22/11/2021

Michael Lovesmith "Diamond In The Raw" (1984) -Westcoast Soul-



Label : Motown Record Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Fast Girls (Michael Lovesmith)
02 - Lucky In Love (Michael Lovesmith)
03 - Sweetness (Michael Lovesmith)
04 - Gotta Get Out Tonight (Michael Lovesmith)
05 - Zapped (Michael Lovesmith)

Side Two

01 - Diamond In The Raw (Michael Lovesmith)
02 - Be My Star (Michael Lovesmith)
03 - I Can't Give Her Up (Michael Lovesmith)
04 - He Only Looks The Part* (Michael Lovesmith)
05 - A Promise Is A Promise* (Michael Lovesmith)


Produced by Steve Barri & Michael Lovesmith
Associate Producer : Tony Peluso
Recorded at Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA & Jennifudy Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Recording Engineers : Tony Peluso & Roger Nichols
Mixing Engineer : Tony Peluso
Assistant Engineers : Stephan Smith, Ralph Sutton, Rick Clifford, Fred Law & Michael Dotson
Production Coordinator : Gail Pierson
All Tunes Written & Arranged by Michael Lovesmith

All Lead & Background vocals by Michael Lovesmith


Side One

01 - Fast Girls

Keyboards, Bass & Drum Machine Programming : Michael Lovesmith
Cymbal : Mike Baird
Electric Guitar : Charles Fearing

02 - Lucky In Love

Keyboards & Bass : Michael Lovesmith
Rhythm Guitar : Charles Fearing
Additional Drums : Mike Baird
Additional Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Guitar Solo : Tony Peluso

03 - Sweetness

All Keyboards, Bass & Drum Machine Programming : Michael Lovesmith
Guitar : Charles Fearing
Tom Tom & Cymbal : Mike Baird

04 - Gotta Get Out Tonight

Keyboards, Bass & Drum Machine Programming : Michael Lovesmith
Rhythm Guitar : Charles Fearing
Additional Guitar : Tony Peluso
Tom Tom & Cymbal : Mike Baird
Lyricon Solo : Richard Elliot

05 - Zapped

Keyboards, Bass & Drum Machine Programming : Michael Lovesmith
Rhythm Guitar : Charles Fearing
Saxophone Solo : Richard Elliot
Additional Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan

Side Two

01 - Diamond In The Raw

Keyboards, Bass & Drum Machine Programming : Michael Lovesmith
Guitar : Charles Fearing
Lyricon : Richard Elliot

02 - Be My Star

Keyboards & Bass Michael Lovesmith
Drums : Mike Baird
Guitar : Tony Peluso
Additional Keyboards : Michael Boddicker

03 - I Can't Give Her Up

Keyboards, Bass & Drum Machine Programming : Michael Lovesmith
Additional Drums : Mike Baird
Additional Keyboards : Michael Boddicker
Rhythm Guitar : Charles Fearing

04 - He Only Looks The Part

Keyboards : Michael Lovesmith
Rhythm Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Lead Guitar : Tony Peluso
Drums : Mike Baird
Additional Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan

05 - A Promise Is A Promise

Keyboards : Robbie Buchanan
Bass : Freddie Washington
Drums : Mike Baird
Additional Keyboards : Michael Lovesmith