Smokey Robinson "Essar" (1984) -Westcoast Soul-

Label : Tamla Motown Record Corporation

 Side One

01 - And I Don't Love You (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
02 - Train Of Thought (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
03 - I Can't Find (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
04 - Why Are You Running From My Love (Stephen Tavani & Scott V. Smith)

Side Two

01 - Gone Forever (Theme From The Motion Picture 'Cry Of The City') (Mark Davis)
02 - Close Encounters Of The First Kind (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
03 - Little Girl Little Girl (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
04 - Girl I'm Standing There (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
05 - Driving Thru Life In The Fast Lane (Steve Dorff, M. Brown & S. Garrett)


Produced by William 'Smokey' Robinson & Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Arranged by Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Background vocals : Ivory Davis, Patricia Henley Talbert, Smokey Robinson
Recording Engineer : Mitchel Delevie
Mixed at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
Mixing & Editing Engineer : Barney Perkins
Second Engineers : Jeff DeMorris, Fred Law
Assistant Mixing Engineers : William 'Smokey' Robinson, Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Assistant Editing Engineer : Phillip Walters
Mastering : Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California
Contractor : George Annis
Copyist : Andres Victorin, Music Suite


Side One

01 - And I Don't Love You

All Keyboards & Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitar : Charles Fearing
Programming DX : Clark Spangler
Assistant Editing Engineer : Bob Robitaille

02 - Train Of Thought

All Keyboards & Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitars : Charles Fearing, David T. Walker

03 - I Can't Find

All Keyboards & Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitars : David T. Walker, Charles Fearing
Cello : Michael 'Jake' Jacobsen
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone

04 - Why Are You Running From My Love

Produced by Stephen Tavani & Scott V. Smith
All Keyboards : Michael Ruff
Linn Drum Programming : Scott V. Smith, Davis Mynn Coulter
Synthesizer Programming : Rhett Lawrence
Guitar : James Harrah
Background vocals : Howard McCrary, Howard Smith, Ivory Davis
Engineers : Frank Wolf, Win Kutz, Chris Banninger
Second Engineers : Steve Ford, Todd Van Etten
Recorded at Mama Jo's, North Hollywood

Side Two

01 - Gone Forever (Theme From The Motion Picture 'Cry Of The City')

Produced by Mark Davis & Smokey Robinson
Associate Producer : Charlee King
All Keyboards & Synthesizers : Mark Davis
Oboe : William Green
Bass : LeQueint 'Duke' Jobe
Background vocals : Mindy Sterling, Allan Rich, Carmen Grillo
Rhythm Engineer : Karen Siegel
Assistant Engineer : Michael Dotson
Vocal Engineer : Mitchel Delevie
Recorded at Golden Sound Studios, Inc., Hollywood

02 - Close Encounters Of The First Kind

All Keyboards & Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitars : Wah Wah Watson, Charles Fearing

03 - Little Girl Little Girl

All Keyboards & Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitars : David T. Walker

04 - Girl I'm Standing There

All Keyboards & Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitars : David T. Walker
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone
Bass : Freddie Washington
Cello : Michael Jacobsen
Rhythm Engineers : Paul Ring, Mitchel Delevie

05 - Driving Thru Life In The Fast Lane

Produced by Steve Dorff & Randy Dunlap
Rhythm Arranged by Steve Dorff
Horns Arranged by Larry Herbstritt
Bass : Joe Chemay
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr., Dann Huff
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Keyboards : John Hobbs
Lead Trumpet : Jerry Hey
Trumpets : Gary Grant, Warren Luening
Trombones : Richard Noel, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters, Smokey Robinson
Engineers : Ed Barton, Gary Singleman & Marv Clamme
Session Coordinator : Dave Pell