straight Ahead" (1981) -Westcoast Soul-



Label : Capitol Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - You'll Be Dancing All Night* (Sheree Brown)
02 - Happiness Flows(Sheree Brown)
03 - You Are Beautiful (Sheree Brown)
04 - Get Down, I'm So Bad (Sheree Brown)
05 - Passing Thing (Sheree Brown)

Side Two

01 - Never Do You Wrong (Sheree Brown)
02 - Everything You Do (Sheree Brown & Syreeta Wright)
03 - I Wanna Be By Your Side (Sheree Brown)
04 - It's A Pleasure (Sheree Brown)
05 - Straight Ahead (Sheree Brown)


Produced by Richard Rudolph for Combination Productions
Production Assistance by Alexander Thomas
Recorded at Wizard Studios, L.A., CA by Norm Kinney
Assistant Engineers : Bill Koeprick & Jim Hodson
*Recorded at Allen Zentz Recording, Hollywood, CA
*Engineered & Remixed by John Van Nest
Remixed at Village Recorders, West L.A., CA by Elliot Scheiner
Assistant Engineer : Clif Jones
Mastered at A&M Recording Studios, L.A., CA by Bernie Grundman

Musicians :
Acoustic Guitar : Sheree Brown
Bass : Curtis Robertson Jr. (on All Songs except "You'll Be Dancing All Night"), Freddie Washington (on "You'll Be Dancing All Night")
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Guitars : Steve Khan (on All Songs except "You Are Beautiful" & "You'll Be Dancing All Night"), Wali Ali (on "Passing Thing", "Get Down, I'm So Bad" & "I Wanna Be By Your Side"), Paul Jackson Jr. (on "You'll Be Dancing All Night")
Keyboards : Patrice Rushen (on "I Wanna Be By Your Side", "You'll Be Dancing All Night" & "You Are Beautiful), Michael Boddicker (on All Songs except "I Wanna Be By Your Side", "You'll Be Dancing All Night" & "You Are Beautiful")
Synthesizers : Patrice Rushen (on "You'll Be Dancing All Night"), Michael Boddicker (on All Songs except "You'll Be Dancing All Night", "Straight Ahead", "I Wanna Be By Your Side" & "Passing Thing")
Bells & String Synthesizers : Patrice Rushen
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa, Richard Rudolph & Alexander Thomas (Tambourine on "Never Do You Wrong")
Horns :
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Kim Hutchcroft : Saxophone & Flute
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Larry Williams : Saxophone & Flute
Larry Hall : Trumpet on "Everything You Do", "Happiness Flows", "It's A Pleasure", "You'll Be Dancing All Night" & "Straight Ahead 
Raymond L. Brown : Trumpet
Bobby Bryant : Trumpet
Clay Lawrey : Trombone
Maurice Spears : Trombone
Gerald Albright : Saxophone & Flute
Jeff Clayton : Saxophone & Flute on "Get Down, I'm So Bad", "I Wanna Be By Your Side" & "Passing Thing"
Chuck Findley : Trumpet
Gary Herbig : Saxophone

Rhythm Tracks Conducted by Richard Rudolph
All Rhythm Arrangements Assisted by Richard Rudolph, Alexander Thomas & All Musicians Performing on Songs