24/12/2021
The Reddings "The Awakening" (1980) -Westcoast Soul / Funk-
Label : Epic Records
01 - Remote Control (Nick Mann, Bill Beard & Chet Fortune)
02 - Funkin' On The One (Chet Fortune, Bill Beard & Nick Mann)
03 - Come In Out The Rain (Dexter Redding, Renee Harris & Mark Lockett)
04 - It's Friday Night (Chet Fortune & Mark Lockett)
Side Two
01 - The Awakening Pt. 1 (Dester Redding, Mark Lockett & Tom McCarthy)
02 - I Want It (Chet Fortune, Bill Beard & Nick Mann)
03 - Doin' It (Mark Lockett & Henry Thompson)
04 - Lady Be My Lovesong (Billy Beard, Nick Mann & Chet Fortune)
05 - The Awakening Pt. 2 (Mark Lockett & Tom McCarthy)
Dexter Redding : Lead & Background vocals, Bass
Otis Redding III : Guitar
Mark Lockett : Lead & Background vocals, Acoustic Piano, Drums, Polymoog, Bongos, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet
E.J. Mitchell : Acoustic & Electric Guitar
Harold Youn : Drums
Darrell Dickerson : Drums
Bill Joyner : Acoustic Piano & Fender Rhodes
Louie Oxley : Polymoog, Mini Moog
Larry Odom : Harp
Al Robinson : Percussions
Ron Holloway : Tenor Saxophone
Strings & Horns by The Dee Cee Strings & Horns
Additional Background vocals : Pede Marshall, Destry, Chet Fortune
Rhythm Arrangements : Bill Beard except "Funkin' On The One" - The Reddinsg & Bill Beard, "Come In Out The Rain", "Doin' It" & "The Awakening" by The Reddings
Vocal Arrangements : Chet Fortune & Mark Lockett
String & Horn Arrangements : Clay Robinson
Synthesizer Arrangements : Louie Oxley
Produced by Russel Timmons & Nick Mann
Recorded at RM 10 Recording Studios, Washington, D.C.
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Tom McCarthy
Mastered at Sterling Sound by Ted Jensen