The 5th Dimension "Individually & Collectively" (1972) -Pop Soul-

Label : Bell Records

 Side 1

01 - Leave A Little Room (Michael Randall)

02 - (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All (Tony Macaulay)

03 - All Kinds Of People (Hal David & Burt Bacharach)

04 - Sky & Sea (From The Musical 'Joy') (J Alf)

05 - Tomorrow Belongs To The Children (Bob Gundry)

06 - Turn Around To Me (Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser)

Side 2

01 - If I Could Reach You (Randy McNeill)

02 - Half Moon (John & Johanna Hall)

03 - Band Of Gold (Bob Musel & Jack Taylor)

04 - Border Song (Bernie Taupin & Eleton John)

05 - Black Patch (Laura Nyro)

Production & Sound by Bones Howe

Vocal Arrangements by Bob Alcivar

Vocal Arrangement on "All Kinds Of People" by John Myles

Our thanks to these talented musicians :

Hal Blaine : Drums

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Knechtel : Piano, Organ, Electric Piano

Jimmy Rowles : Piano

Gary Illingworth : Electric Piano, Organ

Michael Omartian : Piano, Electric Piano

Isaiah Jones Jr. : Piano on "Border Song"

John Myles : Piano on "All Kinds Of People"

Dennis Budimir : Guitar

Fred Tackett : Guitar

Mike Anthony : Guitar

Zavier : Guitar

Larry Bunker : Congas & Mallets

The Bill Holman Brass & The Sid Sharp Strings

Production Co-ordination : Pam Vale

Engineered by Bones Howe, utilizing the 16-track facilities of Wally Heider Recording

Engineering Assistants : Ed Barton & John Golden

Disc Mastering by Bob MacLeod Jr. ; Artisan Audio, Hollywood, Calif.

Side 1

01 - Leave A Little Room

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Piano : Larry Knechtel

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

02 - (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

03 - All Kinds Of People

Vocal Solo : Florence LaRue Gordon

Arranged & Conducted by John Myles

04 - Sky & Sea (From The Musical 'Joy')

Piano : Jimmy Rowles

Arranged by Bob Alcivar & Bones Howe

05 - Tomorrow Belongs To The Children

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Arranged by Bob Alcivar & Bones Howe

06 - Turn Around To Me

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

Side 2

01 - If I Could Reach You

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo

Piano : Larry Knechtel

Arranged by Bones Howe, Bill Holman & Bob Alcivar

02 - Half Moon

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Guitar Solo : Dennis Budimir

Arranged by Bones Howe, Bill Holman & Bob Alcivar

03 - Band Of Gold

Vocal Solo : Ron Townson

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

04 - Border Song

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Piano : Isaiah Jones Jr.

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

05 - Black Patch

Vocals Solos in order of appearance : Marilyn McCoo, Florence LaRue Gordon, Billy Davis Jr., Ron Townson & Lamonte McLemore

Tenor Sax Solo : Bill Perkins

Arranged by Bones Howe, Bill Holman & Bob Alcivar

The 5th Dimension "Love's Lines, Angles & Rhymes" (1971) -Pop Soul-

Label : Bell Records

 Side 1

01 - Time And Love (Laura Nyro)

02 - Love's Lines, Angles And Rhymes (Dorothea Joyce)

03 - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)? (Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua & Vernon Bullock)

04 - Guess Who (Jesse & JoAnn Belvin)

05 - Viva Tirado (Gerald Wilson & Norman Jimbel)

Side 2

01 - Light Sings (Will Holt & Gary W. Friedman)

02 - The Rainmaker (Harry Nilsson & Bill Martin)

03 - He's A Runner (Laura Nyro)

04 - The Singer (Elliot Willensky & Lamonte McLemore)

05 - Every Night (Paul McCartney)

Production & Sound by Bones Howe

Thanks once again to our great Musicians for their creative contributions on these recordings :

Hal Blaine : Rhythm Section Leader; Drums & Percussion

Joe Osborn : Bass

Max Bennett : Bass ("Every Night" & "The Singer")

Larry Knechtel : Organ, Piano, Tack Piano

Gary Illingworth : Piano, RMI 'Monster', Organ

Jimmy Rowles : Piano

Zavier : 12-String Acoustic Guitar

Dennis Budimir : Electric Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Banjo

Mike Anthony : Electric Guitar

Mike Deasy : Electric Guitar

Fred Tackett : Electric Guitar

Catherine Gotthoffer : Harp

Larry Bunker : Conga Drums, Percussion

Victor Feldman, Jack Arnold : Mallets

Ollie Mitchell, Ray Triscari, Bud Brisbois, Chuck Findley : Trumpets

Tom Scott, Jim Horn, Lanny Morgan, Pete Christlieb : Flutes & Saxes

Bob Edmonsen, Lew McCreary : Trombones

The Sid Sharp String Section

Vocal Arrangements by Bob Alcivar

Production Assistants : Shelley Gordon W. Morgan, Jill Sheridan, Judy Burgstein, Pam Vales

Studio Production Assistant : John Golden

Engineered by Bones Howe in the 16-track facilities of Wally Heider Recording in Hollywood with the co-operation assistance of John Golden, Rik Pekkonen & Larry Cox

The Mastering of all our Bell Singles & Album is handled exlusively by Bob MacLeod Jr. ; Artisan Audio, Hollywood, California

Side 1

01 - Time And Love

Vocal Solos : Marilyn McCoo, Florence LaRue Gordon

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Gary Illingworth & Bones Howe

02 - Love's Lines, Angles And Rhymes

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

03 - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)?

Vocal Duet : Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

04 - Guess Who

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr. 

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

05 - Viva Tirado

Arranged by Gerald Wilson, Bob Alcivar & Bones Howe

Side 2

01 - Light Sings

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr. 

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Gary Illingworth & Bones Howe

02 - The Rainmaker

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr. 

Laughter : Ron Townson

Arranged by Bones Howe, Bob Alcivar & Gary Illingworth

03 - He's A Runner

Vocal Solo : Florence LaRue Gordon

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

04 - The Singer

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr. 

Arranged by Rene DeKnight, Gary Illingworth & Bones Howe

05 - Every Night

Vocal Duet : Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo

Tenor Sax Solo : Tom Scott

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Jim Horn & Bones Howe

The 5th Dimension "Portrait" (1970) -Pop Soul-

Label : Bell Records

 Side 1

01 - Puppet Man (Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield)

02 - One Less Bell To Answer (Burt Bacharach & Hal David)

03 - Feelin' Alright? (Dave Mason)

04 - This Is Your Life (Jimmy Webb)

05 - A Love Like Ours (Lamonte McLemore & Bob Alcivar)

Side 2

01 - Save The Country (Laura Nyro)

02 - Medley: The Declaration / A Change Is Gonna Come People Gotta Be Free / Dimension 5ive (Julius Johnsen & Rene De Knight) / (Sam Cooke) / (Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati)

The 5th Dimension : Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue Gordon, Ron Townson, Marilyn McCoo Davis, Lamonte McLemore

Production & Sound by Bones Howe

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

Vocal Arrangements by Bob Alcivar

Hal Blaine : Drums & Percussion

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Knechtel : Organ, Piano, Tack Piano

Jimmy Rowles : Piano

Gary Illingworth : RMI Electric Piano

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm Guitar

Tommy Tedesco : Rhythm Guitar

Mike Deasy : Electric Guitar

Mike Anthony : Electric Guitar

Fred Tackett : Finger-pickin' Guitar

Larry Bunker : Conga Drum, Percussion, Mallets

Gary Coleman : Percussion & Mallets

Engineered by Bones Howes in the new 16-Track facilities of Wally Heider Recording in Hollywood with the co-operation & assistance of Johnny Golden, Rik Pekkonen & Larry Cox

Mastering by Liberty Studios, Hollywood

Production Assistants : Jill Sheridan, Ann McClelland, Shelly Gordon

Side 1

01 - Puppet Man

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02 - One Less Bell To Answer

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo Davis

03 - Feelin' Alright?

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Piano Solo : Larry Knechtel

04 - This Is Your Life

Vocal Solo : Florence LaRue Gordon

05 - A Love Like Ours

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Side 2

01 - Save The Country

/

02 - Medley: The Declaration / A Change Is Gonna Come People Gotta Be Free / Dimension 5ive

Vocal Solos : Billy Davis Jr.

The 5th Dimension "High On Sunshine" (1978) -Pop Soul-

Label : Motown Record Corporation

 Side One

01 - High On Sunshine (Thomas McClary & Lionel Richie)

02 - Turn My Love Away (Lou Courtney)

03 - Everybody's Got To Give It Up (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

04 - Magic Man (Lloyd Chate, Ray Denvey, Georgian Tones & Robert Winters)

05 - Children Of Tomorrow (Tom Baird & Dino Fekaris)

Side Two

01 - Sway (Dominic Bugatti & Frank Musker)

02 - Skyway (Melanie Clark)

03 - Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (Dave Jordan & Miki Antony)

04 - You're My Star (Ken Hirsch & Kathy Wakefield)

Produced by Marc Gordon & Hal Davis

(**Co-Produced by Hal Davis & Marc Gordon)

Rhythm Section :

Keyboards : John Barnes, David Pinto, Willard Oldfield, Sylvester Rivers, Harold Battiste, Reginald Burke

Synthesizer : Steve Porcaro

Guitars : Tommy Rotella, Marvin Marshall, Wah Wah Watson, Greg Poree

Bass : David Edelstein, James Jamerson Jr., David Shields, Eddie Watkins

Drums : Raymond Pounds, James Gadson, Ed Greene

Vibes & Percussion : Gary Coleman

Latin Percussion : King Errisson

Congas : Eddie 'Bongo' Brown & Darryl Jackson

Bells : Darryl Jackson

Additional Background vocals by Jim Gilstrap on "Magic Man", "Children Of Tomorrow", "Sway" & "Can't Get You Out Of My Mind"

Recording & Mixing Engineers : Sye Mitchell, Kevin Kern, Mallory Earle, Bob Robitaille & Steve Maslow

Mastering Engineer : Jack Andrews

Side One

01 - High On Sunshine

Arranger : Harold Battiste

02 - Turn My Love Away

Arranger & Associate Producer : Lou Courtney

Lead vocal : Lou Courtney

03 - Everybody's Got To Give It Up

Arranger : Art Wright

Lead vocal : Lou Courtney

04 - Magic Man

Arrangers : Wade Marcus & Edgar Redmond

Lead vocal : Mic Bell

05 - Children Of Tomorrow

Arrangers : Wade Marcus & Edgar Redmond

Lead vocal : Terri Bryant & Mic Bell

Side Two

01 - Sway

Arrangers : Wade Marcus & Edgar Redmond

02 - Skyway

Arranger : Don Peake

Lead vocal : Mic Bell

03 - Can't Get You Out Of My Mind

Arrangers : Wade Marcus & Edgar Redmond

04 - You're My Star

Arranger : Harold Battiste

Lead vocal : Florence LaRue Gordon

The 5th Dimension "Living Together, Growing Together" (1973) -Pop Soul-

Label : Bell Records

 Side 1

01 - Open Your Window (Harry Nilsson)

02 - Ashes To Ashes (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)

03 - Changed (Paul Anka)

04 - The Riverwitch (Jeffrey Comanor)

05 - Living Together, Growing Together (Burt Bacharach & Hal David)

06 - Day By Day (Stephen Schwartz)

Side 2

01 - There's Nothin' Like Music (Jeffrey Comanor)

02 - What Do I Need To Be Me (Bobby Arvon)

03 - There Never Was A Day (Randy McNeill)

04 - Let Me Be Lonely (Burt Bacharach & Hal David)

05 - Woyaya (Mac Tontoh, Teddy Osei, Wendell Richardson, Loughty Amao, Roy Bedeau, Sol Amarfio & Robert Bailey)

Vocal Direction : Bob Alcivar

Production Co-ordination : Pam Vale

Engineered by Bones Howe ; at the 16-track facilities of Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, Calif.

Engineering Assistants : Ed Barton & Ken Caillat

Disc Mastering by John Golden ; Artisan Audio, Hollywood, California

Accompanied by The 5th Dimension Studio Orchestra :

Strings : Sid Sharp - Concertmaster ; Jesse Ehrlich, Samuel Boghossian, William Kurasch, Jim Getzoff, Ralph Schaeffer, Lou Klass, Tibor Zelig, Nathan Ross, Joseph DeFiore, Harry Bluestone, Henry Ferber, Jerry Kessler, Anthony Zungolo, Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Ray Kelley, David Schwartz, Louis Kievman, Allan Harshman, Myer Bello, Jay Rosen, Assa Drori, Shari Zipport, Paul Shure, Bernard Kundell, Armand Kaproff, Justin Ditullio, Raphael Kramer, Leonard Malarsky, Joseph Reilich

Woodwinds : Tom Scott, Bill Perkins, Gene Cipriano, Jim Horn, Jay Migliori

Trumpets : Ollie Mitchell, John Audino, Tony Terran, Chuck Findley, Ray Triscari, Bud Brisbois, Bill Peterson

Trombones : Lew McCreary, Dick Nash, Benny Powell, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Mike Barone, Bob Edmondson, Kei Winding

French Horns : Bob Henderson, Dave Duke

Vibes & Bells : Larry Bunker, Gary Coleman

Side 1

01 - Open Your Window

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo

Rhythm Arranger : Bob Alcivar & Bones Howe

Vocal Arranger : Bob Alcivar

Horns Arranged by Artie Butler

Hal Blaine : Drums & Tamborine

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Knechtel : Piano

Dennis Budimir : Electric Guitar & Rhythm Guitar

02 - Ashes To Ashes

Arranged & Conducted by Bob Alcivar

Vocal Arrangement by René DeKnight & Bob Alcivar

Artie Butler : Piano

Hal Blaine : Drums & Tamborine

Joe Osborn : Bass

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm Guitar

Louie Shelton : Electric Guitar

Mike Melvoin : Electric Piano

Larry Bunker : Congas

03 - Changed

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

Hal Blaine : Drums

Dennis Budimir : Electric Guitar & Rhythm Guitar

Larry Knechtel : Electric Piano

Jimmy Rowles : Piano

Joe Osborn : Bass

Zavier : 12 String Guitar

04 - The Riverwitch

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Arranged by Bob Alcivar & Bones Howe

Jeffrey Comanor : Rhythm Guitar

Hal Blaine : Drums

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Knechtel : Piano 

Gary Illingworth : Electric Piano

Dennis Budimir : Electric Guitar

Tommy Tedesco : Rhythm Guitar

05 - Living Together, Growing Together

From Ross Hunter's Productions of 'Lost Horizon' for Columbia Pictures

Arranged & Conducted by Artie Butler

Vocal Arranger : Bob Alcivar

Artie Butler : Piano

Hal Blaine : Drums

Joe Osborn : Bass

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm Guitar

Louie Shelton : Electric Guitar

Mike Melvoin : Electric Piano

Larry Bunker : Congas

06 - Day By Day

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, John Myles & Bones Howe

Hal Blaine : Drums & Tamborine

Larry Knechtel : Electric Piano

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Carlton : Electric Guitar

Louie Shelton : Rhythm Guitar

John Myles : Piano

Larry Bunker : Congas

Side 2

01 - There's Nothin' Like Music

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Arranged & Conducted by Artie Butler

Vocal Arrangement : René DeKnight

Artie Butler : Piano

Earl Palmer : Drums

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm Guitar

Ben Benay : Electric Guitar

Reinie Press : Bass

Larry Bunker : Congas

Hal Blaine : Tamborine

02 - What Do I Need To Be Me

Vocal Solo : Ron Townson

Arranged & Conducted by Bob Alcivar

Hal Blaine : Drums

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Knechtel : Piano 

Dennis Budimir : Electric Guitar

Tommy Tedesco : Rhythm Guitar

03 - There Never Was A Day

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

Hal Blaine : Drums

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Knechtel : Piano 

Dennis Budimir : Electric Guitar

Tommy Tedesco : Rhythm Guitar

Fred Tackett : Acoustic Guitar

04 - Let Me Be Lonely

Vocal Solo : Florence LaRue Gordon

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

Hal Blaine : Drums

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Knechtel : Organ

Zavier : 12 String Guitar

Jimmy Rowles : Piano

Gary Illingworth : Electric Piano

Dennis Budimir : Electric Guitar

Ollie Mitchell : Trumpet Solo

05 - Woyaya

Arranged by Bob Alcivar & Bones Howe

Horns Arranged by Tom Scott

Milt Holland : African Cowbells

King Errisson : Congas

Max Bennett : Bass

Dennis Budimir : Electric Guitar

Paul Humphrey : Drums

Larry Bunker : Afro Percussion

Clarence McDonald : Organ

Tom Scott : Tenor Sax

Bud Brisbois : Trumpet

The 5th Dimension "Earthbound" (1975) -Soul-

 Label : ABC Records

 Side One

01 - Earthbound / Prologue (Jimmy Webb)
                  Be Here How (George Harrison)
02 - Don't Stop For Nothing (J. Johnson)
03 - I've Got A Feeling (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
04 - Magic In My Life (James C. Johnson)
05 - Walk Your Feet In The Sunshine (Jimmy Webb)

Side Two

01 - When Did I Lose Your Love (Jimmy Webb)
02 - Lean On MeAlways (Jimmy Webb)
03 - Speaking With My Heart (Jimmy Webb)
04 - Moonlight Mile (Jimmy Webb)
05 - Earthbound / Epilogue (Jimmy Webb)


The 5th Dimension :
Billy Davis Jr. : Vocals
Florence LaRue : Vocals
Marilyn McCoo : Vocals
Lamonte McLemore : Vocals
Ron Townson : Vocals

Produced & Arranged by Jimmy Webb

Musicians :
Drums : Harvey Mason (All cuts except "Moonlight Mile"), Jeff Porcaro ("Moonlight Mile")

Percussion : Harvey Mason

Guitars : Fred Tackett, Jesse Ed Davis, Dennis Budimir, Dan Ferguson

Bass : Paul Stallworth

Arp Synthesizer : Bill Cuomo

Keyboards : John Myles (All cuts except "Magic In My Life"), David Paich ("Magic In My Life")

Brass : Michael Lawrence

French Horns : David Duke & Vincent DeRosa

Special Thanks to Sid Sharp & his Strings

Vocal Arrangements & Special Vocal Background by John Myles

Acoustic Solo : Larry Coryell

Engineers :
Basic Tracks : John Haeny / Assisted by Gary Webb & Howard Weiss
Vocals, Strings & Mixing : Alan O'Duffy / Assisted by Brian Ingalls & Gary Webb
Recorded at Sunset Sound & Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Mixed at Wally Heiders, Hollywood, California
Mastered at ABC Recording Studios, Inc.