06/11/2023

Will Downing "Love's The Place To Be" (1993) -Smooth Soul / Contemporary R&B-



Label : PolyGram Records, Inc.


États-Unis 01 - There's No Living Without You (Greg Smith & Connor Reeves)
02 - Sailing On A Dream (Will Downing, Bob Baldwin & James Robinson)
03 - One Moment (Rex Rideout, Ronnie Garrett & Vastine Pettis)
04 - Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This (Rachelle Ferrell)
05 - Love's The Place To Be (Ronnie Foster)
06 - Lovers Paradise (Ronnie Foster & Susaye Greene)
07 - Everything To Me (Will Downing & Rex Rideout)
08 - Do You Still Love Me (Will Downing & Barry Eastmond)
09 - Hey Girl (Gerry Goffin & Carole King)
10 - Break Up To Make Up (Thom Bell, Linda Creed & Kenneth Gamble)
11 - That's All (Alan Brandt & Bob Haymes)


Mastered by Greg Calbi
Mastering Lab - Sterling Lab


01 - There's No Living Without You

All Instruments (Keyboards) : Rex Rideout
Background vocals : Will Downing, B.J. Nelson
Engineers : Doug DeAngelis (Mixed & Recorded), John Wall
Mixed at Skyline
Produced by Will Downing for Blue Crystal Productions & Rex Rideout for Uncle Buddie's Music, Inc.

02 - Sailing On A Dream

Drums : Omar Hakim
Bass : Larry Kimpel
Keyboards : Bob Baldwin
Background vocals : Will Downing, Paulette MxWilliams, Bob Baldwin
Solo Piano & Scat : Bob Baldwin
Engineers : Alec Head, Carl Beatty
Assistant Engineers : John Wall, Kate Broudy
Mixed by Carl Beatty
Studio : The Carriage House
Produced by Will Downing for Blue Crystal Productions & Bob Baldwin for B-Man Productions

03 - One Moment

Produced by Barry Eastmond
All Keyboards : Barry Eastmond
Bass : Victor Bailey
Guitar : Eddie Martinez
Drums : Rayford Griffen
Percussion : Bashiri Johnson
Synth Programming : Jason Miles
Background vocals : Will Downing, Audrey Wheeler, Cindy Mizelle
Engineers : Alec Head, Carl Beatty, Earl Cohen

04 - Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This

Duet Featuring Rachelle Ferrell
Acoustic Grand Piano : Rachelle Ferrell
Electric Piano : Barry Eastmond
Bass : Anthony Jackson
Drums : Buddy Williams
Guitar : Kevin Eubanks
Guitar : Mike Campbell
Percussion : Steve Thornton
Arranged by Rachelle Ferrell
Produced by Barry J. Eastmond
Recorded by Alec Head, Stan Wallace & Carl Beatty at Skyline & East Bay
Mixed by Erik Zobler & Rachelle Ferrell at Record One

05 - Love's The Place To Be

Produced by Ronnie Foster
Keyboards & Vibe Solo : Ronnie Foster
Bass : Jimmy Johnson
Drums : Harvey Mason
String Arrangement : Chris Cameron
Conductor : Jorge Del Barrio
Arrangement : Ronnie Foster
Engineers : Brad Gilderman (Recorded & Mixed), Marty Hornburg
Violin : Endre Granat, Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Brenton Banks, Irving Geller, Alex Horvath, Tiffany Hut, Joy Lyle, Bob Sanov, Sheldon Sanov
Viola : Pam Goldsmith, Jorge Moraga, Carole Mukogawa, Ray Tischer
Bass : Bruce Morgenthaler
Cello : Doug Davis, Ron Cooper, Barbara Hunter, Dan Rothmuller

06 - Lovers Paradise

Produced by Ronnie Foster
Backing vocals : Will Downing, Ronnie Foster
Keyboards : Ronnie Foster
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Bass : Gerald Albright
Drums : Harvey Mason
Percussion : Luis Conte
Arrangement : Ronnie Foster
Engineers : Brad Gilderman (Recorded & Mixed), Marty Hornburg

07 - Everything To Me

Duet with Audrey Wheeler
All Keyboards & Drum Programming : Rex Rideout
Guitar : Mike Ciro
Background vocals : Will Downing, Audrey Wheeler
Mix : Alec Head
Studio : The Carriage House
Produced by Will Downing for Blue Crystal Productions & Rex Rideout for Uncle Buddie's Music, Inc.

08 - Do You Still Love Me

Produced by Barry Eastmond
All Keyboards, Acoustic Piano Solo : Barry Eastmond
Bass : Anthony Jackson
Guitar : Eddie Martinez
Drums : Rayford Griffen
Percussion : Bashiri Johnson
Sax : Marion Meadows
Synth Programming : Jason Miles
Background vocals : Will Downing, Audrey Wheeler, Cindy Mizelle
Engineers : Alec Head, Earl Cohen, Carl Beatty

09 - Hey Girl

Drums : Eric Adams
Bass : Carl Carter
Keyboards : Bob Baldwin
Guitar : Clarence Brice
Percussion : Steve Kroon
Background vocals : Will Downing, Audrey Wheeler, Craig Derry
Solo Guitar : Kevin Eubanks
Mix Engineer : Alec Head
Studio : Electric Lady
Produced by Will Downing for Blue Crystal Productions & Bob Baldwin for B-Man Productions

10 - Break Up To Make Up

Drums : Buddy Williams
Bass : Anthony Jackson
Keyboards : Bob Baldwin
Sitar : Georg Wadenius
Percussion : Steve Kroon
Sax Solo : Gerald Albright
Background vocals : Will Downing, Curtis King, Paulette McWilliams, Vaneese Thomas
String Arrangement : Onajé Allan Gumbs
Engineers : Carl Beatty, Alec Head, Scott Mabuchi
Mix : Alec Head
Produced by Will Downing for Blue Crystal Productions & Bob Baldwin for B-Man Productions

11 - That's All

Produced by Ronnie Foster
Backing vocals : Will Downing
Harmonica Solo : Stevie Wonder
All Keyboards : Ronnie Foster
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Bass : Freddie Washington
Drums : Harvey Mason
String Arrangement : Ronnie Foster, Jorge Del Barrio
Engineers : Brad Gilderman (Recorded & Mixed), Alex Gordon, Bill Leonard