21/04/2019

Wah Wah Watson "Elementary" (1976) -Funk / Soul-



Label : CBS, Inc.


États-Unis 1

01 - Goo Goo Wah Wah (Melvin Ragin)
02 - Love My Blues Away (Melvin Ragin & Ray Parker Jr.)
03 - Cry Baby (Melvin Ragin, Quincy Jones & Bobby Bryant)
04 - My Love For You Comes And Goes (Melvin Ragin & Al Ciner)
05 - Together (Whatever) (Melvin Ragin, Louis Johnson, Gene Page & Rasputtin Boutte)

2

01 - Sunset Boulevard (Melvin Ragin & Bobby Bryant)
02 - Love Ain't Something (Melvin Ragin & Ray Parker Jr.)
03 - I'll Get By Without You (Melvin Ragin, Dave Grusin & Bonnie Pointer)
04 - Bubbles (Melvin Ragin & Herbie Hancock)
05 - Good Friends (Melvin Ragin, Bobby Bryant & Sonny Burke)


Produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. & Wah Wah Watson
Engineers : Fred Catero & David Rubinson
Assistant Engineers : Tim Kramer & Susie Foot
Recorded at :
The Village Recorders, L.A.
And Wally Heider Recording, S.F.
"My Love For You Comes And Goes" Recorded at Quad Tech, L.A.
"Sunset Boulevard" Recorded at Wally Heider Recording, L.A.
"Goo Goo Wah Wah" Recorded at Funky Features, S.F.
Jack Leahy, Engineer
Mixed at Wally Heider Recording, L.A.
Mastering Engineers :
George Horn & Phil Brown, CBS, S.F.
A Product of Catero Sound Company, S.F.
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Dale Warren & Bob Manchurian

The Players :
Wah Wah Watson : Guitar, Maestro
Universal Synthesizer System,
Maestro Sample & Hold Unit,
Voice Bag, Echoplex, Boomerang
Wah Wah, Vocals
The Waters Family (Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Luther Waters) : Vocals
Ray Parker Jr. : Guitar
Ollie Brown : Drums
Louis Johnson : Bass
Sonny Burke : Piano, Rhodes Electric Piano, ARP 2600
John Barnes : Hohner D6 Clavinet
Joe Sample : Piano
Clarence McDonald : Piano

Also
Mark Davis : Piano on "Sunset Boulevard"
Willie Weeks : Bass on "Sunset Boulevard"
Herbie Hancock : Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer & Rhodes Electric Piano on "Bubbles" & EMI Syn-Key on "Good Friends"
Bennie Maupin : Soprano Sax, Boomerang Wah Wah, Echoplex on "Bubbles"
Ernie Watts : Tenor Sax Solo Solos on "Together (Whatever)" & "Love My Blues Away"
Aaron Smith : Drums on "Goo Goo Wah Wah"
Wilton Felder : Bass on "Love My Blues Away", "Love Ain't Something"
Henry Davis : Bass on "I'll Get By Without You"
James Jamerson : Bass on "My Love For You Comes And Goes"
David T. Walker : Guitar on "My Love For You Comes And Goes"
Dave Grusin : Rhodes Electric Piano on "I'll Get By Without You"