17/11/2021
France Joli "Witch Of Love" (1985) -SynthPop / Pop Rock / Hight Tech AOR-
Label : Epic Records
01 - Does He Dance (Deborah Neal & Jay Ferguson)
02 - Give Me Your Love (Raymond Jones)
03 - Party Lights (George Duke)
04 - Love Always Finds A Way (Tom Snow & Cynthia Weil)
Side 2
01 - Love's On Fire (Don Freeman, David Batteau & Warren Giancaterino)
02 - In The Darkness (Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly)
03 - What About Me (France Joli & Daniel Vail)
04 - Attitude (Craig Karp & Bill LaBounty)
05 - Witch Of Love (France Joli & Daniel Vail)
Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises, Inc.
Recorded & Mixed by Tommy Vicari
Assistant Producer : Don Freeman on "Love Always Finds A Way"
"Love Always Finds A Way" Recorded & Mixed by Erik Zobler
"Love's On Fire" Recorded by Erik Zobler & Mixed by Tommy Vicari
"Party Lights" Recorded & Mixed by Mick Guzauski
All Songs Arranged by George Duke except "Love's On Fire" Arranged by Don Freeman
All Songs Recorded at Le Gonks West Studio
Mitch Gibson - Assistant Engineer
Mixed at Lion Share Studio except "Party Lights" & "Love Always Finds A Way" Mixed at The Complex
Strings Recorded at Ocean Way on "Love Always Finds A Way"
String Arranger : George Del Barrio
Production Assistants : Constance de Guzman, Alice Murrell & Coleen Burton
Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Side 1
01 - Does He Dance
France Joli : Lead vocal
George Duke : Synclavier II, Memory Moog Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jeffrey Osborne, Shannon Rubicam, George Merrill : Background vocals
02 - Give Me Your Love
France Joli : Lead vocal
Raymond Jones : DX-7, OB-8, Linn Drum
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Marcy Levy, Portia Griffin, George Duke : Background vocals
03 - Party Lights
France Joli : Lead vocal
George Duke : Acoustic Piano, Memory Moog, Mini Moog, Korg Poly 6, Linn & Simmons Drums, Prophet V
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Kim Hutchcroft : Alto Sax
Lynn Davis, Marcy Levy, George Duke : Background vocals
04 - Love Always Finds A Way
France Joli : Lead vocal
George Duke : Acoustic Piano, Rhodes, Mini Moog
Neil Stubenhaus : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Lynn Davis, Shirley Jones : Background vocals
Side 2
01 - Love's On Fire
France Joli : Lead vocal
Don Freeman : DX-7, Jupiter, Fairlight, Castle-Bar Clavinet, Acoustic Piano
Gordon Peeke : Linn Drum & Simmons
Rory Kaplan : Fairlight & Jupiter Programming
Suzzane Wallach, Gene Miller : Background vocals
02 - In The Darkness
France Joli : Lead vocal
George Duke : Synclavier II, Tom Fills, Memory Moog
Charles Fearing, Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitars
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Marcy Levy, Lena Sunday : Background vocals
03 - What About Me
France Joli : Lead vocal
George Duke : Yamaha PF 15, Memory Moog, Prophet V, Linn Drums, Synclavier
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Gordon Peeke : Tom-Toms
Lena Sunday, Lynn Davis, Marcy Levy : Background vocals
04 - Attitude
France Joli : Lead vocal
George Duke : Yamaha PF 15, Prophet V, Sequential Circuits Drum Machine
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Freddie Washington : Bass
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Ernie Watts : Tenor Sax
Gordon Peeke : Tom Fills
Lynn Davis, Marcy Levy, Lena Sunday : Background vocals
05 - Witch Of Love
France Joli : Lead vocal
George Duke : DX-7, Yamaha PF 15, Memory Moog, Prophet V, Linn Drums, Jupiter 8, Fairlight
John 'JR' Robinson : Tom-Toms, Cymbal
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Gary Chang, George Duke : Synthesizer Programming
Lynn Davis, Lena Sunday, Petsye Powell : Background vocals