12/01/2022
Smokey Robinson "Touch The Sky" (1983) -Smooth Soul / Westcoast Soul-
Label : Motown Record Corp.
01 - Touch The Sky (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
02 - Gimme What You Want (William 'Smokey' Robinson & Marvin Tarplin)
03 - Even Tho' (Forest Hairston)
04 - Gone Again (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
Side Two
01 - All My Life's A Lie (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
02 - Sad Time (Stephen D. Tavani & Scott D. Getlin)
03 - Dynamite (William 'Smokey' Robinson & Berry Gordy)
04 - I've Made Love To You A Thousand Times (William 'Smokey' Robinson & Marvin Tarplin)
Produced by William 'Smokey' Robinson / Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
All Arrangements by Reginald 'Sonny' Burke & William 'Smokey' Robinson
Recorded & Mixed at Golden Sound Studios, Inc., Hollywood, California
Recording Engineer : Paul Ring
Mixing Engineers : Paul Ring, Smokey Robinson, William 'Smokey' Robinson & Gary Jaye
Technical Engineer : Robert Biles
Assistant Engineer : Gary Jaye
Mastered at Capitol Records, Hollywood, California by Wally Traugott
Side One
01 - Touch The Sky
All Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Bass : James Jamerson Jr.
Guitar : Charles Fearing
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Synthesizer Programming : Paul Fox
Background vocals : Claudette Robinson, James Gadson, Leon Ware, Ivory Davis, Patricia Hneley, James Sledge, Brenda L. Eager & Smokey Robinson
02 - Gimme What You Want
All Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Bass : Scott Edwards
Guitar : Marvin Tarplin
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Synthesizer Programming : Paul Fox
Background vocals : Smokey Robinson
03 - Even Tho'
All Keyboards : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Bass : Nathan East
Strings : Michael Jacobsen, Gareth D. Nuttycombe, David Schwartz, Charles Berghofer
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone
Background vocals : Smokey Robinson
04 - Gone Again
All Keyboards, Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitar : David T. Walker
Bass : Nathan East
Drums : James Gadson
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Smokey Robinson
Side Two
01 - All My Life's A Lie
All Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitars : David T. Walker, Charles Fearing
Bass : Nathan East
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Flute : Fred Smith
Synthesizer Programming : Michael Boddicker
Background vocals : Smokey Robinson
02 - Sad Time
All Keyboards, Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Bass : Scott Edwards
Guitars : David T. Walker, Charles Fearing
Saxophone & Flute : Ernie Watts
Background vocals : Smokey Robinson
03 - Dynamite
All Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Bass : James Jamerson Jr.
Guitars : David T. Walker, Charles Fearing, Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Saxophone : Ernie Watts
Synthesizer Programming : Michael Boddicker, Paul Fox
Background vocals : Smokey Robinson
04 - I've Made Love To You A Thousand Times
All Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums : Reginald 'Sonny' Burke
Guitar : Marvin Tarplin
Bass : Nathan East
Drums : James Gadson
Flute : Fred Smith
Synthesizer Programming : Paul Fox
Background vocals : Smokey Robinson