17/12/2021
The Whispers "Open Up Your Love" (1977) -Disco / Soul-
Label : Soul Train Records
01 - Make It With You° (David Gates)
02 - Chocolate Girl (Wayne Bell)
03 - Love Is A Dream (Wayne Bell)
04 - Open Up Your Love (Wayne Bell)
Side 2
01 - I Fell In Love Last Night (At The Disco) (Malcolm Anthony)
02 - You Are Number One (Malcolm Anthony)
03 - You Never Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry) (Don Cornelius)
04 - I'm Gonna Make You My Wife (Wayne Bell)
Produced by Don Cornelius, Dick Griffey & The Whispers
Rhythm Arrangements : Gene Page, Jerry Peters°
String & Horn Arrangements : Bruce Miller, Gene Page
Background Vocal Arrangements : Nicholas Caldwell
The Rhythm Section :
Drums : Ed Greene, James Gadson°
Bass : Wilton Felder, Alphonso Johnson
Guitars : David T. Walker, Marlo Henderson, Dean Parks°, Wah Wah Watson, Lee Ritenour
Keyboards : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke, Joe Sample
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Solos :
Fretless Bass : Alphonso Johnson ("You Never Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)")
Tenor Sax : Terry Harrington ("I'm Gonna Make You My Wife") - Recorded at Wally Heider & Sound Factory West°, Los Angeles
Recording Engineers : Peter Granet, Mic Litz, Steve Hirsch, Steve Mazlow°
Mix Engineer : Steve Hodge / Westlake Audio
A&R Coordinator : Marge Meoli
Executive Producers : Don Cornelius & Dick Griffey
The Whispers : Marcus Hutson, Leaveil Degree, Walter Scott Wallace 'Scotty' Scott, Nicholas Caldwell