05/07/2025

The Sandpipers "Gift Of Song" (1971) -Easy Listening-



Label : A&M Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - A Gift Of Song (Patti Ingalls)
02 - It's Too Late (Carole King)
03 - Never My Love (Don & Dick Addrisi)
04 - Leland Loftis (Dale Bobbitt & Jim Brady)
05 - I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Randy Newman)

Side 2

01 - Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)
02 - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Barry & Robin Gibb)
03 - An Old Fashioned Love Song (Paul Williams)
04 - Chotto Matte Kudasai (Never Say Goodbye) (Loyal E. Garner & Jeanne Nakashima)
05 - If (David Gates)
06 - A Gift Of Song (Reprise) (Patti Ingalls)


Producer : Bones Howe & Bob Alcivar for Mr. Bones Productions, Inc.
Arranger : Bob Alcivar

The music accompaniment on this album features the creative talents of these great musicians :
Hal Blaine, Paul Humphrey : Drums
Joe Osborn : Bass
Larry Knechtel, Michael Omartian : Piano, Organ, Electric Piano
Pete Jolly : Accordion, Piano
Dennis Budimir, Tommy Tedesco, Mike Deasy, Zavier : Guitar
Larry Bunker, Gary Coleman : Congas & Percussion
Jim Horn, Bill Perkins : Saxes & Woodwinds
Ray Triscari, Tony Terran : Trumpet
Lew McCreary, Mike Barone : Trombone
And the String Section : Sid Sharp, William Kurasch, Arnold Belnick, Stanley Plummer, Ralph Schaeffer, Joe Lyle, Jim Getzoff, Jacob Krachmalnick, Jesse Ehrlich, David Schwartz

Sound Engineering by Bones Howe at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood
With special thanks to Ed Barton & John Golden
Mastering by Frank DeLuna, A&M Studios
Production Assistant : Pam Vale


Side 1

01 - A Gift Of Song

Vocal Solos : Jim Brady & Michael Piano

02 - It's Too Late
03 - Never My Love

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04 - Leland Loftis

Vocal Solo : Jim Brady

05 - I Think It's Going To Rain Today

Vocal Solo : Michael Piano

Side 2

01 - Never Can Say Goodbye
02 - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

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03 - An Old Fashioned Love Song

Vocal Solo : Jim Brady

04 - Chotto Matte Kudasai (Never Say Goodbye)
05 - If
06 - A Gift Of Song (Reprise)

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