29/09/2023

Johnny Taylor "Rated Extraordinaire" (1977) -Funk / Soul / Disco-



Label : CBS, Inc.


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Your Love Is Rated X (Roy Moore Jr.)
02 - Stormy (Roy Moore Jr. & Don Davis)
03 - Here I Go (Through These Changes Again) (Michael Orr & Carey Harris)
04 - Did He Make Love To You (Harvey Scales & Melvin Griffin)
05 - And I Panicked (Jimmy Roach)

Side 2

01 - Love Is Better In The A.M. Part 1 & 2 (Harvey Scales, Melvin Griffin & Don Davis)
02 - It Ain't What You Do (It's How You Do It) (Harvey Scales, Don Davis, Gerald Robinson & Scott Harralson)
03 - Not Just Another Booty Song (Don Davis, Fred Briggs & Dave Hamilton)
04 - I'm Just A Shoulder To Cry On (Harvey Scales, Albert James Vance & Don Davis)
05 - Stop Giving People Hard Luck Stories (Norma Toney)


Produced by Don Davis

Keyboards : Rudy Robinson, Melvin Griffin, George (Bernie) Worrell, Reginald Burke, Johnny Griffith, Tim Henson
Bass : Michael Henderson, James Jamerson, David Hood
Guitar : Bruce Nazarian, Gary Shider, Jay Graydon, Gian Goins, Jimmy Johnson, Ken Bell, Willie Hampton
Drums : Jerry Jones, Ed Greene, Quentin Dennard, Roger Hawkins
Congas : Bobbye Hall
Percussions : Lorenzo Brown & Gary Cooper

Horns & Strings :
°Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns
°°Memphis Horns
*Flute Solo by Frank Wess
**Alto Sax Solo by Eli Fountain
Background Arrangement : Robert Eaton - Brandy
Background vocals by Pamela Vincent, Donna Davis, Cynthia Douglas (Brandy), Robert Eaton & Benjamin Knight

Recording Studios & Engineers :
United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan - Jim Vitti, Ken Sands, Pete Bishop
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Alabama - Jerry Masters
Ardent Sound, Memphis, Tennessee - Pete Bishop
Sundance Productions, Inc., Dallas, Texas - John Pritchett
ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California - Reggie Dozier
Dallasonic, Dallas, Texas - Don Smith
Remix Engineers :
United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan - Don Davis, Pete Bishop


Side 1

01 - Your Love Is Rated X

Arranged by Don Davis, Jeffrey Steinberg, Bert Keyes

02 - Stormy

Arranged by Rudy Robinson, Jeffrey Steinberg

03 - Here I Go (Through These Changes Again)

Arranged by Don Davis, Jeffrey Steinberg

04 - Did He Make Love To You

Arranged by Melvin Griffin, Bert Keyes

05 - And I Panicked

Arranged by Don Davis, Bert Keyes

Side 2

01 - Love Is Better In The A.M. Part 1 & 2

Arranged by Don Davis, Fred Wesley

02 - It Ain't What You Do (It's How You Do It)

Arranged by Ruby Robinson, Sonny Sanders

03 - Not Just Another Booty Song

Arranged by Don Davis, Lewis Collins, Andrew Love

04 - I'm Just A Shoulder To Cry On

Arranged by Don Davis, Fred Wesley

05 - Stop Giving People Hard Luck Stories

Arranged by Ruby Robinson, Bert Keyes