
08/06/2025
Tavares "Check It Out" (1973) -Soul / Smooth Soul-
Label : Capitol Records

01 - If That's The Way You Want It (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)
02 - Strangers In Dark Corners (Johnny Bristol)
03 - That's The Sound That Lonely Makes (Johnny Bristol, James Dean & John Glover)
04 - Check It Out (Floyd Butler & Billy Osborne)
05 - Wish You Were With Me Mary (Johnny Bristol)
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01 - I'll Never Say Never Again (Johnny Bristol)
02 - Little Girl (Billy Preston)
03 - Let's Make The Best Of What We Got (Johnny Bristol, George Leovy, James David & Max Hoch)
04 - I'm In Love (Bob Bowles)
05 - Mama's Little Girl (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)
Produced by Johnny Bristol
Album Coordinator & Personal Management : Brian Panella
Executive Supervision : Larkin Arnold
Arranged & Conducted by H.B. Barnum
*Produced, Arranged & Conducted by Robert Bowles
Sound : Gregg Venable - Devonshire Sound Studio, North Hollywood
Feliciano 'Butch' Tavares : Lead vocal on "Strangers In Dark Corners", "Little Girl", "Let's Make The Best Of What We Got" & "I'm In Love"
Antoine 'Chubby' Tavares : Lead vocal on "If That's The Way You Want It", "Strangers In Dark Corners", "That's The Sound That Lonely Makes" & "Check It Out"
Perry 'Tiny' Tavares : Lead vocal on "That's The Sound That Lonely Makes" & "Wish You Were With Me Mary"
Arthur 'Pootch' Tavares : Lead vocal on "I'll Never Say Never Again"
Ralph Vierra Tavares : Lead vocal on "Mama's Little Girl"
Musicians :
James Gadson : Drums
James Jamerson : Bass
Dean Parks : Guitar
Melvin 'Wah Wah' Ragin : Guitar
David T. Walker : Guitar
Joe Sample : Piano
Mike Melvoin : Keyboard
Gene Estes : Percussion
Bobbye Hall : Conga
Thank you Lola 'Giggles' Falana