14/12/2021

The S.O.S. Band "The S.O.S. Band Too" (1981) -Funk / Disco-



Label : Tabu Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - It's A Long Way To The Top (Arnell Carmichael)
02 - Do It Now (Bradley Elmer Ridgell, Rhonghea Southern & Sigidi)
03 - There Is No Limit (Mary Davis, Rhonghea Southern, Sigidi & John Alexander Simpson)
04 - You (A Simpson, John Alexander Simpson, Bruno Speight & Sigidi)

Side 2

01 - Stay (Louis Price, Reed Burkholder & Robert Williams)
02 - Are You Ready? (Mary Davis, John Alexander Simpson & Sigidi)
03 - Do You Know Where Your Children Are? (John Alexander Simpson & Bruno Speight)
04 - For The Brothers That Ain't Here (John Alexander Simpson, Bruno Speight & Sigidi)
05 - Unborn Child (Lana Bogan & James Seals)


Produced by Sigidi for Crescent Star Productions, Inc.
Recorded & Mixed by Master Chief Engineer : Steve Williams
Horns & Strings Arranged by Rear Admiral Fred Wesley & Rhythm Arranged by The S.O.S. Band & Sigidi (except where indicated)
Album Coordination by Chief Communications Officer Tina Stephens (Production Coordinator), Communications Officer First Class (Inc.) Karen I. Krattinger (Road Manager), Communications Officer Adjutant Atlee Austin (CBS)

Crew :
Commander : Jason Bryant / Keyboards & Vocals
Executive Officer : Billy Ellis / Saxophone & Vocals
Captain : John Alexander Simpson / Bass & Vocals
First Mater : Mary Davis / Vocals & Percussion
Signalman : James Earl Jones / Drums & Vocals
Ensign : W. Sonny Killebrew / Saxophone, Flute & Vocals
Helmsman : Bruno Speight / Guitar & Vocals
Midshipman : Abdul Ra'oof / Trumpet, Trombone & Vocals

Auxiliary Corps :
Seaman Apprentice : Travis Biggs / Keyboards, Violin & Harp
Reserve Corps
Fred Wesley / Trombone
Darryl 'Munyungo' Jackson / Percussion
David Majal Li / Alto Sax
Rhonghea Southern / Guitar & Background vocals
Phyllis Wanzo / Background vocals
Rosalyn Sweeper / Background vocals
Fredi Grace / Background vocals
Keith Rawls / Background vocals

Strings Recorded in Los Angeles & Atlanta
Concertmaster Atlanta : Ben Picone
Concertmaster Los Angeles : William Henderson

*Rhythm Arranged by Rhonghea & Sigidi
**Rhythm Arranged by John Simpson, Bryan Speight & Sigidi
***Rhythm Arranged by John Simpson & Sigidi
°Horns Arranged by Fred Wesley, W. Sonny Killebrew & Sigidi
°°Horns Arranged by Fred Wesley & Sigidi
Engine Room :
Assistant Engineer : Joe Q. Hall, Scott Skidorne
Spectrum Studios, Venice, CA
Assistant Engineers : Sabrina Huchanck, Peter Damski
Larrabee Sound, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineers : Lew Hahn, Greg Wechster
Axis Sound Recorders, Atlanta, GA
Assistant Engineers : Mark Ettke, Tony Chiappa
Ocean Way Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Assistant Engineer : Louis Summers
Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA
Assistant Engineer : Les Cooper
Rumbo Studio, Canoga Park, CA
Assistant Engineer : Mitch Gibson
The Sound Castle, Los Angeles, CA
Digitally Mixed at arrabee Sound & Kendun Recorders
Assistant Engineers : Sabrina Buchanck & Joe Q. Hall
Digitally Mastered at Precision Lacquer by Stephen Marcussen