23/10/2025

Esther Phillips "All About" (1978) -Soul / Disco-



Label : Mercury Records


États-Unis Side A

01 - The Man Ain't Ready (Obie Jessie)
02 - Native New Yorker (Sandy Linger & Denny Randell)
03 - You Think Of Him (You Think Of Her) (Bobby Lyle)
04 - Pie In The Sky (Obie Jessie)

Side B

01 - S.O.S. (Helen Lowe & Augie Johnson)
02 - There You Go Again (There She Goes Again) / Stormy Weather (Augie Johnson & Steve Beckmeier) / (Ted Koehler & Harold Arlen)
03 - Ms. (David Oliver & Ruth Robinson)
04 - If I Fall In Love By Morning (Jonah Ellis & Otis Blackwell)


Produced by Wayne Henderson for At Home Productions Inc.
Creative Services : Augie Johnson
Recording Engineer : Reggie Dozier
Remix Engineer : Allen Sides
Mastering Engineer : Jeoff Sykes
Recorded at ABC Recording Studios
Remixed at Ocean Way Studios, Malibu
Mastered at Kendun Recorders

Horn Ensemble :
Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Flute, Alto Flute : Ernie Watts, Pete Christlieb
Trumpet, Flugel : Dennis Christianson, Steve Madaio
French Horn : James Deaker, James Atkinson
Trombone : Garnett Brown
Rhythm Section :
Drums : Harvey Mason
Guitar : Steve Beckmeier, Roland Bautista
Bass : Nathaniel Phillips
Keyboards : Robert Lyle
Vibes, Percussion : Victor Feldman
Horn Arrangements on "The Man Ain't Ready", "S.O.S.", "If I Fall In Love By Morning" by Alfred James Ellis (Pee Wee)
Concert Master : Paul Shure
String & Horn Arrangements : George del Barrio
String Section :
Violins : Bonnie Douglas, James Getzoff, Nathan Ross, Israel Baker, Nathan Kaproff, Stanley Plummer, Robert Sushel, Sheldon Sanov, Janet Lakatos, Barbara Durant, Henry Roth
Cello : Armand Kaproff, Douglas Davis, Robert Adcock, Nathan Gershman, Ronald Leonard
Harp : Dorothy Remsen, Verlye Mills
Congas : Vance Tenort
Background vocals :
"Native New Yorker", "Pie In The Sky", "The Man Ain't Ready" : James Gilstrap, Stephanie Spruill, Myrna Matthews, Augie Johnson
"Ms.", "There You Go Again (There She Goes Again) / Stormy Weather", "You Think Of Him (You Think Of Her)" : James Gilstrap, Stephanie Spruill, Myrna Matthews, Augie Johnson, Patricia Henderson
Background Vocals Arranged by Augie Johnson