28/02/2023

Jonathan Butler "Heal Our Land" (1990) -Smooth Soul-



Label : Jive Records


Afrique du Sud Side A

01 - Heal Our Land (Jonathan Butler & Labi Siffre)
02 - Sing Me Your Love Song (Jonathan Butler & Labi Siffre)
03 - All Grow'd Up (Jonathan Butler & Labi Siffre)
04 - Good Life (Jonathan Butler & Labi Siffre)
05 - This Time Is Forever (Jonathan Butler & Jolyon Skinner)

Side B

01 - Black And White In Colour (Jonathan Butler & Jolyon Skinner)
02 - Scene Of The Crime (Jonathan Butler & Jolyon Skinner)
03 - I Stop Believing (Jonathan Butler & Jolyon Skinner)
04 - No String No Ties (Jonathan Butler & Jolyon Skinner)
05 - Heal Our Land (Reprise) (Jonathan Butler & Labi Siffre)


Produced by Loris Holland
Mixed by Nigel Green
Assisted by Yan Memmi
*Produced by Wayne Brathwaite
Engineered by Tom Vercillo & John Palmer
Assistant Engineers : Dana Loprieno & Eric Gast
°Mixed by Mike Allaire
Assisted by Anthony Saunders
Additional Engineering :
"Good Life" : Chris Floberg & Mike Allaire
"Sing Me Your Love Song" : Chris Floberg
"Heal Our Land" : Mike Allaire & Dana Loprieno
"Black And White In Colour" & "All Grow'd Up" : Pete Christensen
Recorded & Mixed at Public Eye Studios, NY & Battery Studios, NY & London
An Original Sound Recording Made by Zomba Records Ltd.


Side A

01 - Heal Our Land

Keyboards & Programming : Loris Holland
Lead vocal & Guitars : Jonathan Butler
Fretless Bass : Marcus Miller
Percussion : Bashiri Johnson
Human Beat Box : J.D. Frink
Accordion : Anthony Cebras
Penny Whistle : Morris Goldberg
Zulu Narrator : Thuli Dumakude
Background vocals : Grenobia Jeter, Cindy Mizelle, Jonathan Butler, Loris Holland

02 - Sing Me Your Love Song

Keyboards & Programming : Loris Holland
Lead vocal & Guitars : Jonathan Butler
Percussion : Bashiri Johnson
Accordion : Anthony Cebras
Sax : Morris Goldberg
Background vocals : Glenn Jones, Genobia Jeter, Cindy Mizelle
Zulu Vocal : Thuli Dumakude

03 - All Grow'd Up

Keyboards & Programming : Loris Holland
Lead vocal & Acoustic Guitar : Jonathan Butler
Fretless Bass : Marcus Miller
Cowbells, Cymbals, Hi-hats : Ralph Rolle
Background vocals : Audrey Wheeler
Choir : The Darryl Douglas Workshop Company : Wynell Cody, Janice Campbell, Katherine Duke, Fransonia Gilbert, Debra Hammond, Mary Moore, Rose Neubia, Katrina Spencer, Deborah Washington, Joyce Stovall, Schon Crawford, Kereem Crawford, Kenneth Hector, Dennis King, Jonathan Ray, Kenneth Washington, Spencer Washington, Darryl Douglas

04 - Good Life

Keyboards & Programming : Loris Holland
Lead vocal & Guitar : Jonathan Butler
Bass : Marcus Miller
Rhythm Guitar : Mike Campbell
Human Beat Box : J.D. Frink
Background vocals : Glenn Jones, Genobia Jeter, Cindy Mizelle

05 - This Time Is Forever

Keyboards & Programming : Loris Holland
Lead vocals & Acoustic Guitar : Jonathan Butler

Side B

01 - Black And White In Colour

Additional Programming : Loris Holland
Lead vocal & Acoustic Guitar : Jonathan Butler
Rhythm Guitar : Mike Campbell
Background vocals : Jonathan Butler, Grenobia Jeter

02 - Scene Of The Crime

Synthesizer, Bass, Drum Programming, Keyboards : Wayne Brathwaite
Lead vocal & Guitar : Jonathan Butler
Keyboards : Michael Bearden
Sax : Vincent Henry
Background vocals : Deborah Cooper, Joyce Stovall, Will Downing

03 - I Stop Believing

Keyboards & Programming : Loris Holland
Lead vocal & Acoustic Guitar : Jonathan Butler
Fretless Bass : Marcus Miller
Sax : Jeff Smith
Cowbells, Cymbals, Hi-Hats : Ralph Rolle
Background vocal : Audrey Wheeler

04 - No String No Ties

Keyboards & Programming : Loris Holland
Lead vocal & Guitar : Jonathan Butler
Bass : Wayne Brathwaite
Keyboards : Michael Bearden
Percussion : Don Alias
Horn Section :
Trumpet : Chris Botti
Trombone : Michael Davis
Sax : Andy Snitzer
Background vocals : Deborah Cooper, Joyce Stovall, Will Downing

05 - Heal Our Land (Reprise)

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