15/09/2022
The Controllers "The Controllers" (1984) -Pop Soul / Westcoast Soul-
Label : MCA Records
01 - Crushed (Michael Watson)
02 - One Girl (Jimmy Soelber)
03 - Just For You (Nick Johnson & Grady Young)
04 - Undercover Lover (Anthony Coleman)
Side Two
01 - Givin' Up On Love (Nick Johnson & Derald Conway)
02 - I Wanna Be Yours (Nick Johnson & Derald Conway)
03 - Leaving Me (Maurice Barge & Jimmie Jiles)
04 - Nothing Can Stop This Feeling (Alan Roy Scott, Michael Jay & Valerie Hoebel)
Produced & Arranged by Nick Johnson
Executive Producer : Jimmy Bee
Music Direction : Tony Coleman
Production Coordinator : Cheryl Dickerson
Recorded at Fiddlers Studio, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Baby 'O Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA
Engineered by Robert Biles
2nd Engineer : Mark Haber (Fiddlers), Robert Battaglia (Baby 'O)
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering by Brian Gardner
Side One
01 - Crushed
Bass : Freddie Washington
Synthesizers : Aaron Zigman
Harmonica Solo : Stevie Wonder
Drums : Jeffery Hull
Percussion : Darryl Jackson
Linn Drum : Anthony Coleman
Lead Guitar : Charles Fearing
Fender Rhodes & Acoustic : Nick Johnson
02 - One Girl
Yamaha Electric Grand, Fender Rhodes, Korg Poly-61 Synthesizer & Synth Solo : Nick Johnson
Mini Moog Synth Bass, Linn Drum, Percussion, Synth Programmer, Korg Poly 61 Synthesizer : Tony Coleman
All Guitars : Charles Fearing
Percussion : Darryl Jackson
Alto Sax Solo : David I
03 - Just For You
Female Vocalist : Valerie De Nece
Bass : Freddie Washington
Synthesizers : Aaron Zigman
Fender Rhodes : Nick Johnson
All Guitars : Charles Fearing
Percussion : Darryl Jackson
Alto Sax Solo : David I
04 - Undercover Lover
Fender Rhodes : Nick Johnson
Mini Moog Synth Bass, Linn Drum, Korg Poly-61 Synthesizer, Synth Programmer : Tony Coleman
All Guitars : Charles Fearing
Percussion : Darryl Jackson
Alto & Tenor Sax Solo : David I
Arrangement by Nick Johnson & Tony Coleman
Side Two
01 - Givin' Up On Love
Bass : Freddie Washington
Synthesizers : Aaron Zigman
Fender Rhodes & Acoustic : Nick Johnson
Horn Section : John Daniel Stephens, Jeff Clayton, Thurman A. Green, Garnett Brown, Nolan Andrew Smith Jr., Ronald Lynn Brown, Fernando Bernard Pullum
Horn Arrangement : Ben Wright
Lead Guitar : Charles Fearing
Linn Drum : Anthony Coleman
02 - I Wanna Be Yours
Bass : Freddie Washington
Synthesizers : Aaron Zigman
Fender Rhodes & Acoustic : Nick Johnson
Percussion : Darryl Jackson
Linn Drum : Anthony Coleman
Lead Guitar : Charles Fearing
Drums : Jeffery Hull
03 - Leaving Me
Acoustic Grand Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Korg Poly 61 Synthesizer, Synth Solo : Nick Johnson
Synthesizer Using E/Z Synth Mentod : Tony Coleman
Fender Bass : Freddie Washington
Rhythm Guitar : Charles Fearing
Featured on Lead Guitar : Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
04 - Nothing Can Stop This Feeling
Yamaha Electric Grand Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Kork Poly 61 Synthesizer, Synth Solo : Nick Johnson
Fender Bass : Freddie Washington
All Guitars : Charles Fearing
Linn Drum, Synth Programmer : Tony Coleman