30/09/2023

The Whispers "Whisper In Your Ear" (1979) -Smooth Soul-



Label : Solar Records


États-Unis Side A

01 - Homemade Lovin' (Leon Sylvers)
02 - Jump For Joy (Otis Stokes, Fred Alexander Jr. & Stephen Shockley)
03 - If I Don't Get Your Love (Malcolm Anthony)
04 - Whisper In Your Ear (Leon Sylvers & James Sylvers)

Side B

01 - Love At Its Best (Kenney Hirsh & Kathy Wakefield)
02 - Can't Do Without Love (Keni Burke & Curtis Mayfield)
03 - Pretty Lady (Kossi Gardner)
04 - You'll Never Get Away (Malcolm Anthony)


Produced by Dick Griffey & The Whispers
Special Production Assistance by Leon Sylvers, Kossi Gardner, Lakeside

Keyboards : Greg Phillinganes, Sonny Burke, Norman Beavers, Kenney Hirsh, Joey Gallo
Guitar : Wah Wah Watson, David T. Walker, Paul Jackson Jr., Stephen Shockley, Ernest Reed, Ricky Sylvers
Bass : Wilton Felder, Melvin Coleman, Leon Sylvers, Otis Stokes
Drums : Fred Alexander Jr., James Gadson, Ed Greene
Percussion : Fred Lewis, Paulinho Da Costa
Trombone : George Bohannon, Kraig Kilby, Maurice Spears, Lewis Satterfield
Trumpet : Michael Harris, Michael Davis, Robert O'Bryant, John Parrish, Nolan Smith Jr.
Saxophone : Edward Lewis, Fred Jackson Jr., Donald Myrick
Concertmaster : Janice Gower
Violins : Gina Kronstadt, Jerome J. Reisler, Henry L. Roth, William H. Henderson, Harris Goldman, David Montagu, Haim Shtrum, Jack Gootkin, Joseph Goodman, Janice Gower, Joseph Stepansky
Viola : Rollice E. Dale, Marilyn H. Baker
Cello : Juliana Buffum, Miguel Martinez, Nils Oliver

A very special thanks to Nicholas Caldwell for those fantastic Vocal Arrangements

Recorded at Studio Masters, Los Angeles
Recording Engineer : Steve Hodge
Mixed at Westlake Audio & Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Mixing Engineers : Steve Hodge & Kerry McNabb
Mastered at Capitol Records by Wally Traugott


Side A

01 - Homemade Lovin'

Rhythm Arrangements by Leon Sylvers
Horn & String Arrangements by John Parrish

02 - Jump For Joy

Arrangements by Lakeside

03 - If I Don't Get Your Love

Rhythm Arrangements by Gene Page
Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

04 - Whisper In Your Ear

Rhythm Arrangements by Leon Sylvers
Horn & String Arrangements by John Parrish

Side B

01 - Love At Its Best

Rhythm Arrangements by Kenney Hirsh 
Arrangements by Gene Page & Dick Griffey

02 - Can't Do Without Love

Rhythm Arrangements by Keni Burke
Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

03 - Pretty Lady

Rhythm Arrangements by Kossi Gardner
Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84

04 - You'll Never Get Away

Rhythm Arrangements by Gene Page
Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84