12/01/2022
Patrice Rushen "Posh" (1980) -Westcoast Soul / Smooth Soul-
Label : Elektra / Asylum Records
01 - Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Be) (Patrice Rushen & Freddie Washington)
02 - Don't Blame Me (Patrice Rushen, Angela Rushen Ehigiator & Clarence Bell)
03 - Look Up! (Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims Jr. & Sheree Brown)
04 - I Need Your Love (Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims Jr. & Angela Rushen Ehigiator)
Side Two
01 - Time Will Tell (Patrice Rushen & Angela Rushen Ehigiator)
02 - The Dream (Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington & Sheree Brown)
03 - The Funk Won't Let You Down (Patrice Rushen)
04 - This Is All I Really Know (Patrice Rushen & Lynn Davis)
Produced by Charles Mims Jr. & Patrice Rushen
Executive Producer : Patrice Rushen for Baby Fingers, Inc.
Recorded by Peter Chaikin
Remixed by F. Byron Clark
Additional Recording by Phil Moores except Rhythm on "The Funk Won't Let You Down" by Jeffrey Titmus
Recorded at Conway Recording
Additional Recording at The Sound Factory & The Automatt
Mastering by Jeff Sanders at Crystal Sound Recording
Production Assistance on "Look Up" by Freddie Washington
Strings : Concertmaster - Charles Veal Jr.
Contractor : Rosemary Veal McLean
Violins : Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Frank Foster, Endre Granat, Bob Sanov, Sheldon Sanov, Marci Van Dyke, Dorothy Wade, Kenneth Yerke
Violas : Rollice Dale, Denyse N. Buffum, Virginia Majewski, Barbara Thomason
Cellos : Paula Hochhalter, Nils Oliver
Horns :
Raymond Lee Brown : Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Contractor
Oscar Brashear : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Don Myrick : Alto Sax
Bill Green : Tenor Sax
Clay Lawrey : Trombone & Baritone Horn
Maurice Spears : Bass Trombone
Handclappers : Kevin R. Carter Sr., Ylysses Nakayo Duprée, Tony Lewis, Lindsay Redmond, Larry Robinson, Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims Jr., Freddie Washington
All Selections Arranged by Patrice Rushen except Rhythm Arrangements on "Look Up!" & "I Need Your Love" by Patrice Rushen & Charles Mims Jr.
Rhythm on "Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Be)" by Patrice Rushen & Freddie Washington
Vocal Arrangement on "This Is All I Really Know" by Patrice Rushen & Lynn Davis
Side One
01 - Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Be)
Patrice Rushen : Lead vocal, Acoustic Piano, Synthesizer Solo, Percussion
Freddie Washington : Bass
Wali Ali : Lead vocal
James Gadson : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
David T. Walker : Guitar
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown : Percussion
Background Vocalists : Patrice Rushen, Roy Galloway, Freddie Washington
02 - Don't Blame Me
Patrice Rushen : Lead vocal, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Percussion
Freddie Washington : Bass
Wali Ali : Guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Background Vocalist : Patrice Rushen
03 - Look Up!
Patrice Rushen : Lead vocal, Bass, Percussion
Charles Mims Jr. : Acoustic Piano
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Marlo Henderson : Guitar
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown : Percussion
Background Vocalists : Patrice Rushen, Lynn Davis, Wanda Vaughn
04 - I Need Your Love
Patrice Rushen : Lead vocal, Electric Piano, Synthesizer Strings, Percussion
Freddie Washington : Bass
Wali Ali : Guitar
Melvin Webb : Drums
Charles Mims Jr. : Synthesizer
Raymond Lee Brown : Flugelhorn Solo
Background Vocalists : Patrice Rushen, Lynn Davis
Side Two
01 - Time Will Tell
Patrice Rushen : Lead vocal, Acoustic & Electric Pianos, Percussion
Freddie Washington : Bass
Marlo Henderson : Guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Melvin Webb : Drums
Background Vocalists : Patrice Rushen, Lynn Davis, Roy Galloway
02 - The Dream
Patrice Rushen : Lead vocal, Electric Piano, Percussion
Freddie Washington : Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Acoustic Guitar
David T. Walker : Guitar
Background Vocalists : Patrice Rushen, Lynn Davis, Roy Galloway
Charles Veal Jr. : Violin Solo
Kenny Yerke 'The Human Theremin' : High Whistling
03 - The Funk Won't Let You Down
Patrice Rushen : Lead vocal, Acoustic & Electric Pianos, Percussion
Freddie Washington : Bass
Marlo Henderson : Guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Gerry Brown : Drums
Background Vocalists : Patrice Rushen, Lynn Davis, Roy Galloway, Jim Gilstrap
04 - This Is All I Really Know
Patrice Rushen : Lead vocal, Acoustic Pianos, Percussion
Freddie Washington : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
David T. Walker : Guitar
Lynn Davis : Solo Vocal Ad Lib
Background Vocalists : Patrice Rushen, Lynn Davis, Roy Galloway, Jim Gilstrap