17/12/2021

Four Tops "The Show Must Go On" (1977) -Soul-



Label : ABC Records

 
États-Unis Side A

01 - The Show Must Go On (Lawrence Payton & Fred L. Bridges)
02 - I Can't Live Without You (Renaldo Benson & Ronnie McNeir)
03 - Save It For A Rainy Day (Stephen Bishop)
04 - Runnin' From Your Love (Lawrence Payton & Fred L. Bridges)

Side B

01 - See The Real Me (Sharon Ridley)
02 - Love Is A Joy (Lawrence Payton & Fred L. Bridges)
03 - You'll Never Find A Better Man (Renaldo Benson & Ronnie McNeir)
04 - Candy (Fred L. Bridges & Richard Knight)


Produced by Lawrence Payton

Musicians
Rhythm Section :
Keyboards : Earl Van Dyke, Robert Budson, Sharon Ridley, Lawrence Payton, Jerry Peters, Ronald Coleman, McKinley Jackson
Synthesizers / String Ensemble / Clavinet & Everything else : Ronnie McNeir, Michael Boddicker
Guitars : Joe Smith, Robert White, Joe Guastella, Greg Poree, Thom Rotella, Ray Parker Jr., Charles Fearing, Wah Wah Watson
Bass : Greg Coles, Scott Edwards
Drums : David Penney, Uriel Jones, James Gadson
Percussion : Lorenzo Brown, Paulinho Da Costa
Horns : John Trudell & Company from Detroit, George Bohannon & The Cats from Karma
Strings : Sid Sharp, Charles Veal Jr.

Album Coordinator : Fred L. Bridges
Arrangers : John V. Allen, Gil Askey, Jerry Peters, Lawrence Payton
Rhythm Arrangements : Greg Coles, Sharon Ridley, Lawrence Payton
Engineers :
Barney Perkins - ABC Records, Los Angeles
Bob Dennis - Pro Sound, Detroit
Pete Bishop - United Sound, Detroit
Jim Vitti - United Sound, Detroit
Recorded at ABC Studios, Los Angeles, California / Pro Sound Studios, Detroit, Michigan / United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan

Vocals :
The Four Top : Lawrence Payton, Abdul Fakir, Renaldo Benson, Levi Strubbs Jr.