Weapons Of Peace "Weapons Of Peace" (1977) -Soul / Smooth Soul-

Label : Playboy Records

 Side 1

01 - Roots* (Mural Theme / Many Rains Ago (Oluwa)) (Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones & Caiphus Semenya)

02 - City*** (Charles Franklin, Randy Hardy & Finis Henderson Jr.)

03 - Space Child*** (David Castle)

04 - Just Can't Be This Way (Ruth's Song)*** (Charles Franklin & Finis Henderson Jr.)

Side 2

01 - Just Keep On Smiling** (Lon Dantzler, Ike Davis, Charles Franklin, Randy Hardy, Finis Henderson Jr. & David Johnson)

02 - Growin' Stronger*** (Lon Dantzler, Randy Hardy, Finis Henderson Jr., Finis Henderson III & David Johnson)

03 - This Life*** (Charles Franklin, Randy Hardy & Finis Henderson Jr.)

04 - Make Believe You're Near Me*** (David Castle)

Produced by :

Everybody (Executive Producers : Bill Traut & Finis Henderson Jr.)

**Bill Traut & Finis Henderson Jr.

***Mark Davis (Executive Producer : Hillery Johnson)

*/**/***Production Assistance, Background vocals, Bell & Live Sound Engineering : Charles Franklin

*/**Strings Arranged by Richard Evans

***Strings Arranged by Paul Riser

Horns Arranged by Mark Davis & Marvin Augustis

Recorded at :

*/**Paragon Recording Studio, Chicago, Ill. (Bill Bradley, Engineer)

***Chicago Recording Corp., Chicago, Ill. / Kendun Recording, Burbank, Cal. / Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, Cal. / Sound Factory, West Hollywood, Cal. / Village Recorders, Hollywood, Cal.

Remixed by Bill Bradley & Weapons of Peace at Paragon Recording Studio, Chicago, Ill. 

Finis Henderson III : Lead vocals & Percussion

Randy Hardy : Guitar, Lead & Background vocals

Lon Dantlzer : Electric & Acoustic Pianos, Mini Moog, Organ, ARP String Ensemble, Hohner Clavinet

David Johnson : Bass & Background vocals

Ike Davis : Drums & Percussion

Finis Henderson "Skip To My Lou" (1983) -Westcoast Soul-

Label : A Product Of Motown Record Corp.

 Side One

01 - Skip To My Lou (Frank Hamilton)

Side Two

01 - I'd Rather Be Gone (Dennis Lambert & J.C. Crowley)

From the Album "Finis" (1983)

Produced by Al McKay for Rhythm Records, Inc.

Musicians :
Drums / Jeff Porcaro, Carlos Vega, John 'JR' Robinson
Guitars / Al McKay, Gregory Doty, Paul Jackson Jr., Steve Lukather, Michael Landau
Keyboards / Frank Hamilton, Randy Kerber, Tom Keene, Erich Bulling, Michael Boddicker
Synthesizer / Michael Boddicker
Moog Bass / Frank Hamilton, Michael Boddicker
Jupiter 8 / Randy Kerber, Tom Keene
Bass / Abraham Laboriel, Neil Stubenhaus, Nathan East
Percussion / Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson, Paulinho Da Costa
Flugel Horn / Jerry Hey, Gary Grant
Trombones / Bill Reichenbach, Chuck Findley
Baritone Saxophone / George Bohannon
Saxophone Solo on "Making Love" / Steve Tavaglione

Finis Henderson "Finis" -Edition Japan- (1983) -Westcoast Soul-

Label : A Product Of Motown Record Corp.

 Side One

01 - Skip To My Lou (Frank Hamilton)
02 - Making Love (Al McKay & Linda Starr)
03 - Lovers (Finis Henderson, David P. Bryant, Gregory Doty & Tony Hayes)
04 - You Owe It All To Love (Al McKay, David P. Bryant & Tony Hayes)
05 - Blame It On The Night (Sandy Torano & Rob Preston)

Side Two

01 - Percussion Intro/Call Me (Finis Henderson & Bill Wolfer)
02 - Vina Del Mar (Al McKay & Erich Bulling)
03 - Crash On You (Stevie Wonder)
04 - I'd Rather Be Gone (Dennis Lambert & J.C. Crowley)
05 - School Girl (Al McKay, Frank Hamilton, Adonis Hampton & Gregory Doty)


Produced by Al McKay for Rhythm Records, Inc.

Rhythm Arrangements by Al McKay & Erich Bulling
Rhythm Arrangement on "Skip To My Lou" by Al McKay & Frank Hamilton
Rhythm Arrangement on "School Girl" by Al McKay, Frank Hamilton & Finis Henderson
Horn Arrangements by Erich Bulling
Synthesizer Programming on "Lovers" by Steve Porcaro

Musicians :
Drums / Jeff Porcaro, Carlos Vega, John 'JR' Robinson
Guitars / Al McKay, Gregory Doty, Paul Jackson Jr., Steve Lukather, Michael Landau
Keyboards / Frank Hamilton, Randy Kerber, Tom Keene, Erich Bulling, Michael Boddicker
Synthesizer / Michael Boddicker
Moog Bass / Frank Hamilton, Michael Boddicker
Jupiter 8 / Randy Kerber, Tom Keene
Bass / Abraham Laboriel, Neil Stubenhaus, Nathan East
Percussion / Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson, Paulinho Da Costa
Flugel Horn / Jerry Hey, Gary Grant
Trombones / Bill Reichenbach, Chuck Findley
Baritone Saxophone / George Bohannon
Saxophone Solo on "Making Love" / Steve Tavaglione

Vocal Assistance on "Skip To My Lou" / Frank Hamilton
Vocal Assistance on " School Girl" / Adonis Hampton

Background vocals / Adonis Hampton, Gary Glenn, Arleen Parks, Richard Page, Steve George, Bill Champlin, Carmen Twillie

Recorded at :
Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California

Monterey Recrdings Studios, Glendale, California

Lightouse Recorders, Studio City, California

Lion Share, Los Angeles, California 

Sound Labs, Inc., Hollywood, California
Mixed at The Complex, Los Angeles, California
Recording Engineers / Humberto Gatica, Walter Borchers
Additional Recording / Tony D'Amico, Sandra Wilson
Mixing Engineer : George Massenburg

Finis Henderson "Finis" (1983) -Westcoast Soul-

 

Label : A Product Of Motown Record Corp.

 Side One

01 - Skip To My Lou (Frank Hamilton)
02 - Making Love (Al McKay & Linda Starr)
03 - Lovers (Finis Henderson, David P. Bryant, Gregory Doty & Tony Hayes)
04 - You Owe It All To Love (Al McKay, David P. Bryant & Tony Hayes)
05 - Blame It On The Night (Sandy Torano & Rob Preston)

Side Two

01 - Percussion Intro/Call Me (Finis Henderson & Bill Wolfer)
02 - Vina Del Mar (Al McKay & Erich Bulling)
03 - Crash On You (Stevie Wonder)
04 - I'd Rather Be Gone (Dennis Lambert & J.C. Crowley)
05 - School Girl (Al McKay, Frank Hamilton, Adonis Hampton & Gregory Doty)


Produced by Al McKay for Rhythm Records, Inc.

Rhythm Arrangements by Al McKay & Erich Bulling
Rhythm Arrangement on "Skip To My Lou" by Al McKay & Frank Hamilton
Rhythm Arrangement on "School Girl" by Al McKay, Frank Hamilton & Finis Henderson
Horn Arrangements by Erich Bulling
Synthesizer Programming on "Lovers" by Steve Porcaro

Musicians :
Drums / Jeff Porcaro, Carlos Vega, John 'JR' Robinson
Guitars / Al McKay, Gregory Doty, Paul Jackson Jr., Steve Lukather, Michael Landau
Keyboards / Frank Hamilton, Randy Kerber, Tom Keene, Erich Bulling, Michael Boddicker
Synthesizer / Michael Boddicker
Moog Bass / Frank Hamilton, Michael Boddicker
Jupiter 8 / Randy Kerber, Tom Keene
Bass / Abraham Laboriel, Neil Stubenhaus, Nathan East
Percussion / Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson, Paulinho Da Costa
Flugel Horn / Jerry Hey, Gary Grant
Trombones / Bill Reichenbach, Chuck Findley
Baritone Saxophone / George Bohannon
Saxophone Solo on "Making Love" / Steve Tavaglione

Vocal Assistance on "Skip To My Lou" / Frank Hamilton
Vocal Assistance on " School Girl" / Adonis Hampton

Background vocals / Adonis Hampton, Gary Glenn, Arleen Parks, Richard Page, Steve George, Bill Champlin, Carmen Twillie

Recorded at :
Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California

Monterey Recrdings Studios, Glendale, California

Lightouse Recorders, Studio City, California

Lion Share, Los Angeles, California 

Sound Labs, Inc., Hollywood, California
Mixed at The Complex, Los Angeles, California
Recording Engineers / Humberto Gatica, Walter Borchers
Additional Recording / Tony D'Amico, Sandra Wilson
Mixing Engineer : George Massenburg

Bill Wolfer "Wolf" (1982) -High Tech AOR-

Label : Constellation Records

 Side 1

01 - Call Me (Bill Wolfer & Finis Henderson)
02 - So Why (Bill Wolfer)
03 - Window On A Dream (Bill Wolfer)
04 - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (Norman Witfield & Barrett Strong)
05 - Nobody Knows (Bill Wolfer)

Side 2

01 - Why Do You Do Me (Bill Wolfer, Brenda Mekeel & Finis Henderson)
02 - Wake Up (Bill Wolfer & Jon Gibson)
03 - Soaring (Bill Wolfer & Brenda Mekeel)
04 - Camouflage (Bill Wolfer, Wayne O Millstein & Brenda Mekeel)
05 - Pop Quiz (Bill Wolfer)


Produced & Arranged by Bill Wolfer
Executive Producer : Dick Griffey

Musicians :
Bill Wolfer : Acoustic Piano, Rhodes GS 80, Mini-Moog, Micro-Moog, Prophet 5, LMI Drum Computer, Emulator, Vocoder & Arp 16-Voice Piano
Wayne O Millstein : Percussion on "Call Me", "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone", "Camouflage", "Why Do You Do Me" & Cuica on "Pop Quiz"

Nathan Watts : Bass on "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" & Fretless Bass on "Soaring"
Brenda Mekeel : Saucer Field Activity on "Pop Quiz"
Stevie Wonder : Harmonica on "Soaring"

Recorded & Mixed at Allen Zentz Recording, Los Angeles
Additional Recording at Yamaha R&D Studio, Glendale, CA
Engineered & Mixed by Ed Sanders
Additional Engineering : John Van Ness & Keith Seppanen
Mastered by Chris Bellman at Allen Zentz Mastering

Synthesizer Programming : Bill Wolfer


Side 1

01 - Call Me

Guest Vocalist : Finis Henderson

02 - So Why

Guest Vocalist : Jon Gibson
Background vocals : Michael Jackson, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters

03 - Window On A Dream

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04 - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

Background vocals : Michael Jackson, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters

05 - Nobody Knows

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Side 2

01 - Why Do You Do Me

Guest Vocalist : Jon Gibson
Background vocals : Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters

02 - Wake Up

Guest Vocalist : Jon Gibson

03 - Soaring

Guets Vocalist : Crystal Blake

04 - Camouflage

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05 - Pop Quiz

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Bill Wolfer "The Best Of Bill Wolfer - Call Me" (2002) -Jazz Funk / Smooth Jazz-

Label : Castle Music

01 - Call Me (Bill Wolfer & Finis Henderson)
02 - So Shy (Bill Wolfer & Jon Gibson)
03 - Window On A Dream (Bill Wolfer)
04 - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (As Wolf) (Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong)
05 - Nobody Knows (Bill Wolfer)
06 - Why Do You Do Me? (As Wolf) (Bill Wolfer, Brenda Mekeel & Finis Henderson)
07 - Wake Up (Bill Wolfer & Jon Gibson)
08 - Soaring (As Wolf) (Bill Wolfer & Brenda Mekeel)
09 - Camouflage (Bill Wolfer, Wayne O. Millstein & Brenda Mekeel)
10 - Pop Quiz (Bill Wolfer)

Bonus Track

11 - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (Edit) (Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong)


Produced & Arranged by Bill Wolfer
Executive Producer : Dick Griffey

Musicians :
Bill Wolfer : Acoustic Piano, Rhodes, C5-80, Mini-Moog, Micro-Moog, Prophet 5, LMI Drumcomputer, Emulator, Vocoder & ARP 16 Voice Piano
Wayne O. Millstein : Percussion on "Call Me", "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone", "Camouflage" & "Why Do You Do Me?" & Cuica on "Pop Quiz"
Nathan Watts : Bass on "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" & Fretless Bass on "Wake Up"
Brenda Mekell : Saucer Field Activity on "Pop Quiz"
Stevie Wonder : Harmonica on "Soaring"

Recorded & Mixed at Allen Zentz Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Additional Recording at Yamaha R & D Studios, Glendale, CA
Engineered & Mixed by Ed Sanders
Additional Engineering by John Van Ness & Keith Seppanen
Digital Technician : Jim Pace, Digital Magnetics, Los Angeles, CA
Synthesizer Programming : Bill Wolfer
Mastered by Chris Bellman, Allen Zentz Mastering, Los Angeles, CA


01 - Call Me

Guest Vocalist : Finis Henderson

02 - So Shy

Guest Vocalist : Jon Gibson
Background vocals : Michael Jackson

03 - Window On A Dream

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04 - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (As Wolf)

Background vocals : Michael Jackson

05 - Nobody Knows

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06 - Why Do You Do Me? (As Wolf)

Guest Vocalist : Jon Gibson

07 - Wake Up

Guest Vocalist : Jon Gibson

08 - Soaring (As Wolf)

Guest Vocalist : Crystal Blake

09 - Camouflage

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10 - Pop Quiz

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11 - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (Edit)

Background vocals : Michael Jackson

Bill Wolfer "Wolf" (2006) -High Tech AOR-

  Label : Unidisc

01 - Call Me (Bill Wolfer & Finis Henderson)
02 - So Why (Bill Wolfer)
03 - Window On A Dream (Bill Wolfer)
04 - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (Norman Witfield & Barrett Strong)
05 - Nobody Knows (Bill Wolfer)
06 - Why Do You Do Me (Bill Wolfer, Brenda Mekeel & Finis Henderson)
07 - Wake Up (Bill Wolfer & Jon Gibson)
08 - Soaring (Bill Wolfer & Brenda Mekeel)
09 - Camouflage (Bill Wolfer, Wayne O Millstein & Brenda Mekeel)
10 - Pop Quiz (Bill Wolfer)

Previously Unreleased

11 - You Are (One Sunny Day) (Bill Wolfer & Dean Pitchford)
12 - I Will Get To You (Bill Wolfer & Dean Pitchford)
13 - The Hard Way (Bill Wolfer)
14 - Little Miss Lover (Jimi Hendrix)
15 - Adam And Eve (Bill Wolfer)
16 - Somebody Loves You (Bill Wolfer)
17 - Love Games (Bill Wolfer)
18 - 9000 Problems (Bill Wolfer)


Produced & Arranged by Bill Wolfer
Executive Producer : Dick Griffey
Recorded & Mixed at Allen Zentz Recording, Los Angeles
Additional Recording at Yamaha R&D Studio, Glendale, CA
Engineered & Mixed by Ed Sanders
Additional Engineering : John Van Ness & Keith Seppanen
Mastered by Chris Bellman at Allen Zentz Mastering
Digital Engineer : Jim Pace at Digital Magnetics, Los Angeles
Synthesizer Programming : Bill Wolfer

Musicians :
Bill Wolfer : Acoustic Piano, Rhodes GS 80, Mini-Moog, Micro-Moog, Prophet 5, LMI Drum Computer, Emulator, Vocoder & Arp 16-Voice Piano
Wayne O Millstein : Percussion on # 1, 4, 6, 9 & Cuica on # 10
Nathan Watts : Bass on # 4 & Fretless Bass on # 7
Brenda Mekeel : Saucer Field Activity on # 10
Stevie Wonder : Harmonica on # 8


01 - Call Me

Guest Vocalist : Finis Henderson

02 - So Why

Guest Vocalist : Jon Gibson
Background vocals : Michael Jackson, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters

03 - Window On A Dream

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04 - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

Background vocals : Michael Jackson, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters

05 - Nobody Knows

/

06 - Why Do You Do Me

Guest Vocalist : Jon Gibson
Background vocals : Luther Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters

07 - Wake Up

Guest Vocalist : Jon Gibson

08 - Soaring

Guets Vocalist : Crystal Blake

09 - Camouflage

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10 - Pop Quiz

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