16/05/2025

Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts "Encore" (1978) -Jazz Rock / Soft Rock-



Label : Warner Bros. Records


Royaume-Uni Side I

01 - Spirit (Al Jarreau)
02 - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus & Gloria Caldwell)
03 - Git Up (Brian Auger)
04 - Freedom Highway (Roebuck Staples)
05 - Future Pilot (Brian Auger)

Side II

01 - Rope Ladder To The Moon (Jack Bruce & Pete Brown)
02 - No Time To Live (Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi)
03 - Nothing Will Be As It Was (Milton Nascimento, Ronaldo Bastos & Rene Vincent)
04 - Lock All The Gates (Al Jarreau)


Arranged & Produced by Brian Auger

Julie Tippetts sang Vocals & Vocal Harmonies
Brian Auger played Hammond Organ, Fender Rhodes Piano, Yamaha Electric Grand Piano, Acoustic Piano, Mini-Moog, Arp Pro Soloist, Freeman String Symphonizer, Tambourines, Cowbells & Percussion, sang Vocals & Vocal Harmonies on "Nothing Will Be As It Was"

Special thanks to :
David McDaniels who played Bass
George Doering who played Electric & Acoustic Guitar
Dave Crigger who played Drums

Background vocals on "Git Up", "Freedom Highway", "Future Pilot" & "Lock All The Gates" were sung by Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters, Jessica Smith

Our thanks to Seth Dworken, who engineered the recording of the backing tracks on "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "No Time To Live" & "Lock All The Gates", all the vocals & overdubs, & the mixing of the album

The backing tracks on "Spirit", "Git Up", "Freedom Highway", "Future Pilot", "Rope Ladder To The Moon" & "Nothing Will Be As It Was" were engineered by Joe Tuzen

Recorded October & November 1977 at Different Fur Studios, San Francisco
Mastered at Kendun Recorders by John Golden