13/09/2023

Patti LaBelle "It's Alright With Me" (1979) -Soul / Smooth Soul-




Label : Epic Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - It's Alright With Me (Skip Scarborough)
02 - My Best Was Good Enough (Skip Scarborough)
03 - What'cha Doing To Me (Skip Scarborough)
04 - Love Is Just A Touch Away (Patti LaBelle, James R. Budd Ellison & Skip Scarborough)
05 - Love And Learn (Skip Scarborough)

Side 2

01 - Deliver The Funk (Willie Hutchinson & W. Vaughn)
02 - Come What May (Allee Willis & David Lasley)
03 - You And Me (Allee Willis & Franne Golde)
04 - Music Is My Way Of Life (Marti Sharron & G. Lee)


Produced by
Skip Scarborough for Relmarc Productions, Inc.
Production Assistant : Budd Ellison
Project Coordination : Yvonne Brooks
Copyist : Sigidi
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by David N. Crawford
Rhythm & Vocals by Skip Scarborough
Horns Contracted by George Bohannon
Strings Contracted by Charles Veal
Percussion All by Munyungo
Recorded at The Total Experience Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Recording Engineer : Don Cody
Assistant Engineer : Steve McMillian
Patti LaBelle Recorded at Alpha International Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Recording Engineer : Don Cody
Assistant Engineer : Jerry Williamson
Mixed at Pat Gleason's Different Fur Studio, San Francisco, CA by Don Cody
Technical Advisor : Steve Mantoani
Assisted by Stacy Baird & Ben O'Brien
Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York, NY by Stewart Romain

Background vocals
The Waters (Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters & Oren Waters) on All Background Tracks except :
"Deliver The Funk"Sheree Payne, The Wright Combination (Mike & Dianne), Luther Waters
"What'cha Doing To Me"Sheree Payne, The Wright Combination (Mike & Dianne), Luther Waters
Additional Background vocals by Emma Coleman on "It's Alright With Me"


Side 1

01 - It's Alright With Me

John Rowin : Guitar
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Wayne Douglas : Bass
Michael Stanton : Acoustic Piano
Ernest Straughter Fender Rhodes
Munyungo : Percussion
Miguel Fuentes : Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Triangle
Nate Neblett : Drums

02 - My Best Was Good Enough

Louis Russell : Guitar
John Rowin : Guitar
Robert Russell : Bass
Ernest Straughter : Acoustic Piano
Michael Stanton : Fender Rhodes
Munyungo : Percussion
Miguel Fuentes : Percussion
Nate Neblett : Drums

03 - What'cha Doing To Me

John Rowin : Guitar
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Wayne Douglas : Bass
Michael Stanton : Fender Rhodes
Ernest Straughter : Acoustic Piano
Munyungo : Percussion
Miguel Fuentes : Xylophone, Glockenspiel
Nate Neblett : Drums

04 - Love Is Just A Touch Away

John Rowin : Guitar
Spencer Bean : Guitar
Ernest Straughter : Acoustic Piano
Michael Stanton : Fender Rhodes
Wayne Douglas : Bass
Nate Neblett : Drums
Munyungo : Percussion
Miguel Fuentes : Glockenspiel

05 - Love And Learn

John Rowin : Guitar
Ernest Straughter : Fender Rhodes
Michael Stanton : Acoustic Piano
Nate Neblett : Drums
Munyungo : Percussion
Wayne Douglas : Bass
Miguel Fuentes : Vibes

Side 2

01 - Deliver The Funk

John Rowin : Guitar
Spencer Bean : Guitar
Ernest Straughter Fender Rhodes
Robert Russell : Bass
Nate Neblett : Drums
Wayne Vaughn : Synthesizer
Felton Pilate III : Synthesizer
Munyungo : Percussion

02 - Come What May

Louis Russell : Acoustic Guitar
Skip Scarborough : Piano & Electric Piano
Wayne Douglas : Bass
Nate Neblett : Drums
Miguel Fuentes : Percussion

03 - You And Me

John Rowin : Guitar
Johnny Graham : Guitar
Michael Stanton : Fender Rhodes
Ernest Straughter : Acoustic Piano
Wayne Douglas : Bass
Nate Neblett : Drums
Munyungo : Percussion
Miguel Fuentes : Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Marimbas

04 - Music Is My Way Of Life

John Rowin : Guitar
Spencer Bean : Guitar
Michael Stanton : Acoustic Piano, Clavinet
Ernest Straughter Fender Rhodes
Robert Russell : Bass
Nate Neblett : Drums
Munyungo : Percussion
Felton Pilate III : Synthesizer Solo