10/03/2024
Bettye Lavette "Tell Me A Lie" (1982) -Soul / Smooth Soul-
Label : A Product Of Motown Record Corp.
01 - Right In The Middle (Sam Dees)
02 - Either Way We Lose (Randy McCormick & Jan Bidewell-Buckingham)
03 - Suspicions (Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens, David Malloy & Randy McCormick)
04 - You Seen One You Seen Em All (Sam Lorber & Tim DuBois)
05 - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong)
Side Two
01 - Tell Me A Lie (Barbara Wyrick & Mickey Buckins)
02 - I Like It Like That (Barbara Wyrick & Suzy Storm)
03 - Before I Even Knew Your Name (I Needed You) (Steve Dorff & Marty Panzer)
04 - I Can't Stop (Mickey Buckins & Randy McCormick)
05 - If I Were Your Woman (Pam Sawyer & Gloria Jones)
Produced by Steve Buckingham
Recorded at Soundstage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Recording Engineer : Joe Neil
Assistant Engineers : Brent King, Steve Fralick & Garry Lentz
Mixed by Joe Neil, Soundstage Studios
Mastered by Glen Meadows, Masterfonics, Nahville
Horns Recorded at Soundshop, Nashville, Tennessee
Strings & Background Vocals Recorded at Devonshire Studios, Los Angeles, California
Production Assistance : Kathy Andrews & Jan Bidewell
Keyboards, Synthesizers, Melodica : Randy McCormick
Guitars : Larry Byrom, Steve Buckingham, Ken Bell, Kenny Mims
Bass : Tom Robb
Drums : James Stroud
Saxophone : Don Jackson
Alto Saxophone : Jay Scott
Horn Section on "Right In The Middle"
Muscle Shoals Horns
Trumpet : Harrison Calloway Jr.
Baritone Saxophone : Ronnie Eades
Tenor Saxophone : Harvey Thompson
Trombone : Charles Rose
Horn Arrangement : Harrison Calloway Jr.
Horn Section on "I Can't Stop"
Tenor Saxophone : Buddy Skipper
Trombone : Roger Bissell
Trumpet : George Tidwell
Alto & Baritone Saxophones : Dennis Solee
Horn Arrangement : Buddy Skipper
All Strings Arranged & Conducted by Steve Dorff
Concertmaster : Jimmy Getzoff
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson, Oren Waters, Luther Waters