31/01/2025

Ashford And Simpson "High-Rise" (1983) -Pop Soul / Westcoast Soul-



Label : Capitol Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - High-Rise (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Side Effect (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Experience (Love Had No Face) (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - It's A Rush (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

Side Two

01 - My Kinda Pick Me Up (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - I'm Not That Tough (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - It's Much Deeper (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - Still Such A Thing (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)


Produced & Written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
Rhythm Arranged by Ray Chew And Ashford & Simpson
Vocal Arrangements by Ashford & Simpson
Horns & Strings Arranged by Leon Pendarvis, Paul Riser, Ray Chew
Recorded at Penny Lane Studios
Mixing & Mastering : Jimmy Simpson
Chief Engineer (Recordin & Mixing) : Alan Varner
Assisted by John Terelle, Sigma Sound Studios, N.Y.
Mastering : Herb Powers, Tim Coyne, Frankford/Wayne Studios
Horns : Sephra Herman
Strings : Al Brown
Album Coordinator : Altamese Alston


Side One

01 - High-Rise

Acoustic Piano : Valerie Simpson
Yamaha Electric Piano : Ray Chew
Vibe Solo : Ray Chew
Synthesizers : Pete Cannarozzi
Synthesizer : Ed Walsh
Guitar Sid McGinnis
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Errol Crusher Bennett
Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Vivian Cherry

02 - Side Effect

Acoustic Piano : Valerie Simpson
Yamaha Electric Piano : Ray Chew
Guitar & Side Effect : Sid McGinnis
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Horn : George Young
Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Ullanda McCullough

03 - Experience (Love Had No Face)

Acoustic Piano : Valerie Simpson
Yamaha Electric Piano : Ray Chew
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Steve Gadd
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Horns & Strings : Leon Pendarvis
Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson

04 - It's A Rush

Acoustic Piano : Valerie Simpson
Yamaha Electric Piano : Ray Chew
Synthesizers : Ed Walsh
Synthesizer Bass Line : Pete Cannarozzi
OBX Synthesizer : Ray Chew
Guitar Sid McGinnis
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Errol Crusher Bennett
Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Vivian Cherry

Side Two

01 - My Kinda Pick Me Up

Acoustic Piano : Valerie Simpson
Yamaha Electric Piano : Ray Chew
Guitar : Sid McGinnis
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Steve Gadd
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Horn & Solo : George Young
Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Ullanda McCullough

02 - I'm Not That Tough

Acoustic Piano : Valerie Simpson
Synthesizer : Pete Cannarozzi
Fender Rhodes : Ray Chew
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Horns & Strings : Ray Chew
Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Ullanda McCullough

03 - It's Much Deeper

Acoustic Piano : Valerie Simpson
Yamaha Electric Piano : Valerie Simpson
Guitar Solo : Sid McGinnis
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Steve Gadd
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Horn & Solo : George Young
Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Vivian Cherry

04 - Still Such A Thing

Acoustic Piano : Valerie Simpson
Yamaha Electric Piano : Ray Chew
Guitar Sid McGinnis
Bass Francisco Centeno
Drums : Yogi Horton
Percussion : Ralph MacDonald
Horns & Strings : Paul Riser
Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Ullanda McCullough