31/07/2025

The Friends Of Distinction "Love Can Make It Easier" (1973) -Soul / Smooth Soul-



Label : RCA Victor


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Love Can Make It Easier (Skip Scarborough)
02 - No One's Gonna Be A Fool Forever (Michael Masser & Pam Sawyer)
03 - Now Is The Time (Ernie Shelby)
04 - Believe In Me (Larry Farrow & Adele Sebastian)
05 - You're Gonna Make It (Skip Scarborough)
06 - The Chittlin' Song (Skip Scarborough & Greg Poree)

Side 2

01 - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)
02 - The Way We Planned It (George Clinton)
03 - Thumb Trippin' (I'll Be Movin' On) (Floyd Butler, Ray Cork Jr., Harry Elston & Stephanie Black)
04 - Easy Evil (Alan O'Day)
05 - Only Give Love (Jerry Peters)


Produced by Ray Cork Jr. & The Friends Of Distinction
Recording & Mix Down Engineer : Rick Ruggieri
Recorded in RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California

Strings : Tom Buffum, David Campbell, E. Marcy Dicterow, Ronald Folsom, Glenn E. Grab, Harold Greenberg, William H. Henderson, Terry King, Gayle Levant, Gordon Marron, Dana L. Rees, Jay Allen Rosen, Sheldon Sanov, Evelyn Ruth Schuck, Norman Serkin, Haim Shtrum, Barry Socher, Polly Sweeney
Horns : Oscar Brashear, Jim Decker, Chuck Findley, Paul Hubinon, Richard Nash, David Roberts, Gale Robinson, Joseph Angelo Valenti, David Wells
Woodwinds : Bill Green, Jim Horn, Fred Jackson, Jackie Kelso, Marshall Royal, Ernie Watts
Keyboards : Larry Farrow, Jerry Peters, Joe Sampke, Skip Scarborough
Guitars : Dean Parks, Don Peake, Greg Poree, Louie Shelton, David T. Walker
Bass : Ronald Brown, Darrell Clayborn, Wayne Douglas
Drums : Ed Greene, Harvey Mason
Congas : King Errisson, Bobbye Hall
Percussion : Gary Coleman, Ray Cork Jr., Alan Estes


Side 1

01 - Love Can Make It Easier

Arranged by David Crawford
Vocals Arranged by Skip Scarborough

02 - No One's Gonna Be A Fool Forever

Rhythm & Vocals Arranged by Larry Farrow
Strings & Horns Arranged by David Blumberg

03 - Now Is The Time

Arranged by Ray Cork Jr.
Vocals Arranged by Jerry Peters

04 - Believe In Me

Rhythm Arranged by Larry Farrow
Strings & Horns Arranged by Ray Cork Jr.
Vocals Arranged by Skip Scarborough

05 - You're Gonna Make It

Rhythm & Vocals Arranged by Skip Scarborough
Strings & Horns Arranged by David Crawford

06 - The Chittlin' Song

Arranged by David Crawford
Vocals Arranged by Skip Scarborough

Side 2

01 - Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)

Rhythm Arranged by Ray Cork Jr.
Strings & Horns Arranged by David Blumberg

02 - The Way We Planned It

Arranged by David Crawford
Vocals Arranged by Skip Scarborough

03 - Thumb Trippin' (I'll Be Movin' On)

Arranged by Ray Cork Jr.
Vocals Arranged by Jerry Peters

04 - Easy Evil

Rhythm Arranged by Ray Cork Jr.
Horns Arranged by David Blumberg

05 - Only Give Love

Rhythm & Vocals Arranged by Jerry Peters
Strings & Horns Arranged by David Blumberg