Seals & Crofts "Gold & Rainbows: The Warner Bros. Years 1969-1978" (2025) -Folk Rock / Soft Rock / Westcoast Rock-

Label : WEA International, Inc.

 CD 1: 'Seals And Crofts' (1969)

01 - I See My Life (James Seals)

02 - Sea Of Conciousness (James Seals)

03 - Seldom's Sister (James Seals)

04 - Not Be Found (James Seals)

05 - Birthday Of My Thoughts (James Seals)

06 - In Tune (James Seals)

07 - Cows Of Gladness (James Seals)

08 - Earth (James Seals)

09 - Seven Valleys (The Bahia'i Writings, James Seals & Dash Crofts)

10 - Jekyll And Hyde (James Seals)

11 - Ashes In The Snow (James Seals)

12 - See My Life (Reprise) (James Seals)

'Down Home' (1970)

13 - Ridin' Thumb** (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

14 - Hand-Me-Down Shoe* (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

15 - Purple Hand (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

16 - Robin* (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

17 - Hollow Reed (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

18 - Gabriel Go On Home (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

19 - Tin Town** (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

20 - Today* (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

21 - Cotton Mouth (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

22 - Granny Will Your Dog Bite?* (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

23 - Leave** (Jim Seals & John Trombatore)

CD 2: 'Year Of Sunday' (1971)

01 - When I Meet Them (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
02 - 'Cause You Love (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
03 - Antoinette (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
04 - High On A Mountain (Bobby Lightig & Jim Seals)
05 - Year Of Sunday (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
06 - Paper Airplanes (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

07 - Irish Linen (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
08 - Springfield Mill (Jim Seals & Vince Clark)
09 - Ancient Of The Old (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
10 - Sudan Village (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

'Summer Breeze' (1972)

11 - Hummingbird (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
12 - Funny Little Man (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
13 - Say (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
14 - Summer Breeze (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
15 - East Of Ginger Trees (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
16 - Fiddle In The Sky (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

17 - The Boy Down The Road (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
18 - The Euphrates (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
19 - Advance Guards (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
20 - Yellow Dirt (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

CD 3: 'Diamond Girl' (1973)

01 - Diamond Girl (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
02 - Ruby Jean And Billie Lee (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
03 - Intone My Servant (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
04 - We May Never Pass This Way (Again) (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
05 - Nine House (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
06 - Syandin' On A Mountain Top (Jim Seals)

07 - It's Gonna Come Down (On You) (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
08 - Jessica (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
09 - Dust On My Saddle (Jim Seals)
10 - Wisdom (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

'Unborn Child' (1974)

11 - Windflowers (James Seals & Danny Seals)

12 - Desert People (James Seals & Dash Crofts)

13 - Unborn Child (Lana Bogan & James Seals)

14 - The Story Of Her Love (James Seals & Dash Crofts)

15 - Dance By The Light Of The Moon (James Seals & Dash Crofts)

16 - Rachel (James Seals & Danny Seals)

17 - King Of Nothing (James Seals)

18 - 29 Years From Texas (James Seals & Dash Crofts)

19 - Ledges (James Seals & Dash Crofts)

20 - Follow Me (James Seals & Dash Crofts)

21 - Big Mac (James Seals & Dash Crofts)

CD 4: 'I'll Play For You' (1975)

01 - I'll Play For You (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
02 - Golden Rainbow (Jim Seals, Dash Crofts, Bobby Lichtig, Jim Varley & Roger Johnson)
03 - Castles In The Sand (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
04 - Blue Bonnet Nation (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
05 - Ugly City (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

06 - Wayland The Rabbit (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
07 - Freaks Fret (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
08 - Truth Is But A Woman (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
09 - Fire And Vengeance (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

'Sudan Village' (1976)

10 - Sudan Village (James Seals & Dash Crofts)
11 - Advance Guards (James Seals & Dash Crofts)
12 - Cause You Love (James Seals)
13 - Baby I'll Give It To You (Lana Bogan & James Seals)
14 - Thunderfoot (James Seals, Dash Crofts, Louie Shelton, Hampton Hawes, David Hungate & Jeff Porcaro)

15 - East Of Ginger Trees (James Seals & Dash Crofts)
16 - Put Your Love In My Hands (Lane Bogan & Walter Heath)
17 - Arkansas Traveller (Public Domain)
18 - Eight Of January (Tommy Jackson)

CD 5: 'Get Closer' (1976)

01 - Sweet Green Fields (Jim Seals)
02 - Get Closer (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
03 - Red Long Ago (Jim Seals, Bob Gundy & Kelly McKinney)
04 - Goodbye Old Buddies (Parker McGee)

05 - Baby Blue (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
06 - Million Dollar Horse (Jim Seals & Walter Heath)
07 - Don't Fail (Jim Seals)
08 - Passing Thing (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

'Takin' It Easy' (1978)

09 - Takin' It Easy (Sean MacLeod & Bob Phillips)
10 - One More Time (Lewis Anderson)
11 - Midnight Blue (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
12 - You're The Love (David Batteau & Louie Shelton)
13 - Sunrise (Brian Whitcomb & Grant Gullickson)
14 - Breaking In A Brand New Love (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
15 - Magnolia Moon (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

16 - Nobody Gets Over Lovin' You (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
17 - Forever Like The Rose (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)
18 - A Tribute To 'Abdu' L-Baha' (Jim Seals & Dash Crofts)

CD 1: 

'Seals And Crofts' (1969)

Produced by Bob Alcivar

Orchestral Arrangements by Bill Holman

Production Assistant : Ann McClelland

Special thanks to :

Louie Shelton : Bass

Jim Gordon : Drums

Victor Feldman : Percussion

The Bill Holman Orchestra

Engineered by Rik Pekkonen

'Down Home' (1970)

Produced by John Simon

Arrangements by Jimmy Seals & Dash Crofts

Jimmy Seals : Guitar & Violin

Dash Crofts : Mandolin

John Simon : Piano

John Hall : Electric Guitar

Greg Thomas : Drums

Paul Harris : Organ

Harvey Brooks, *Jim Rolleston, **Eddie Rich : Bass

Engineer : Steve Barncard, Mark Harman, Tony May

CD 2: 

'Year Of Sunday' (1971)

Produced by Louie Shelton

Bobby Lightig : Bass
Dash Crofts : Mandolin
Jim Seals : Guitar
Russ Kunkel : Drums
Victor Feldman : Percussion
Larry Muhoberac : Keyboard

Recorded at :
Morgan Studios in London
Engineered by Michael Bobak & Paul Tregurtha
A&M Studios, 1416 N. LaBrea, Hollywood
Engineered by Henry Lewy & Ray Gerhardt

'Summer Breeze' (1972)

Produced by Louie Shelton

Jim Seals : Vocals, Guitar, Fiddle, Saxophone
Dash Crofts : Vocals, Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Piano
Robert Lichtig : Bass, Flute, Clarinet

Piano : Larry Knechtel, Clarence McDonald, Mike Lang, Michael Omartian, John Ford Coley
Drums : Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, John Guerin, Russ Kunkel
Bass : Wilton Felder, Harvey Brooks, Joe Osborn, Louie Shelton
Tamboura & Tablas : Milt Holland
Congas : King Errisson
Electric Guitar : Louie Shelton
Steel Guitar : Red Rhodes
Banjo : John Hartford
Flute : Jim Horn
Background Singers : Dee Higgins, Louie Shelton, Donnie Shelton

String Arrangement : Marty Paich

Recorded at Sound Factory, Hollywood
Engineers : Dave Hassinger (First), Val Garay (Second)

CD 3: 

'Diamond Girl' (1973)

Producer : Louie Shelton

Guitars : Louie Shelton, James 'Jim' Seals

Mandolins : Dash Crofts

Fender Rhodes : Dash Crofts

Alto Sax : James 'Jim' Seals

Flute : Bobby Lichtig

Bass : Bobby Lichtig, Wilton Felder

Keyboard Piano : David Paich

Organ : David Paich

Drums : John Guerin, Jim Gordon, Jeff Porcaro, Harvey Mason

Percussion : Bobbye Hall

String Arrangements : Marty Paich

Background vocals : England Dan & John Ford Coley

Engineer : Dave Hassinger
2nd Engineer : Steve Waldman
Assistant Engineer : Joseph Bogan
Recorded at The Sound Factory

'Unborn Child' (1974)

Produced by Louie Shelton 

Engineered by Dave Hassinger
Assistant Engineer : John Mills
Recorded at Sound Factory, Los Angeles

Guitar : Jim Seals

Electric Guitar : Louie Shelton

Steel Guitar : Buddy Emmons

Mandolin : Dash Crofts

Keyboards : David Paich

Bass : David Hungate

Drums : Jeff Porcaro

Percussion : Bobbye Hall

String & Horn Arrangements : David Paich

CD 4: 

'I'll Play For You' (1975)

Produced by Louie Shelton 

Horn & Strings Arrangements : David Paich

Vocals : Jim Seals & Dash Crofts

Guitars & Banjos : Jim Seals & Louie Shelton

Electric & Acoustic Mandolins, Mandola on "Castles In The Sand" : Dash Crofts

Keyboards : David Paich & Jack Lenz

Drums : Ed Greene / Jeff Porcaro on "Golden Rainbow", Jim Varley on "I'll Play For You"

Percussion : Antoine Dearborn

Trumpet : Larry Ford, Ron King, Paul Hubinon & Bobby Shew

Reeds : Bob Crosby, Jim Horn, Steve Leeds, Gene Cipriano & Henry Sigismonti

Trombone : Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, John Leys, Lew McCreary

Bass : Wilton Felder, Mike Porcaro on "I'll Play For You" & "Castles In The Sand"

Slide Guitar : Ovid Stevens

Flute : Jack Lenz on "I'll Play For You"

Arp Synthesizer : Jack Lenz on "Fire And Vengeance"

Engineers / Tom Knox & Joe Bogan
2nd Engineer / Marcus Joseph
Studio / Recorded at Dawnbreaker Studios, California

'Sudan Village' (1976)

Special Guest Appearance : Miss Carolyn Willis 

Featured on "Baby I'll Give It To You", "Cause You Love" & "Put Your Love In My Hands"

Produced by Louie Shelton

Recorded Live On Tour
Engineered by Joseph Bogan
Sound Consultant : Michael Fraser

Musicians :
All Tunes except "Baby I'll Give It To You" :
Jim Seals : Guitar & Fiddle
Dash Crofts : Mandolin
Bill Cuomo : Keyboards
Ralph Humphrey : Drums
Bobby Litchig : Bass
Marty Walsh : Guitar
Joe Porcaro : Percussion

On "Baby I'll Give It To You"
Bill Cuomo : Acoustic Piano
Wilton Felder : Bass
Ed Greene : Drums
Dean Parks : Guitar
Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Joe Sample : Electric Piano
Louie Shelton : Guitar
Joe Porcaro : Percussion
Gene Page : String Arrangements

Thanks to Donna Gipson for Background vocals on "Sudan Village"
Background vocals : Sherlie Matthews, Marti McCall & Becky Louis

Wally Heider Recording, Remote Division

CD 5: 

'Get Closer' (1976)

Produced by Louie Shelton

Recorded at Dawnbreaker Studio
Engineered by Joseph Bogan

Sound Consultant : Michael Fraser
Arranged by Gene Page 

Special Thanks to our friends

Guitar : James Seals, Larry Carlton, Louie Shelton, Ray Parker Jr. & Lee Ritenour

Keyboards : David Paich

Bass : David Hungate & Wilton Felder

Drums : Jeff Porcaro & Ed Greene

Tablas : Milt Holland

Electric Piano : Joe Sample

Alto Sax : Jim Horn

Background vocals : Carolyn Willis, Myrna Matthews, Sherlie Matthews, Carol Carmichael & Donnie Shelton

Carolyn Willis Featured Vocalist on "Get Closer"

Arrangement of "Get Closer" by Gene Page

Strings Arrangements on "Red Long Ago" & "Don't Fail" by David Paich

'Takin' It Easy' (1978)

Produced by Louie Shelton 
Oaktree Productions
Recorded at Dawnbreaker Studio, San Fernando, California
"Forever Like The Rose" Recorded at Sound Factory, West Hollywood, California
Engineered by Joseph Bogan, Thom Wilson & George Belle
Assistant Engineer : Bino Espinoza
Mixed by Joseph Bogan, Barney Perkins & Larry Emerine

Seals & Crofts : Jim Seals, Dash Crofts

09 - Takin' It Easy

Drums : Ralph Humphrey & Ron Krasinski
Bass : Dominic Genova
Guitars : Louie Shelton & Marty Walsh
Guitar Solo : Tony Peluso, Sean McLeod & Bob Phillips
Piano : Steven Olitzky
Background vocals : Tony Peluso, Sean MacLeod & Bob Phillips

10 - One More Time

Drums : Ralph Humphrey
Bass : Dennis Belfield
Guitars : Louie Shelton & Larry Rolando
Piano : Tom Hensley
Rhodes : Steven Olitzky
Background vocals : Gary Sims, Doug Strawn & Tony Peluso
String Arrangement : Jimmie Haskell

11 - Midnight Blue

Tympani : Bob Zimmitti
Drums : Jim Keltner
Bass : David Parlota
Electric Guitar : Louie Shelton
Acoustic Guitars : Jim Seals & Larry Rolando
Dobro : Dan Ferguson
Piano : David Foster
Harmonica : Danny Deardorff
Mandolin : Dash Crofs

12 - You're The Love

Drums : Ralph Humphrey & Ron Krasinski
Bass : Dennis Belfield
Guitars : Louie Shelton & Larry Rolando
Piano : Tom Hensley
Electric Piano : Steven Olitzky
Basic Track Arrangement : Louie Shelton
String Arrangement : Gene Page

13 - Sunrise

Drums & Buchla Programming : James Divisek
Bass : Dennis Belfield
Electric Guitar : Louie Shelton
Electric & Acoustic Guitars : Tony Peluso
Electric Mandolin : Dash Crofts
Buchla Synthesizer : Tony Peluso
Rhodes : Brian Whitcomb
Tenor Sax : Jim Seals
Strings Programming : Shaun Furlong 

14 - Breaking In A Brand New Love

Drums : James Divisek
Bass : Dennis Belfield
Guitars : Louie Shelton, Jim Seals & Larry Rolando
Piano : Tom Hensley
Rhodes : Brian Whitcomb

15 - Magnolia Moon

Drums : Ralph Humphrey
Bass : Dennis Belfield
Guitar : Louie Shelton
Rhodes : Tom Hensley
Tenor Sax : Don Menza 

16 - Nobody Gets Over Lovin' You

Drums : Ralph Humphrey & Ron Krasinski
Bass : Dennis Belfield
Guitars : Louie Shelton & Larry Rolando
Guitar Solo : Louie Shelton
Piano : Tom Hensley
Rhodes : Steven Olitzky
Vibes : Alan Estes
Background vocals : Tanya Tucker, Sherlie Matthews, Jim Gilstrap & Venetta Fields
Horn Arrangement : Louie Shelton

17 - Forever Like The Rose

Drums : Ron Krasinski
Bass : Dominic Genova
Guitar : Louie Shelton, Marty Walsh & Jim Seals
Mandolin : Dash Crofts
Piano : Steven Olitzky
String Arrangements : Lee Holdridge

18 - A Tribute To 'Abdu' L-Baha'

Guitar : Jim Seals
Mandolin : Dash Crofts
Santour & Chanted Persian Prayer : Manoochehr Sadeghi