08/09/2025

Blue Magic "Message From The Magic" (1978) -Smooth Soul / Westcoast Soul-



Label : ATCO Records


États-Unis One

01 - Can't Get You Off My Mind (Ted Mills, Keith Beaton & Richard Pratt)
02 - If You Want Me To (Ted Mills)
03 - Lady In My World Of Love (Skip Scarborough & Raina Taylor)
04 - Four Leaf Clover (Philip Bailey, Carl Carwell & Wayne Stalling)

Two

01 - Purple Passion (Ted Mills, Keith Beaton & Richard Pratt)
02 - Still In Love With You (Ted Mills, Keith Beaton & Richard Pratt)
03 - Message (Ted Mills, Keith Beaton & Richard Pratt)
04 - Sweet Woman (Ted Mills)
05 - I Waited (Philip Bailey, Ernest Straughter & Luther Waters)


Blue Magic : Ted Mills, Keith Beaton, Richard Pratt, Michael Buchanan, Walter Smith

Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by David N. Crawford
Rhythm Arranged by Skip Scarborough

Rhythm Section :
Louis Russell : Acoustic Guitar
Al McKay : Electric Guitar
Spencer Bean : Electric Guitar
Ernest Straughter : Acoustic Piano
Michael Stanton : Fender Rhodes
Ted Mills : Electric Piano
Robert Russel : Electric Bass
Ralph Johnson : Drums
Victor Feldman : Xylophone, Vibes, Chimes, Glockenspiel, Tambourine, Cabasa, Wood Block, Chinese Temple Block
Philip Bailey : Bongos, Conga, Tambourine, Wood Block
Horn Section :
Oscar Brashear, Bob Fenley : Trumpet & Flugelhorns
Sid Muldrow, Marylin Robinson : French Horns
Maurice Spears : Trombone & Bass Trombone
Ernie Watts, Don Myrick : Woodwinds
String Section :
Gerri Vinci (Concert Master), Marshall, Sosson, Sheldon Sanov, Nate Ross, Marvin Limonick, Gordon Marron, Arnold Belnick, Stanley Plummer, Bill Nuttycombe, Jerry Reisler, Ron Clark, Shari Zippert : Violins
Garey Nuttycombe, Rollice Dale, Sam Boghossian, Alan Harshman, Marilyn Baker, Dan Neufeld : Violas
Edgar Lusgarten, Ron Cooper, Fred Seykora : Cellos
Gayle Levant : Harp
Jules Chaiken : Contractor

Recorded at :
Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Engineer : Bob Hughes
Assisted by Pat Flaherty 
Total Experience Studios, Los Angeles, California
Engineers : Bob Hughes & Rick Clifford
Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, San Francisco by Mike Gore