10/03/2024
Rare Gems Odyssey "Rare Gems Odyssey" (1977) -Disco / Funk-
Label : Casablanca Record & FilmWorks
Side 1
01 - Love Won't Set Me Free (Johnny Ross)
02 - Psychic Lady (Johnny Ross)
03 - Restricted Area (Mel Bolton)
04 - What Is Funk (Charles Givings, Johnny Ross, Debra Givings, Tony Coleman, Darryl Coleman & Jimmy Gough)
Side 2
01 - We Are Rare Gems Odyssey (Charles Givings, Johnny Ross, Debra Givings, Tony Coleman, Darryl Coleman & Jimmy Gough)
02 - Wonder Boy (Mel Bolton & Tony Coleman)
03 - Me And You (Mel Bolton)
04 - Rocky Mountain (Drake McGilbery, Artie Wayne & Maria Tynes)
Produced by Arthur G. Wright for Trek Enterprises
Producers :
Arthur G. Wright & Sye Mitchell - "Love Won't Set Me Free" & "Rocky Mountain"
Arthur G. Wright & Mel Bolton - "Me And You", "Psychic Lady" & "Wonder Boy"
Arthur G. Wright - "What Is Funk" & "We Are Rare Gems Odyssey"
Arranged & Conducted by Arthur G. Wright
Album Coordination : Violet A. Williams
Recording Studios :
Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Quad Teck, Los Angeles, California
Wally Heider, Los Angeles, California
Rare Gems Odyssey is :
Charles Givings : Drums & Vocals
Johnny Ross : Keyboards & Vocals
Tony Coleman : Congas, Percussion & Vocals
Darryl Coleman : Bass & Vocals
Jimmy Gough : Guitars & Vocals
Debra Givings : Vocals
Musicians :
Strings :
Violins : Sid Sharp (Concert Master), Murray Adler, Franklin D'Antonio, Henry Ferber, James Getzoff, Allen Harshman
Violas : Pamela Goldsmith, William Kurasch
Cello : Jesse Ehrlich
Horns :
Saxophones : Jackie Kelso, Plas Johnson, Herman Riley
Trombones : Maurice Spears, Lew McCreary, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde
Trumpets : Leslie Drayton, William B. Peterson, Gary Grant
Background vocals : Rare Gems Odyssey & Waters