24/04/2024
Noel Pointer "Direct Hit" (1982) -Synth Funk / Disco-
Label : Liberty Records
01 - Direct Hit (Richard Evans)
02 - We Took The Long Way Home (Alan Bellink, Rhoda Roberts & Louis B. Schere)
03 - Play The Part (Noel Pointer & Alex Brown)
04 - Don't Do It Again (Alex Brown & Kevin Moore)
Side 2
01 - Life Time Of Love (Geoff Leib)
02 - Catch Me (Noel Pointer, Alex Brown & Richard Evans)
03 - When Love Walks In The Door (Dutch Robinson)
04 - Living Through The Ghost (L. Jones & B. Cooper)
Produced by Richard Evans & Noel Pointer
Orchestra Arranged by Richard Evans
Orchestra Conducted by Noel Pointer
Recorded at Redwing Sound, Tarzana, California & Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California, September, October & November 1981
Recording Engineer : Kirk Butler
Assistant Engineers : John Pooley & Larry Hinds
Re-Mixed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California
Mix Engineer : Kirk Butler
Assistant Engineer : John Pooley
Consultant Engineers & Assisting in Editing : Terri Fiyalko, Ron Lewter & Larry Boden
Background vocals : Mortonette Jenkins, Alice Echols, Alexandria Brown, Phil Perry, Kevin Sandin, Noel Pointer, Darryl Phinnessee
Bass : Larry Ball (Contractor)
Celli : Nils Oliver, Linda Sanfilippo, Earl Madison, Miguel Martinez
Drums : James Gadson
Flapamba & Bells : Victor Feldman
Guitars : Dennis Herring, Phil Upchurch, Charles Fearing, Larry Lingle
Keyboards : Noel Pointer, Geoff Leib, Russell Ferrante, Denzil Miller
Percussion : Derf Reklaw
Synthesizer : Russell Ferrante, Noel Pointer
Tenor Saxes : Phillip Ayling, Kim Hutchcroft
Trombones : Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Lew McCreary
Trumpets : Chuck Findley (Contractor), Gary Grant, Steve Madaio
Violas : Horia Moroaica, Barbara Thomason, Joel Soultanian, Brenton Banks, Lesa Terry, Robin Ross
Violins : Bill Henderson (Concertmaster), Mark Cargill, Gina Kronstadt, Pavel Farkas, Pamela Henderson, Jerome Webster, Janice Gower, Steven Gordon, Sid Page, James Ross