24/06/2023
Steve Cropper "Playin' My Thang / Night After Night" (2023) -Blue-Eyed Soul / Westcoast Rock-
Label : BGO Records
01 - Give 'Em What They Want (Steve Cropper & Richard Wolf)
02 - Let The Good Times Roll (Leonard Lee)
03 - Playin' My Thang (Steve Cropper)
04 - Fly (Steve Cropper)
05 - Sandy Beaches (John Jarvis & Delbert McClinton)
06 - With You (Steve Cropper & John Jarvis)
07 - Feet (Danny Kortchmar)
08 - Why Do You Say You Love Me (Steve Cropper)
09 - Ya Da Ya Da (Steve Cropper)
Night After Night
10 - Night After Night (Bill Quateman)
11 - Make You Feel Love Again (George Jackson & Tom Jones III)
12 - Sad Eyes (Steve Cropper)
13 - There Goes My Baby (Ben E. King, Lover Patterson & George Treadwell)
14 - 634 - 5789 (Steve Cropper & Eddie Floyd)
15 - Heartbeat (K. Paul Compson & Wayne Cook)
16 - Can't Break The Habit (George Jackson & Raymond Moore)
17 - Love's Sweet Sinsation (Steve Cropper & Eddie Floyd)
18 - Hold Your Fire (Wayne Perkins & Richard Wolf)
PLAYIN' MY THANG
Produced by Steve Cropper & Bruce Robb for Steve Cropper Enterprises, Inc. & Wooded Lake Productions
Recorded & Mixed at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Engineer : Bruce Robb
Assistant Engineer : Larold Rebhun
Basic Track "Why Do You Say You Love Me" & "Ya Da Ya Da" Engineered by Andy Johns & Assisted by John Weaver
Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood, California
Mastering Engineer : Frank De Luna
Remastered in 2023 by Andrew Thompson at Sound Performance, London
01 - Give 'Em What They Want
Lead vocal, Guitar & Percussion : Steve Cropper
Background vocals : Bobby Kimball, Bruce Robb, Joe Robb, Steve Robb
Engineering Assistance : Larold Robb
Bass : Neal Stubenhaus
Drums : Rick Shlosser
Keyboards : David Paich
Horns : The Memphis Horns
Andrew Love : Tenor Sax
Jack Hale : Trombone
James Mitchell : Baritone Sax
With :
Jim Horn : Alto Sax
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Steve Forman : Percussion
02 - Let The Good Times Roll
Vocal & Guitar : Steve Cropper
Bass : Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Drums : Craig Krampf
Piano : David Paich
Horns : The Memphis Horns (as before)
03 - Playin' My Thang
Vocal & Guitar : Steve Cropper
Bass : Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Drums : Rick Shlosser
Keyboards : David Paich
Horns : The Memphis Horns (as before)
04 - Fly
Vocal & Lead Guitars : Steve Cropper
Rhythm Guitar : Dan Ferguson
Bass : Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Drums : Rick Shlosser
Tenor Sax : Jim Horn
Percussion : Steve Forman
Background vocals : Bobby Kimball
05 - Sandy Beaches
Vocal, Guitars & Percussion : Steve Cropper
Bass : Neal Stubenhaus
Drums : Rick Shlosser
Piano : John Jarvis
Flute : Jim Horn
06 - With You
Vocal & Guitar : Steve Cropper
Bass : Neal Stubenhaus
Drums : Rick Shlosser
Keyboards : John Jarvis
Fake Strings : Kron
07 - Feet
Vocal, Electric Guitar & Percussion : Steve Cropper
Acoustic Guitar : Trevor Veitch
Bass : Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Drums : Rick Shlosser
Organ : William D. Smith
Horns : The Memphis Horns (as before)
With :
Jim Horn : Tenor Sax Solo
08 - Why Do You Say You Love Me
Vocal & Guitars : Steve Cropper
Bass : Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Drums : Willy Hall
Electric Piano : Bill Payne
Baritone Saxes : Jim Horn
09 - Ya Da Ya Da
Vocal & Guitars : Steve Cropper
Bass : Donald 'Duck' Dunn
Drums : Willy Hall
Piano : Bill Payne
Organ : David Paich
Horns : The Memphis Horns
Andrew Love : Tenor Sax
Jack Hale : Trombone
James Mitchell : Baritone Sax
With :
Jim Horn : Alto Sax
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Steve Forman : Percussion
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
Produced by Steve Cropper & Bruce Robb
Recorded at Cherokee Sound Studios, Los Angeles & Muscle Shoals Sound, Sheffield, Alabama
Engineers : Bruce Robb (Los Angeles) & Steve Melton (Muscle Shoals)
Mastered by Frank DeLuna at A&M
Remastered in 2023 by Andrew Thompson at Sound Performance, London
Special thanks to Bonnie Bramlett ("Make You Feel Love Again"), Jeff Baxter ("There Goes My Baby"), Wayne Perkins & Timothy B. Schmit ("Hold Your Fire"), Donald 'Duck' Dunn for helping out ; Jeff Franklin & Buddy Epstein for keeping away the headaches ; everyone at Cherokee & 'D' for everything
Musicians :
Drums : Rayford Griffin, Roger Hawkins
Percussion : Steve Forman
Bass : Scott Edwards, David Hood
Keyboards : William 'Smitty' Smith, Clayton Ivey, Barry Beckett, Russell Ferrante
Guitars : Charles Fearing, Jimmy Johnson, Wayne Perkins, Jeff Baxter
Horns : Jim Horn, Chuck Findley
Backing vocals : Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Clydene Jackson, Bobby Kimball, Bruce Robb, Timothy B. Schmit, Steve Cropper, Burton Cummings, Bonnie Bramlett