19/01/2022

Saint & Stephanie "Saint & Stephanie" (1979) -Smooth Soul / Westcoast Soul-



Label : Arista Records

 
États-Unis Side 1

01 - Last Train To The Boogie (Alvin Fields)
02 - My Heart Is Yours (Robert John Lange)
03 - Gotta Keep On Dancin' (Roger Kenerly-Saint)
04 - Standing On The Edge Of A Love Affair (Victor Davis, Doug Frank & Phil Vear)

Side 2

01 - Medley: Have You Ever Heard A Symphony / I Hear A Symphony (Michael Zageer) / (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland)
02 - Stringman (Kenny & Yvonne Rankin)
03 - I Just Want To Be The One In Your Life (Michael Price & Dan Walsh)
04 - Hollywood Lament (Roger Kenerly-Saint & Stephanie Spruill)


Studios Credits
Tracks (except "Gotta Keep On Dancin'") Recorded at Secret Sound, NYC
2/14-15-16/79
Engineer : Rick Rowe
Assistant : Michael Barry
Tracks for "Gotta Keep On Dancin'" +
All Vocal, Percussion, Solo Saxophone Overdubs by Ernie Watts 
Solo Guitar by David T. Walker
Synthesizer Parts Recorded at Kendun Recorders, Los Angeles, California
3/20-3/27/79
Engineer : Jackson Schwartz
Assistant : Randy Pipes
Vocal Overdubs on "I Hear A Symphony", "Stringman" & "I Just Want To Be The One In Your Life"
Engineer : Baker Bigsby
Assistant : Tom Cummmings
Entire Album Mixed at Trident Recording Studios, London
3/23-3/26/79
Engineer : Stephen Short
Assistants : Simon Wilson, Simon Hilliard, Craig Mulliner

Background vocals : Stephanie Spruill, Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters 
+
Lisa Freeman Roberts & Paulette McWilliams on "Hollywood Lament"
Stephanie Spruill, Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Roger Kenerly-Saint, Alvin Fields, Victor Davis & Phil Vear on "Last Train To The Boogie"

Drums
Allan Schwartzberg
Harvey Mason on "Gotta Keep Dancin'"
Steve Jordan on "Hollywood Lament" & "Stringman"
Roger Kenerly-Saint : Bass Drum Overdub on "Gotta Keep On Dancin'"
Bass
Francisco Centeno
Ben Adkins on "Gotta Keep On Dancin'"
Neil Jason on "My Heart Is Yours", "I Hear A Symphony"
Keyboards :
Rob Mounsey
Jaï Winding : Fender Rhodes on "Gotta Keep On Dancin'"
Greg Wright : Clavinet on "Gotta Keep On Dancin'"
William D. Smith : Organ on "My Heart Is Yours"
Percussion
Stephanie Spruill : Tambourines & Haitian Shakers
Rubens Bassini : Congas, Bongos, Cowbell, Shaker & Bell Tree
Tyrell Deadrick : Congas on "Gotta Keep On Dancin'" & Timbales on "Hollywood Lament"
Guitar :
Jeff Mironov 
David T. Walker : Solo Guitar on "Stringman"
Clifford Morris on "My Heart Is Yours"
Robert Mack on "Gotta Keep On Dancin'"
Synthesizers : Michael Boddicker
Trombones : Tom Malone, Gerald Chamberlain
Tenor Sax
Ernie Watts : Solo on "Hollywood Lament"
Michael Brecker
Baritone Sax : Ronnie Cuber 
Alto Sax, Flute & English Horn : George Marge
Trumpet & Flugelhorn : Randy Brecker, John Gatchell
Strings : The Alfred V. Brown Strings
Handclaps : Michael Zager, Roger Kenerly-Saint, Stephanie Spruill, Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Tyrell Deadrick

Background Vocal Arrangement :
Michael Zager
Stephanie Spruill
Roger Kenerly-Saint
"Stringman", "Hollywood Lament", "Gotta Keep On Dancin'"
Stephanie Spruill
"I Just Want To Be The One In Your Life"

Produced, Arranged & Conducted by Michael Zager for Love-Zager Productions, Inc.
Executive Producer : Jerry Love
'A Product Of Love'