18/11/2022

Patti LaBelle "Patti LaBelle" (1977) -Funk / Soul-



Label : Epic Records

 
États-Unis Side 1

01 - Joy To Have Your Love (Ray Parker Jr., Jeffrey Cohen & Budd Ellison)
02 - Funky Music (Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong)
03 - Since I Don't Have You (Jimmy Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Verscharen, Walter Lester, Jack Taylor, Joe Rock & Lennie Martin)
04 - Dan Swit Me (Ray Parker Jr., David Rubinson, Jeffrey Cohen & Armstead Edwards)

Side 2

01 - You Are My Friend (Patti LaBelle, Budd Ellison & Armstead Edwards)
02 - You Can Judge A Book By The Cover (Willie Dixon)
03 - I Think About You (Leo Nocentelli)
04 - Do I Stand A Chance (Budd Ellison & Armstead Edwards)
05 - Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Bob Dylan)


Arranged & Produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Associate Producer : Jeffrey Cohen
Musical Director for Patti LaBelle : Budd Ellison
Engineers : Fred Catero & David Rubinson
Assistant Engineer : Chris Minto
Recorded & Mixed at The Automatt
Additional Recording at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Assistant Engineer : Terry Becker
A Product of Catero Sound Co., San Francisco
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Dale O. Warren & Robert Manchurian
Brass Arrangements by Kurt McGettrick on "I Think About You", "Joy To Have Your Love", "You Can Judge A Book By The Cover", "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)", "Funky Music"
Vocal Arrangements by Patti LaBelle & David Rubinson
Mastered at CBS Mastering Studio, San Francisco
Mastering Engineer : George Horn

The Players :
Keyboards : Budd Ellison, Leo Nocentelli (Piano on "I Think About You")
Drums : James Gadson
Bass : Mac Cridlin, George Porter Jr., Ray Parker Jr., David Shields ("Funky Music")
Guitar : Ray Parker Jr., Leo Nocentelli
Background vocals : The Waters Family (Maxine, Julia, Oren & Luther); Friendly, Curtis & Cecil Womack ("Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" & "Since I Don't Have You"), Patti LaBelle
Brass :
On "Since I Don't Have You", "Joy To Have Your Love", "Do I Stand A Chance", "I Think About You", "You Are My Friend" : Kurt McGettrick, John Phillips, Gary Herbig, Lew McCreary, James Self, Gary Grant, Oscar Brashear, Sidney Muldrow, A. DePalma
On "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)", "You Can Judge A Book By The Cover", "Funky Music" : Kurt McGettrick, John Phillips
On "Dan Swit Me" : Bill Napier, Gordon Messick, Zane Woodworth, Kurt McGettrick, John Phillips
Strings :
Contractor : Teressa Adams
Concertmaster : Nathan Rubin
Ellen Dessler, Tom Elliot, Nancy Ellis, Ruth Freeman, Stephen Gehl, Theresa Madden, Mary Anne Meredith, Mischa Myers, Carl Pedersen, Kazi Pitelka, Melinda Ross, Terri Sternberg, John Tenney, Emily Van Valkenburgh
And
Harmonica : Natcho
Additional Background vocals on "You Are My Friend" : Yvonne Fair, Rosie Casals, Sherri Batman, James Gadson, Ray Parker Jr., Norma Harris