25/05/2024

Thelma Houston "Ride To The Rainbow" (1979) -Soul / Funk-



Label : Motown Record Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (Norma Helms & Mitchell Botler)
02 - I Wanna Be Back In Love Again* (Bobby Belle & Eddie Summers)
03 - Love Machine (Warren Moore & Billy Griffin)

Side Two

01 - Imaginary Paradise (Bobby Belle, Alfred McCrary, Charity McCrary, Linda McCrary & Sundray Tucker)
02 - Just A Little Piece Of You (Stevie Wonder & Syreeta Wright)
03 - Ride To The Rainbow (Michele Simmons, Bunny Hull & Gary Poirot)
04 - Paying For It With My Heart (Guy Finley & Michael Rubini)
05 - Give It To Me (R. Wilson)


Produced by Hal Davis
*Co-Produced by Hal Davis & Bobby Belle

Rhythm, Horn & String Arrangements by Arthur G. Wright except "Love Machine" Arranged by Man Oldfield

Rhythm Section :
Keyboards : Man Oldfield, Reginald Burke & Sylvester Rivers
Guitars : Melvin 'Wah Wah' Ragin & Spencer Bean
Synthesizer & Arp : Alan Oldfield
Bass : Eddie Watkins Jr. & David Shields
Drums : James Gadson & Larry Tolbert
Percussion : Gary Coleman & Melvin Webb
Congas : Eddie 'Bongo' Brown

Background Vocalists : Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Patti Brooks, Oma Drake, Jessie Richardson, Terry Young, Monalisa Young, Ivory Davis, Billy Woodruff, Bobby Belle, Venetta Fields

Recorded at Motown Recording Studios, Paramount Recording Studios & One Step Up Recording Studio
Mixed at Motown Recording Studios, Sound Labs & Sound Factory
Mastered at Kendun Recorders

Recording Engineers : Robert Robitaille, Sye Mitchell & Dennis Moody on "Love Machine"
Assistant Recording Engineers : Debbie Scott, Dennis Moody, Romie Luvrich, Gail Ritter
Mixing Engineer : Russ Terrana
Assistant Mixing Engineers : Debbie Scott, Abdoulaye Soumare
Mastering Engineer : Jo Hansch