The Main Ingredient "Rolling Down A Mountainside" (1975) -Smooth Soul / Pop Soul-

Label : RCA Victor

 Side A

01 - Rolling Down A Mountainside (Jacqueline Hilliard & Leon Ware)

02 - Of This I'm Sure (Carl Hogan)

03 - The Good Old Days** (Leonard Perry)

04 - I Want To Make You Glad (Malcolm Dodds & Gerry Richelson)

Side B

01 - Thanks For The Laughs (Ken Williams & J.R. Bailey)

02 - You & Me - Me & You* (Ed Townsend)

03 - Family Man (Gottlieb)

04 - A Broken Heart Don't Really Break (Rudy Clark, Ken Williams & J.R. Bailey)

05 - That Ain't My Style* (Ed Townsend)

Produced by Gooding and Simmons L.T.C. Productions

Arranged by René Hall

*Produced by Ed Townsend & Gooding and Simmons L.T.C. Productions

**Arranged by René Hall & Bert de Coteaux

Recording Engineer : Mickey Crofford

Technician : Artie Torgersen

Recorded in RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California

The Main Ingredient : Luther Simmons Jr., Tony Sylvester, Cuba Gooding

Musicians :

Piano : Joe Sample

Guitars : Melvin Ragin, Ray Parker Jr.

Bass : Bill Upchurch

Drums : Earl Johnson, Ed Greene, Harvey Mason

Vibes : Gene Estes

Conga : Charles Young

Tenor Sax : Herman Riley

Baritone Sax : Ernie Fields

Trumpets : Robert Bryant, John Roberts

Trombone : Grover Mitchell

French Horn : Sidney Muldrow

Cuba Gooding "Love Dancer" (1979) -Westcoast Soul / Disco-

Label : Label : Motown Record Corporation

Side One 

01 - Disco Royale (Michael L. Smith)
02 - Trust Me (Al Johnson)
03 - I'm Yours Now (Cuba Gooding & Michael L. Smith)
04 - Hey! The Party's In Here (Cuba Gooding, Gilbert Coleman & Jimi Hockaday)

Side Two

01 - Dance Floor Lover (Kevin Moore & David Brian Oliver)
02 - Tell Me How Long It's Been (Since You Had A Friend) (Merria Ross, Bunny Hull & James Ingram)
03 - Running Man (Jim Mandrell, Diana De Castro & Barbara Ellen Ullman)


Produced & Arranged by Michael L. Smith

Rhythm Section
Keyboards / Michael L. Smith, Greg Phillinganes, Lawrence Farrow II
Guitars / Tim May, Ben Benay, Paul Jackson Jr.
Bass / Eddie Watkins Jr.
Drums / Ed Greene
Percussion / Julius Wechter, Gary Coleman, Joe Clayton, Michael L. Smith

Background Vocalists
Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Danny L. Smith, Michael L. Smith

Recording & Mixing Studios : 

Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood 

Sound Recorders, Inc. 

ABC Recording Studios, Inc. 

Jennifudy Recording Studios 

Westlake Audio
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Inc.
Recording Engineers : Barney Perkins, Robert Robitaille, Phil Kaye, Gary Goodman
Mixing Engineer : Michael L. Smith
Mastering Engineer : John Golden
Assistant Engineers : Virginia Paillante, Gerry Brown, James Warmack, Ernestine Madison

Cuba Gooding "The 1st Cuba Gooding Album" (1978) -Westcoast Soul / Funk Soul-

Label : Motown Record Corporation

 Side One

01 - Mind Pleaser (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)
02 - All I Can Give You Is Love (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)
03 - Where Would I Be Without You (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)
04 - Hold On To What You Got (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)

Side Two

01 - Fool Of The Year (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)
02 - We're In Love (Patti Austin)
03 - Ain't Nothin' To It (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)
04 - Someone To Go Home To (Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter)
05 - As Long As There's You (James Whitney & Norman Kurban)


Produced by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
All Rhythm Arrangements by David Foster, except by Dennis Lambert "Hold On To What You Got" & by Dean Parks on "Ain't Nothin' To It" & "Someone To Go Home To"
All String & Horn Arrangements by Gene Page, except by Jimmie Haskell on "Ain't Nothin' To It" & "Someone To Go Home To"
Background Vocal Arrangements by Dennis Lambert
Saxophone Solo by Tom Scott on "Where Would I Be Without You & "Fool Of The Year"
Solo by Jay Lewis & Bill Cuomo on "Mind Pleaser"

Musicians :
Drums : James Gadson & Ed Greene
Bass : Scott Edwards
Keyboards : David Foster, Michael Omartian, Joe Sample & Dennis Lambert
Guitars : Dean Parks, Ray Parker Jr. & Jay Lewis
Synthesizer : Bill Cuomo
Percussion : Steve Forman & Gary Coleman
Horns : Chuck Findley, Steve Madaio, Tom Scott, Quitman Dennis, Bill Green, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, George Bohannon, Paul Rubinon & Ernie Watts
Strings : Sid Sharp & The Boogy Symphony
Background Vocalists : Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Carol Parks & Dennis Lambert

Recorded at Western Recorders & Sound Labs, Los Angeles, California
Engineer : Jay Lewis & Matt Hyde
Remixing : Jay Lewis
Mastering : Allen Zentz, Los Angeles, California
Mastering Engineer : Brian Gardner