16/02/2021

Teddy Pendergrass ‎"Workin' It Back" (1985) -Westcoast Soul / Smooth Soul-



Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 
États-Unis Side One

01 - Love 4-2 (Teddy Pendergrass, James Carter & Nathaniel Lee)
02 - One Of Us Fell In Love (Adrian Baker & Eddie Seago)
03 - Never Felt Like Dancin' (Dennis Matkosky & Monty Seward)
04 - Let Me Be Closer (Teddy Pendergrass, Bill Neale, Linda Creed & Dennis Matkosky)

Side Two

01 - Lonely Color Blue (Cecil Womack & Linda Womack)
02 - Want You Back In My Life (Clif Magness & Glen Ballard)
03 - Workin' It Back (Roger Bruno, Ellen Schwartz & Clif Magness)
04 - Love Emergency (Cecil Womack & Linda Womack)


A&R Coordination : Teddy Pendergrass & Sedonia Walker
Executive Producer : Teddy Pendergrass


Side One

01 - Love 4-2

Background vocals : Tenita Jordan
Recorded at Sigma Sound Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Special thanks to Gary Henry for his creative instrumentations & to Freddie Williams
Guitars : Ron Jennings
Produced by Teddy Pendergrass & James Carter

02 - One Of Us Fell In Love

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass Guitar : Neil Stubenhaus
Acoustic Piano & Synthesizers : Randy Kerber
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Saxophone : Joel Peskin
Additional Synthesizers : Clif Magness
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Lynn Davis, Shirley Jones, Stephanie Reach
Strings Arranged by Jerry Hey
Strings Players : Murray Adler, Norman Carr, Arthur Zandvisky, Gordon Marron, Jay Rosen, Bobby Dubow, Ben Garabedian, Hiam Shtrum, John Wittenberg, Raymond J. Kelley, Christina Soule, Paul Hocchalter

03 - Never Felt Like Dancin'

All Keyboards & Synthesizers : Dennis Matkosky
Guitar : Bill Neale
Synthesized Guitar : Monty Seward
Drum Programming : Dennis Matkosky, Michael Mason
Drum Overdubs : Michael Mason
Background vocals : Teddy Pendergrass, Monty Seward, Tammie Taylor
Arranged by Dennis Matkosky
Mixed by Bruce Lampcov
Second Engineer : Michael Christopher
Studio : The Power Station, New York, NY
Produced by Dennis Matkosky, Bill Neale & Linda Creed

04 - Let Me Be Closer

All Keyboards & Synthesizers : Dennis Matkosky
Guitar : Bill Neale
Bass : Doug Grisby
Drums : Raymond Pounds
Background vocals : Tenita Jordan
Arranged by Bill Neale & Dennis Matkosky
Recorded at The Studio, Woodland Hills, CA
Engineers : Rob Weaver
Second Engineer : Michael Mason
Vocals & Additional Overdubs : Recorded at Sigma Sound Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Engineers : Peter Humphreys & Michael Tarsia
Second Engineer : Randy Abrams
Mixed by Tommy Vicari
Second Engineer : Stephen Shelton
Studio : Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA
Produced by Teddy Pendergrass, Bill Neale, Dennis Matkosky, Linda Creed

Side Two

01 - Lonely Color Blue

Guitar & Bass : Cecil Womack
Keyboards : Alan Pasqua, Gip Noble & Linda Womack
Drums : James Gadson
Background vocals : The Womack Congregation & Teddy Pendergrass
Rhythm Tracks & Background Vocals Recorded at Oceanway Recording Studios, LA, CA
Engineers : Rik Pekkonen & Steve MacMillan
Vocals, Background Vocals & Guitar Recorded at Sigma Sound Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Engineers : Joe Tarsia & Arthur Stoppe
Mixed at Sigma Sound Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA by Joe Tarsia
Produced by Womack & Womack for Womack Bros. Productions
Associate Producer : Teddy Pendergrass

02 - Want You Back In My Life

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Synthesizer Bass : Larry Williams
Bass Guitar : Neil Stubenhaus
Fender Rhodes & Synthesizers : Randy Kerber
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Additional Synthesizers : Clif Magness & Glen Ballard
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Featured Vocalist : Vanessa Townsell
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson

03 - Workin' It Back

Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr. & Clif Magness
Keyboards : Clif Magness
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Lynn Davis, Shirley Jones, Stephanie Reach

04 - Love Emergency

Guitar & Bass : Cecil Womack
Keyboards : Alan Pasqua, Gip Noble & Linda Womack
Drums : James Gadson
Background vocals : The Womack Congregation & Teddy Pendergrass
Rhythm Tracks & Background Vocals Recorded at Oceanway Recording Studios, LA, CA
Engineers Rik Pekkonen & Steve MacMillan
Vocals, Background Vocals & Guitar Recorded at Sigma Sound Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Engineers : Joe Tarsia & Arthur Stoppe
Mixed at Sigma Sound Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA by Joe Tarsia
Produced by Womack & Womack for Womack Bros. Productions
Associate Producer : Teddy Pendergrass