13/01/2023

Bill Summers & Summers Heat "Seventeen" (1982) -Boogie / Synth Funk-



Label : MCA Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Kinky Dink (Bill Summers, Scott Roberts & Larry Batiste)
02 - Seventeen (Scott Roberts, Bill Summers & Michael Sasaki)
03 - Baby, Don't Take Your Love Away (Claytoven Richardson & Larry Batiste)
04 - Take A Chance (Kevin Toney & Phyllis Saunders Toney)
05 - We Want Heat (Bill Summers, Claytoven Richardson & Larry Batiste

Side 2

01 - Buck's Bizarre (Bill Summers & Scott Roberts)
02 - The Studio (Bill Summers, Scott Roberts & Earl Freeman)
03 - Stronger Than The Two Of Us (Bill Summers & Larry Batiste)
04 - Old Oak Tree (Claytoven Richardson & Larry Batiste)
05 - Throw It Down, Shake Your Body (Bill Summers, Larry Batiste & Claytoven Richardson)
06 - Orisha Aché (Bill Summers)


Summers Heat :
Bill Summers : Vocals, Percussion & Keyboards
Jeff Chin : Keyboards & Keyboard Solos
Claytoven Richardson : Vocals, Woodwinds & Keyboards, Lead vocal on "Baby, Don't Take Your Love Away", Sax Solo on "Stronger Than The Two Of Us"
Lori Ham : Vocals, Lead on "Seventeen" & "The Studio"
Calvin Tillery : Vocals, Lead vocal on "The Studio", "Stronger Than The Two Of Us"
Earl 'Bo' Freeman : Bass Guitar
Larry Batiste : Vocals, Trombone & Keyboards, Lead vocals on "Old Oak Tree"
Jeff Lewis : Trumpet & Flugel Horn
Michael 'Saki' Sasaki : Lead Rhythm & Guitar Solos
William Kennedy : Drums & Vocals
Scott 'Rasulala' Roberts : Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion, Lead on "Seventeen" & "Buck's Bizarre"

Additional Musicians :
Ray Obiedo : Rhythm Guitar
Dean Boysen : Trumpet & Flugel Horn
Richard Blackwell : Quinto on "Orisha Aché"
Tonya Tarver Summers : Background vocals on "Seventeen"
French Vocals by Steven Kennedy & Joan Kenley
Pete Escovedo : Percussions

Recorded & Mixed at Different Fur Recording Studios, San Francisco
Engineered by Stacy Baird
Mixed by Stacy Baird, Bill Summers, Claytoven Richardson, Scott Roberts
Mastered by Steve Hall
Mastered at Whitney Recording Studio, Glendale, CA
Production Assistant : Howard Johnston
All Horn Arrangements by Pure Delite
All Rhythm Arrangements by Bill Summers & Pure Delite (with the exception of "Take A Chance")
Vocal Arrangements by Pure Delite & Bill Summers

Produced by Bill Summers, Larry Batiste, Claytoven Richardson for Ziponki Enterprises
Co-Produced by Scott Roberts, William Kennedy & Stacy Baird
Executive Producer : Ziponki Enterprises