Label : Verve Records / P.R.A. Records
01 - Rural Renewal (Joe Sample)02 - Creepin (Joe Sample)
03 - Heartland (Joe Sample)
04 - A Healing Coming On (Joe Sample & Will Jennings)
05 - Sing The Song (Joe Sample)
06 - Shotgun House Groove (Joe Sample)
07 - The Territory (Joe Sample)
08 - Greasy Spoon (Stix Hooper)
09 - Viva De Funk (Joe Sample)
10 - Lazy Sundays (Joe Sample)
11 - Goin Home (Wilton Felder & George Shaw)
Produced by Stewart Levine for Wow Productions, Ltd.
Engineered & Mixed by Rik Pekkonen
Recorded at Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA ; Sounds of Blackness Recorded by Tom Tucker Jr. at Master Mix Studios, Minneapolis, MN
Assistant Engineers : Al Sanderson & Tom Sweeney
Pro-Tools Engineer : Dan Pinder
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
The Crusaders :
Joe Sample : Acoustic Pianos, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Organ
Stix Hooper : Drums
Wilton Felder : Tenor Saxophone
Steve Baxter : Trombone
Freddie Washington : Bass
Dean Parks : Guitar
Ray Parker Jr. : Guitar (Tracks 01-07, 09)
Arthur Adams : Guitar (Tracks 05, 08, 10, 11)
Lenny Castro : Percussion
With Special Guests :
Eric Clapton : Acoustic Guitar (Track 01), Electric Guitar (Track 02)
Donnie McClurkin : Vocals (Tracks 04, 05)
Sounds of Blackness : Background vocals (Track 05)