
06/07/2025
Midnight Star "The Beginning" (1980) -Funk / Contemporary R&R-
Label : Solar Records

01 - Keep The Spirit High (Midnight Star)
02 - You're The Star (Reginald Calloway)
03 - Follow The Path (Belinda Lipscomb)
04 - Set Me On Fire (Melvin Gentry, Jeffrey Cooper, Boaz Watson, Vincent Calloway & Reginald Calloway)
Side B
01 - Make It Last (Boaz Watson)
02 - Searching For Love (Boaz Watson)
03 - Two In Love (Reginald Calloway & William Simmons)
All Songs Produced by Harvey Mason except "Make It Last" by Leon Sylvers
Executive Producer : Dick Griffey
All Songs Arranged by Midnight Star except :
"Make It Last" by Leon Sylvers & Midnight Star
"Searching For Love" by Jerry Peters
"Follow The Path" by Jerry Hey
"Two In Love" by Jerry Peters & William Simmons
Midnight Star
Belinda Lipscomb : Lead vocals
Reginald Calloway : Lead vocals, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Mellophone, Arp Strings, Flute, Percussion
Vincent Calloway : Valve & Slide Trombones, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Jeffrey Cooper : Guitar
Kenneth Gant : Bass Guitar, Background vocals
Melvin Gentry : Lead vocals, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Lead Guitar, Percussion
William Simmons : Background vocals, Alto & Tenor Saxophones, Keyboards
Bo Watson : Lead vocals, Fender Rhodes, Organ, Acoustic Piano, Mini-Moog, Polly Moog, Oberheim, Prophet, Arp Strings
Concertmaster : Charles Veal Jr.
Keyboards : Michael Boddicker
Percussion : Harvey Mason
Trumpet & Flugelhorn : Kenny Mason, Jerry Hey, Oscar Brashear
Trombone & Bass Trombone : Bill Reichenbach, George Bohannon
Tenor Sax & Flute : William Collette, Jerome Richardson
Piccolo : Jerome Richardson
French Horn : David Duke
A & R Coordination :
Marge Meoli for RCA Records
Dina Andrews for Solar Records
Recorded at Studio Masters, Los Angeles, CA
Engineers : Buddy Brundo & Bob Brown*
Mixed at Conway Recording Company, Hollywood, CA & *Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Overdubbing Engineer : Peter Chaikin
Mixing Engineer : °Steve Hodge
Mastered at Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA
Mastering Engineer : Wally Traugott
°A Mid-Star Production