Rodney Franklin "Marathon" (1984) -Westcoast Jazz-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Stay On In The Groove (Denzil A. Miller Jr. & Rodney Franklin)
02 - Marathon (Rodney Franklin, Stanley Clarke & Ronnie Laws)
03 - Love Is The Answer (Rodney Franklin)

Side 2

01 - Let's Talk (Rodney Franklin, Gary Calvin & Audrey Franklin)
02 - Searchin' For (Rodney Franklin & Gary Calvin)
03 - Lumière (Rodney Franklin)
04 - Reflection Of A Dream (Rodney Franklin)


Produced by Stanley Clarke
Executive Producer : George Butler
Engineered by Erik Zobler
Recorded at Larrabee Sound, Los Angeles, CA ; Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA & Mad Hatter Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineers : Toni Green, Eric Westfall
Additional Engineering : Bernie Kirsh
Mastered at Allen Zentz by Brian Gardner

Strings :
George Del Barrio (Conductor), Gerald Vinci, Brenton Banks, Sherril Baptist, Arnold Belnick, Stuart Canin, Ronald Cooper, Rollice Dale, Assa Drori, Ronald Folsom, Pamela Goldsmith, Edward Green, Allan Harshman, Reg Hill, Barbara Hunter, Karen Jones, Earl Madison, Nathan Ross, David Swartz, Frederick Seykora, Robert Sushei, Dorothy Remsen


Side 1

01 - Stay On In The Groove

Rodney Franklin : Hamburg Steinway Model D, JP8
Denzil Miller : Keyboards, Synthesizer
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Lynn Davis : Vocals

02 - Marathon

Rodney Franklin : Moog, Korg 61, Yamaha GS1, Hamburg Steinway Model D, OBX
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Ronnie Laws : Soprano Saxophone
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums

03 - Love Is The Answer

Rhythm Arrangement : Todd Cochran
String Arrangement : George Del Barrio
Rodney Franklin : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Ronnie Laws : Soprano Saxophone
Lynn Davis : Vocals
Darryl Coley : Vocals
Strings

Side 2

01 - Let's Talk

Rodney Franklin : OBX, Linn Drums, Korg 61, Yamaha GS1
Gary Calvin : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Darryl Coley : Vocals
Raymond Gomez : Guitar

02 - Searchin' For

Rodney Franklin : Yamaha GS1, Fender Rhodes, OBX
Gary Calvin : Bass
Louis Johnson : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Darryl Phinnessee : Vocals
Jim Gilstrap : Vocals
Howard Smith : Vocals
Gerald Albright : Tenor & Alto Saxophone
Eric Butler : Trumpet & Flugelhorn

03 - Lumière

String Arrangement : George Del Barrio
Rodney Franklin : Fender Rhodes, OBX, Yamaha GS1, Prophet 5
Stanley Clarke : Piccolo Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Gary Calvin : Bass
Strings

04 - Reflection Of A Dream

Rodney Franklin : Hamburg Steinway Model D