18/03/2021

Ashford & Simpson "Performance" (1981) -Soul-



Label : Warner Bros. Records


États-Unis Recorded Live

1

01 - Bourgié Bourgié (Instrumental) (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Nobody Knows (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Medley: You're All I Need / Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing / Ain't No Mountain High Enough / It Seems To Hang On (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

2

01 - Don't Cost You Nothing (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Medley: Landlord / Clouds / The Boss / Is It Still Good To Ya (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

3

01 - I Need Your Light (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Love Don't Make It Right (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Gimme Something Real (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - Found A Cure (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

Recorded In The Studio 

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01 - It Shows In The Eyes (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - It's The Long Run (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Come On, Pretty Baby (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)


Produced & Written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.

Musicians for Live Recording
Piano : Ray Chew
Piano on "Clouds, Landlord" : Valerie Simpson
Clavinet, Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes : Pete Cannarozzi
Guitar : Andy Schwartz
Bass : Eluriel Barfield
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Sammy Figueroa
Trumpet : Ray Maldonado
Saxophone & Flute : Vinnie Della-Rocca
Background vocals : Ullanda McCullough, Frank Floyd

Musicians for Studio Recording
Piano : Valerie Simpson
Organ & Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Synthesizers : Philip Woo
Guitars : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald

Horns
Trumpet : Alan Rubin, Ray Maldonado
Tenor Saxophone : Vincent Della-Rocca
Alto Saxophone : George Opalisky
Baritone Saxophone : Roger Rosenberg
Trombone : Keith Quinn

Rhythm Arrangements : Ray Chew, Ashford & Simpson
Vocal Arrangements : Ashford & Simpson
Horn & String Arrangements (for Studio Recording) : Rob Mounsey
Mixing & Mastering : Jimmy Simpson
Chief Engineer Recording & Mixing : Mike Hutchinson
Vocal Engineer : John Potoker
Assistants : John Convertino, Joan Meisel, Glenn Rosenstein
Studio : Sigma Sound, N.Y.
Studio Coordinator : Barbara Tiesi
Sound Co. (Live Recording) : Record Plant, N.Y.
Mastering : Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound, N.Y.
Strings : Gene Orloff
Horns : Sephra Herman
Copyist : Sephra Herman