Billy Vera "Billy Vera" (1982) -Blue-Eyed Soul / Pop Rock-

Label : Alfa Records

 Side 1

01 - We Got It All (Billy Vera & L. Russell Brown)
02 - Private Clown (Billy Vera)
03 - Oooh (Billy Vera & L. Russell Brown)
04 - Hopeless Romantic (Billy Vera)
05 - Down (Billy Vera, Steve Diamond & Jeffrey Monday)

Side 2

01 - Slow Down (Larry Williams)
02 - I Don't Want Her (Billy Vera & Chip Taylor)
03 - Once In A Lifetime (Will Do) (Billy Vera)
04 - Peanut Butter (Fred Smith, Cliff Goldsmith, Hidle Brown Barnum & Martin J. Cooper)
05 - I Don't Want To Go On Without You (Bert Berns & Jerry Wexler)


Musicians :
Gene Chrisman : Drums
Tommy Cogbill : Bass
Jim Ehinger : Piano & Organ
Pete Carr : Rhythm & Lead Guitar
Jimmy Johnson : Rhythm Guitar

Horns :
Lon Price : Tenor & Alto Saxophone
Jerry Peterson : Tenor, Alto & Baritone Saxophone
Bryan Cumming : Tenor Saxophone
Ron Viola : Tenor & Alto Saxophone
Ronnie Eades : Tenor, Alto & Baritone Saxophone

Produced by Jerry Wexler & Jimmy Johnson
Al Schwartz : Direction
Tracks & Horns Recorded December 7th-19th, 1981 at Muscle Shoals Sound
Steve Melton : Engineer
Mary Beth McLemore : Assistant Engineer
Strings Arranged by Harold Wheeler on "I Don't Want To Go On Without You" & "Hopeless Romantic"
Recorded December 28th, 1981 at Power Station, New York
Neil Dorfsman : Engineer
Jason Corsaro : Assistant Engineer
Steve Melton : Mixing Engineer
Pete Green : Assistant Engineer
Supervised by Jerry Wexler & Jimmy Johnson
Lon Price, Jerry Wexler & Jimmy Johnson : Horn Arrangements
George Lair : Production Assistance (Muscle Shoals)
Cindy Guagenti : Production Assistance (Los Angeles)


Side 1

01 - We Got It All

Pete Carr : Slide Guitar Solo
Jerry Peterson : Tenor Sax Solo
Billy Vera : Guitar
Mickey Buckins : Percussion
Background vocals : Clayton Ivey & Mac McAnally

02 - Private Clown

Barry Beckett : Organ
Lon Price : Tenor Sax Solo
Mickey Buckins : Percussion

03 - Oooh

Mickey Buckins : Percussion
Background vocals : Jerry Wallace, Lenny LeBlanc, Ava Aldridge

04 - Hopeless Romantic

Barry Beckett : Wurlitzer

05 - Down

Billy Vera : Guitar
Lon Price : Tenor Sax Solo
Mickey Buckins : Percussion
Duelling Saxes :
Jerry Peterson : Alto
Lon Price : Tenor

Side 2

01 - Slow Down

Billy Vera : Guitar
Jerry Peterson : Baritone Sax Solo
Lon Price : Tenor Sax Solo

02 - I Don't Want Her

Barry Beckett : Organ
Billy Vera : Guitar
Mickey Buckins : Percussion

03 - Once In A Lifetime (Will Do)

Billy Vera : Piano
Pete Carr : Guitar Solo
Lon Price : Alto Sax Solo
Mickey Buckins : Percussion

04 - Peanut Butter

Billy Vera : Guitar Solo
Mickey Buckins : Percussion

05 - I Don't Want To Go On Without You

Billy Vera : Piano
Barry Beckett : Wurlitzer