29/04/2023

Ashford & Simpson "Street Opera" (1982) -Soul / Smooth Soul-



Label : Capitol Records


États-Unis 1

01 - Love It Away (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Make It Work Again (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Mighty Mighty Love (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - I'll Take The Whole World On (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

2

01 - Street Opera (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
       Part 1 Working Man
       Part 2 Who Will They Look To
       Part 3 Street Corner
       Part 4 Times Will Be Good Again
       Reprise Working Man


Produced by Nikolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
Horns & Strings Arranged by Leon Pendarvis
Rhythm Arranged by Ray Chew, Ashford & Simpson
Vocal Arrangements : Ashford & Simpson
Mixing & Mastering : Jimmy Simpson
Chief Engineer / Recording & Mixing : Mike Hutchinson
Engineer : John Potoker
Assistants : Linda Randazzo, Glen Rosenthal, Matthew Weiner
Studio : Sigma Sound Studio, New York
Studio Coordinator : Barbara Tiese
Mastering : Herb Powers Jr. at Frankford / Wayne Mastering Labs, New York, N.Y.
Horns : Sephra Herman
Strings : Al Brown
Copyist : Sephra Herman


1

01 - Love It Away

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Clavinet / Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Crusher Bennett
Horn Arrangement : Leon Pendarvis

02 - Make It Work Again

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : Chris Parker
Synthesizer : Ed Walsh
Percussion : Crusher Bennett

03 - Mighty Mighty Love

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes / Clavinet : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums Yogi Horton
Synthesizer : Ed Walsh
Percussion : Crusher Bennett
Horn Arrangement : Leon Pendarvis

04 - I'll Take The Whole World On

Piano : Richard Tee
Fender Rhodes : Richard Tee
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums Yogi Horton
Percussion : Crusher Bennett
String & Horn Arrangements : Leon Pendarvis

2

01 - Street Opera
       Part 1 Working Man
       Part 2 Who Will They Look To
       Part 3 Street Corner
       Part 4 Times Will Be Good Again
       Reprise Working Man

Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Guitar : Eric Gale
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums Yogi Horton
Part 3 Synthesizer : Rob Mounsey
Part 2 & 4 Synthesizer : Ed Walsh
Percussion : Crusher Bennett
Alto Sax Solo : David Tofani
Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Ullanda McCullough
String & Horn Arrangements : Leon Pendarvis