23/08/2023

Ullanda McCullough "Ullanda McCullough" (1981) -Soul / Disco-



Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Bad Company (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - I'll Just Die (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson) 
03 - Warm And Gentle Explosion (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - Love Had Changed My Life (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

Side Two

01 - It's You (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Rumors (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - You're Gonna Wanna Come Back (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - Rock Me (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)


Ullanda : All Lead vocals

Musicians :
Francisco Centeno : Bass
Eric Gale : Guitar, Guitar Solo on "Rumors"
Yogi Horton : Drums
Chris Parker Drums
Ralph MacDonald : Percussion
Valerie Simpson : Piano
Philip Woo : Synthesizers, Fender Rhodes
Background vocals : Ashford & Simpson, Vivian Cherry, Hilda Harris, Ullanda McCullough, Raymond Simpson

Rhythm Arranged by Ashford & Simpson And Ray Chew
Strings & Horns on "Bad Company", "Warm And Gentle Explosion" & "Rumors" Arranged by Rob Mounsey ; on "I'll Just Die", "Love Had Changed My Life", "You're Gonna Wanna Come Back" by Paul Riser
Vocal Arrangements by Ashford & Simpson
Recorded & Mixed at Sigma Sound Studios, New York, New York
Chief Engineer Recording & Mixing : Mike Hutchinson
Mixed by Jimmy Simpson
Additional Mixing : Jay Mark
Engineers : John Potoker & Jay Mark
Assistant Engineers : Carla Bandidi, John Convertino, Joan Meisel, Craig Michaels, Matthew Weiner
Studio Coordinator : Barbara Tiesi
Additional Recording at A&R Recording Studios, New York
Vocals Recorded by John Curcio
Engineer Ed Rackowitz
Assistant Engineers : Ollie Cotton, Georgie Offrell
Mastered at Sterling Sound Studios by Greg Calbi
Produced & Written by Nikolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson for Hopsack & ilk Productions, Inc.
Strings Contracted by Gene Orloff
Horns Contracted by Sephra Herman
Copyist Sephra Herman
Album Coordinator : Altamese Alston