19/04/2025

The Manhattans "Forever By Your Side" (1983) -Soul / Boogie / Smooth Soul-



Label : CBS, Inc.


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Crazy (John Anderson & Steve Williams)
02 - Start All Over Again (Richard Scher & Lotti Golden)
03 - Forever By Your Side (Matt Blatte & Larry Gottlieb)
04 - Just The Lonely Talking Again (Sam Dees)

Side 2

01 - Locked Up In Your Love (John Anderson & Steve Williams)
02 - Lover's Paradise (Gary Goetzman & Mike Piccirillo)
03 - Love Is Gonna Find You (Leo Graham & Paul Richmond) 
04 - I'm Ready To Love You Again (Gloria Skerov, Mark Holden & Peter Hamilton)


"Crazy", "Start All Over Again", "Start All Over Again" & "Locked Up In Your Love" Recorded & Mixed at Celestial Sounds, N.Y.C.
Chief Engineer : Steve Goldman
Additional Engineers : Steve Addabbo & Chuck Ange
Assistant Engineers : Larry DeCarmine & Dean Cochren
Mixed by Steve Goldman
Recording Project Coordination by Lazer Unlimited / Dovida Lazer

"Just The Lonely Talking Again"
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago Ill. & Celestial Sounds, N.Y.C.
Engineers : Stu Walder & Mike Ferraro (Chicago), Steve Goldman & Steve Addabbo (N.Y.C.)
Mixed by Michael Hutchinson at Sigma Sound, N.Y.C.
Recording Project Coordination by Lazer Unlimited / Dovida Lazer

"Love Is Gonna Find You" & "I'm Ready To Love You Again"
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago Ill. 
Engineers : Stu Walder & Mike Ferraro 

"Lover's Paradise"
Recorded & Mixed at Studio Sound Recorders, North Hollywood, California
Recorded by Hal Hellerman
Additional Recording by Les Brockman
Assisted by Alan Hirschberg
Production Coordination by Brad Schmidt
Production Assistance by Brenda Ferrell
Direction for GTP by Gary Goetzman
Mastered by Herb Powers, Frankford Wayne, N.Y.C.


Side 1

01 - Crazy

Produced by John Anderson & Steve Williams for Mighty M Productions Ltd.
Executive Producer : Morrie Brown
Keyboards (Acoustic Piano, Rhodes, OBX & Mini-Moog) : John 'Skip' Anderson
Guitars : Steve Williams
Electric Bass : Wayne Brathwaite
Linn Drum Program : John Anderson & Steve Williams
Additional Drums : Leslie Ming
Saxophone & Flutes : Lou Cortelezzi
Percussion : Steve Kroon
String Players : Max Ellen, Eugene J. Moye Jr., Gerald Tarack, Guy Lumia, Regis Landiorio, Richard Henrickson, Sanford Allen, Jesse Levy
Additional Background vocals : Ike Floyd, Krystal Davis, Phillip Ballou
Rhythm & Background Vocal Arrangements by John Anderson & Steve Williams
String & Reed Arrangement by John Anderson

02 - Start All Over Again

Produced by Morrie Brown for Mighty M Productions Ltd.
Associate Producer : Richard Scher for Mighty M Productions Ltd.
Acoustic Piano, Memory Moog, Fender Rhodes : Richard Scher
Fender Bass : Neil Jason
Guitar : Ira Siegel
Linn Drum Program : Richard Scher & Morrie Brown
Additional Drums : Leslie Ming
Percussion : Steve Goldman & Richard Scher
String Players : Max Ellen, Guy Lumia, Sanford Allen, Regis Landiorio, Harry Cyckman, Diana Halprin, Eugene J. Moye Jr., Jesse Levy
Additional Background vocals : Krystal Davis, Ike Floyd, Janet Wright
Arranged by Morrie Brown & Richard Scher
String Arrangement by Ralph Schuckett

03 - Forever By Your Side

Produced by Matt Blatte & Larry Gotlieb for Mighty M Productions Ltd.
Executive Producer : Morris Brown
Acoustic Piano & Fender Rhodes : Ralph Schuckett
Acoustic Guitar : Ira Siegel
Electric Bass : Wayne Brathwaite
Linn Drum Program : Ralph Schuckett
Percussion : Sue Evans
String Players : Max Ellen, Eugene J. Moye Jr., Gerald Tarack, Guy Lumia, Regis Landiorio, Richard Henrickson, Sanford Allen, Jesse Levy
Rhythm & Vocal Arrangements by Marc Blatte, Larry Gottlieb & Ralph Schuckett
String Arrangement by Ralph Schuckett

04 - Just The Lonely Talking Again

Produced by Leo Graham, Morrie Brown & Joe McEwen
Associate Producer : James Mack
Piano : Theodis Rodgers
Fender Rhodes : James Mack
Guitars : Byron Gregory & Ira Siegel
Bass : Paul Richmond & Russell Keating
Drums : Morris Jennings
Synthesizers : Ed Tossing & Steve Goldman
Percussion : Steve Goldman
Arranged & Conducted by James Mack

Side 2

01 - Locked Up In Your Love

Produced by John Anderson & Steve Williams for Mighty M Productions Ltd.
Executive Producer : Morrie Brown
Keyboards, Acoustic Piano, Rhodes & OBX-A : John 'Skip' Anderson
Bass Synthesizer : John 'Skip' Anderson
Guitars : Steve Williams
Linn Drum Program : John Anderson & Steve Williams
Additional Drums : Yogi Horton
Saxophone & Flute : Lou Cortelezzi
Percussion : Steve Kroon
String Players : Max Ellen, Eugene J. Moye Jr., Gerald Tarack, Guy Lumia, Regis Landiorio, Richard Henrickson, Sanford Allen, Jesse Levy
Additional Background vocals : Ike Floyd, Krystal Davis, Phillip Ballou
Rhythm & Vocal Arrangements by John Anderson & Steve Williams
String & Reed Arrangement by John Anderson

02 - Lover's Paradise

Produced & Arranged by George Tobin in Association with Mike Piccirillo for George Tobin Productions Inc.
Keyboards : Bill Cuomo
Guitar & Synthesizers : Mike Piccirillo
Bass : Scott Edwards
Drums : Ed Greene
Saxophone : Joel Peskin

03 - Love Is Gonna Find You

Produced by Leo Graham for Leo Graham Enterprises
Associate Producer : James Mack
Piano : Theodis Rodgers
Fender Rhodes : James Mack
Guitars : Byron Gregory
Bass : Paul Richmond & Russell Keating
Drums Morris Jennings
Synthesizers : Ed Tossing
Arranged & Conducted by James Mack

04 - I'm Ready To Love You Again

Produced by Leo Graham for Leo Graham Enterprises
Associate Producer : James Mack
Piano : Theodis Rodgers
Fender Rhodes : James Mack
Guitars : Byron Gregory
Bass : Paul Richmond & Russell Keating
Drums : Morris Jennings
Synthesizers : Ed Tossing
Arranged & Conducted by James Mack