Stephen Bishop "Thimk" (2025) -Soft Rock / Westcoast Rock-

Label : Stephen Bishop Music

01 - Now That I've Hit The Big Time (Dear Ol' Mom) (Stephen Bishop)

02 - Only The Heart Within You (Stephen Bishop)

03 - She'll Always Be My Girl (Stephen Bishop & James Bourne)

04 - In The Limelight (Stephen Bishop)

05 - The Money Girl (Stephen Bishop)

06 - Liz (So In Love With You) (Stephen Bishop)

07 - Really Wanting You (Stephen Bishop)

08 - One More Night (Stephen Bishop)

09 - You Don't Need My Love (Stephen Bishop)

10 - It Might Be You (Dave Grusin, Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

11 - Under The Rainbow (Stephen Bishop)

Bonus Tracks

12 - Dance Of The Moon (Stephen Bishop)

13 - You Can Laugh At Me (Stephen Bishop)

Produced by Marcus Eaton

Engineered by Marcus Eaton

Album Editing by Marcus Eaton

Executive Producer : Liz Kamlet

Recorded at Man Cave Studios, Los Angeles, CA & Sorgente Studio, Tuscany, Italy

Mixed by Billy Centenaro

Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA

Additional Engineering & Editing : Jeff Larson

Artist & Production Coordinator : Liz Kamlet

Guest Artist Engineers 

Eric Clapton - Simon Climie

Sting - Martin Kierszenbaum

Jimmy Webb - Fred Guarino

Kenny Loggins - Thom Flowers

Michael McDonald - Dominic Camardella, Santa Barbara Sound Design

Art Garfunkel - Fab Dupont & Grant Lepping (Assistant Engineer)

Gerry Beckley & Dewey Bunnell - Jeff Larson

Graham Nash - Todd Caldwell

Leah Kunkel - Lee Madeloni, Institute Of Musical Arts, Goshen, MA

Marilyn Martin - Greg Droman

Steve Gadd - Elite Audio Alliance, Giancarlo Gadd

David Benoit - Shantih Haast

Nic Collins - Yannick Waingarten, Brain Damage Studios in Dania Beach, Florida

01 - Now That I've Hit The Big Time (Dear Ol' Mom)

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Eric Clapton : Slide Guitar

Sting : Background vocals

Marcus Eaton : Acoustic, Baritone Guitars, Background vocals

Steve Gadd : Drums

Jake Reed : Drums, Percussion

02 - Only The Heart Within You

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Leah Kunkel : Vocals

Art Garfunkel : Background vocals

Marcus Eaton : Acoustic Guitars, Synth, Background vocals

James Lee Stanley : Background vocals

John Jarvis : Piano

Marc Inti : U-Bass

03 - She'll Always Be My Girl

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Graham Nash : Vocals

Marcus Eaton : Acoustic & Electric Guitars

Marc Inti : Fretless Bass

04 - In The Limelight

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Marcus Eaton : Acoustic Guitars, Samples, String Arrangements

John Jarvis : Piano, String Arrangements

Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Bass

Meghan Cassidy : Viola, Violin

05 - The Money Girl

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Marcus Eaton : Acoustic Guitar

Greg Phillinganes : Wurlitzer, Piano

Nathan East : Bass

Jake Reed : Drums

Jack Tempchin : Harmonica

06 - Liz (So In Love With You)

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Marcus Eaton : Background vocals, Acoustic Guitar 12 String Gryphon Guitar, String Arrangements

Greg Phillinganes : Piano

Marc Inti : Uke Bass

Meghan Cassidy : Viola, Violin

Stephen Bishop Jr. : Laugh & Sneeze

07 - Really Wanting You

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Gerry Beckley : Background vocals & Piano

Dewey Bunnell : Background vocals

Jeff Larson : Background vocals

Marcus Eaton : Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Swells

Leland 'Lee' Sklar : Bass

08 - One More Night

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Marcus Eaton : Acoustic Guitar

Michael McDonald : Background vocals, Wurlitzer, Hammond Organ

David Pack : Background vocals

Marc Inti : Bass

Nic Collins : Drums

09 - You Don't Need My Love

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Marcus Eaton : Acoustic Guitar & Bass

Dave Benoit : Piano

10 - It Might Be You

Stephen Bishop : Vocals

Dave Grusin : Piano

11 - Under The Rainbow

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Kenny Loggins : Background vocals

Hunter Hawkins : Background vocals

Marilyn Martin : Background vocals

Christopher Cross : Electric Guitar

Marcus Eaton : Acoustic Guitar, Drum Programming, Shaker

Sean Hurley : Bass

Steve Porcaro : Wurlitzer

12 - Dance Of The Moon

Stephen Bishop : Vocals, Original Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

Marcus Eaton : Background vocals & Acoustic Guitar

Liz Lieber : Background vocals

Mai Leisz : Bass

Greg Leisz : Pedal Steel Guitar

13 - You Can Laugh At Me

Stephen Bishop : Acoustic Guitar & Vocals

The Coyote Sisters "The Coyote Sisters" (1984) -Pop Rock / Soft Rock-

Label : Morocco Records / Lorimar Records

 Side One

01 - I've Got A Radio (Marty Gwinn, Renée Armand & Tony Berg)
02 - Nobody Moves Like Us (Marty Gwinn & Tony Berg)
03 - Straight From The Heart (Into Your Life) (Leah Kunkel & Tony Berg)
04 - Floating World (Renée Armand & Tony Berg)
05 - Once You Know (Leah Kunkel & Tony Berg)

Side Two

01 - Anybody's Angel (Marty Gwinn, Renée Armand & Tony Berg)
02 - See You Tonight (Leah Kunkel & Tony Berg)
03 - (Don't Listen To That) Reggae (Renée Armand & Tony Berg)
04 - Echo (Marty Gwinn & Tony Berg)
05 - I'll Do It (Renée Armand & Tony Berg)


The Coyote Sisters : Leah Kunkel, Marty Gwinn, Renée Armand

Produced by David J. Holman & Roger Paglia

Vocals : The Coyote Sisters

Drums : Mohamed Nircs, Gary Ferguson, Art Wood
Bass : Trey Thompson, Roger Paglia
Guitar : Tony Berg
Synthesizers : David J. Holman, Tony Berg, Michael Boddicker
Saxophone solo on "Anybody's Angel" : Phil Kenzie
Horns : Jack Mack & The Heart Attack Horns

Recorded & Mixed at David J. Holman Studio, Los Angeles
Engineer : David J. Holman
Mastering Engineer : Bernie Grundman 

Livingston Taylor "Life Is Good" (1988) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Critique Records

 Side One

01 - Life Is Good (M. Taylor, L. Cheryl Taylor & Jon Curtis)
02 - One Of The Things I Do Well (L. Cheryl Taylor)
03 - City Lights (Pat Alger)
04 - If I Were You (L. Cheryl Taylor & Jon Curtis)
05 - It's Love (L. Cheryl Taylor)

Side Two

01 - Make It Love (L. Cheryl Taylor)
02 - Loving Arms (Tom Jans)
03 - Louie (L. Cheryl Taylor)
04 - Glad I Know You Well (L. Cheryl Taylor)
05 - Falling In Love With You (Livingston Taylor)
06 - Mary Ann (L. Cheryl Taylor)


Produced by Artie Traum & Scott Petito
Recorded & Mixed at NRS Recording Studio, Kingston, NY by Scott Petito
Mastered at Atlantic Studios by Dennis King
Drum Program : Scott Petito
Keyboard Programs : Vinny Martucci & Scott Petito


Side One

01 - Life Is Good

Keyboards : Vinny Martucci
Guitar : Mike Demicco
Bass : Scott Petito
Percussion : Ken Lovelett
Backgound vocals : Robbie Dupree, Amy Fradon, Bob Leinbach & Leslie Ritter

02 - One Of The Things I Do Well

Acoustic Guitar : Livingston Taylor
Keyboards : Vinny Martucci
Percussion : Ken Lovelett
Tenor Sax : Paul Brannin
Bass : Scott Petito

03 - City Lights

Vocal Duet : Livingston Taylor & James Taylor
Acoustic Guitar : Livingston Taylor
Electric Guitar : Mike Demicco
Harmonica : John Sebastian
Drums : Mike Gugielmo
Bass & Keyboards : Scott Petito
Background vocals : Robbie Dupree, Amy Fradon, Bob Leinbach & Leslie Ritter

04 - If I Were You

Acoustic Guitar : Livingston Taylor
Keyboards : Vinny Martucci
Percussion : Ken Lovelett
Guitar : Mike Demicco
Bass & Lead Guitar : Scott Petito
Background vocals : Robbie Dupree, Amy Fradon, Bob Leinbach & Leslie Ritter

05 - It's Love

Keyboards : Vinny Martucci
Guitar : Mike Demicco
Bass : Scott Petito
Percussion : Ken Lovelett
Sax : Paul Brannin
Background vocals : Robbie Dupree, Amy Fradon, Bob Leinbach & Leslie Ritter

Side Two

01 - Make It Love

Keyboards : Vinny Martucci
Guitar : Mike Demicco
Percussion : Ken Lovelett
Soprano Sax : Richard Grando
Bass : Scott Petito
Background vocals : Robbie Dupree, Amy Fradon, Bob Leinbach & Leslie Ritter

02 - Loving Arms

Vocal Duet : Livingston Taylor & Leah Kunkel
Synths : Vinny Martucci
Bass, Guitar & Piano : Scott Petito
Drums : R. Linn
Tenor Sax : Paul Branin

03 - Louie

Trumpet : Gary Cone
Bass : Frank Luther
Drum : Ken Lovelett
Acoustic Guitar : Livingston Taylor

04 - Glad I Know You Well

Classical Guitar : Artie Traum
Flugelhorn : Gary Cone
Bass; Piano & Synths : Scott Petito

05 - Falling In Love With You

Keyboards : Vinny Martucci
Percussion : Ken Lovelett
Guitar : Mike Demicco
Bass & Synths : Scott Petito
Background vocals : Robbie Dupree, Amy Fradon, Bob Leinbach & Leslie Ritter

06 - Mary Ann

Acoustic Guitar : Livingston Taylor
Keyboards, Bass & Electric Guitar : Scott Petito
Drums : R. Linn
Background vocals : Bob Leinbach & Amy Fradon

Leah Kunkel "I Run With Trouble" (1980) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side One

01 - Let's Begin (Jimmy Webb)
02 - The Only Man On Earth (Leah Kunkel)
03 - Temptation (Leah Kunkel)
04 - Hard Feelings (Peter McCann)
05 - Never Gonna Lose My Dream Of Love Again (Jimmy Webb)

Side Two

01 - Someone On Your Mind (Chip Douglas) 
02 - Dreaming As One (William 'D' Smith & David Palmer)
03 - Heart Of Stone (Harlan Collins)
04 - Fast Asleep (Craig Doerge & Judy Henske)
05 - I Run With Trouble (Don Yowell)


Produced by Henry Lewy & Leah Kunkel
Engineered by Skip Cottrel & Henry Lewy at A&M Studios, Hollywood
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Mixed at A&M Studios by Henry Lewy, Leah Kunkel & Skip Cottrell

Violins : Gerald Vinci, Assa Drori, David Frissina, Irving Geller, George Kast, Stanley Plummer, Sheldon Sanov, Robert Sushel, Shari Zippert, James Getzoff, Bernard Kundell, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Haim Shtrum, Lya Stern, Mari Tsumura, Joseph Stepansky & Polly Sweeney
Cellos : Raphael Kramer, Ernie Ehrhardt, Igor Horoshevsky, Jacqueline Lusgarten, Douglas Davis & Ronald A. Leonard
Basses : Buell Neidlinger & Charles Domanico
Oboe & English Horn : Earle D. Dumler
French Horn : David A. Duke  
Violas : Myer Bello, Myra S. Kestenbaum, Gareth Nuttycombe, Barbara Thomason, Allan Harshman & David Schwartz

Arrangement Acknowledgements
Basic & String Track on "Let's Begin" & "Never Gonna Lose My Dream Of Love Again" Arranged & Conducted by Matthew McCauley
Orchestra on "Hard Feelings", "Dreaming As One, Fast Asleep" & "I Run With Trouble" Arranged & Conducted by Jeremy Lubbock
Orchestra & Basic Track Arranged & Conducted by Ian Freebairn-Smith


Side One

01 - Let's Begin

John Jarvis : Electric Piano
Steve Lukather : Guitar
Mike Porcaro : Bass
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Lenny Castro : Congas
Tom Scott : Saxophone
Graham Nash, Leah Kunkel : Backing vocals

02 - The Only Man On Earth

Stephen Bishop : Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
John Guerin : Drums
Steve Forman : Percussion
Tom Scott : Saxophones
Bernard Fleischer : Flute
Matthew McCauley, Leah Kunkel : Oberheim

03 - Temptation 

Steve Lukather : Guitar
Leah Kunkel : Piano
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Andrew Steele : Drums
Paul Fauerso : Organ
Lenny Castro : Tambourine
Ian Freebairn-Smith, Penny Nichols, James Lee Stanley, Pamela Stanley, Leah Kunkel : Backing vocals
Matthew McCauley, Leah Kunkel : Oberheim

04 - Hard Feelings

John Jarvis : Piano

05 : Never Gonna Lose My Dream Of Love Again

John Jarvis : Acoustic & Electric Pianos
Steve Lukather : Guitar
Mike Porcaro : Bass
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Lenny Castro : Bongos
Steve Forman : Percussion
Graham Nash, Leah Kunkel : Backing vocals

Side Two

01 - Someone On Your Mind

John Jarvis : Piano
Mitch Holder : Acoustic Guitars
David Hungate : Bass
John Guerin : Drums
Steve Forman : Percussion
Bernard Fleischer : Flute
James Self : Tuba
Bobby Shew : Cornet
Ernest Carlson : Trombone
Ian Freebairn-Smith, Leah Kunkel : Backing vocals

02 - Dreaming As One

William 'D' Smith : Piano
William 'D' Smith, David Lasley : Backing vocals

03 - Heart Of Stone

John Jarvis : Piano
Mitch Holder : Guitar
David Hungate : Bass
John Guerin : Drums
David Duke : French Horn
Steve Forman : Percussion
Ian Freebairn-Smith, Harlan Collins, Leah Kunkel : Backing vocals

04 - Fast Asleep

Craig Doerge : Piano

05 - I Run With Trouble

John Jarvis : Piano
Abraham Laboriel : Bass
Ronald Leonard : Cello

Leah Kunkel "Leah Kunkel" (1979) -Westcoast Rock-

 

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side One

01 - Step Right Up (Peter McCann)
02 - Under The Jamaïcan Moon (Stephen Bishop & Leah Kunkel)
03 - Souvenir Of The Circus (Leah Kunkel)
04 - If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol & Vernon Bullock)
05 - Down The Backstairs Of My Life (William 'Smitty' Smith & Eric Mercury)

Side Two

01 - Losing In Love (Harlan Collins)
02 - Step Out (John Phillips)
03 - Don't Leave These Goodbyes (Jules Shear)
04 - I've Got To Get A Message To You (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb)
05 - Fool At Heart (Stephen Bishop)


Produced by Val Garay & Russ Kunkel
Engineered by Val Garay
Recorded at the Sound Factory and Studio 55
Assistant Engineers : George Ybarra, Tim Dennen & Steve Marcussen
Trick Electronics by Steve Waldman
Mixed at The Sound Factory
Mastered at the Mastering Lab by Doug Sax 


Side One

01 - Step Right Up

Guitars : Steve Lukather
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Electric Piano : John Jarvis
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Flutes : Jim Horn
Strings : Matthew McCauley
Background vocals : Leah Kunkel & Penny Nichols

02 - Under The Jamaïcan Moon

Acoustic Guitars : Stephen Bishop, Dan Dugmore, Steve Lukather
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar 
Electric Piano : John Jarvis
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Saxophone : Joe Farrell
Background vocals : Stephen Bishop

03 - Souvenir Of The Circus

Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar 
ARP string synthesizer & Yamaha organ : Craig Doerge
Acoustic & Electric Piano : Leah Kunkel
Drums : Russ Kunkel

04 - If I Could Build My Whole World Around You

Guitars : Steve Lukather
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar 
Piano : Craig Doerge
Organ : William 'Smitty' Smith
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Strings : Matthew McCauley
Background vocals : Rosemary Butler, Leah Kunkel & William "Smitty" Smith

05 - Down The Backstairs Of My Life

Piano, Organ & Harmony : William 'Smitty' Smith
Additional Harmonies : Leah Kunkel
Strings : Matthew McCauley

Side Two

01 - Losing In Love

Acoustic Guitars : Andrew Gold
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar 
Piano, Clavinet, Electric Piano & Moog Solo : Craig Doerge
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Strings : Matthew McCauley
Background vocals : Jackson Browne & Leah Kunkel

02 - Step Out

Guitars : Steve Lukather
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar 
Electric & Acoustic Pianos : James Newton Howard
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Alto Saxophone : Jim Horn
Background vocals : Leah Kunkel & Penny Nichols

03 - Don't Leave These Goodbyes

Acoustic Guitar : Doug Livingston
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar
Acoustic Piano : Leah Kunkel
Electric Piano & Organ : Craig Doerge
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Background vocals : Leah Kunkel & Penny Nichols

04 - I've Got To Get A Message To You

Guitars : Steve Lukather
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar 
Piano : John Jarvis
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Synthesizer & Backing vocals : Leah Kunkel
Chorus Harmonies : Renee Armand & Leah Kunkel

05 - Fool At Heart

Electric Guitar : Danny Kortchmar
Bass : Leland 'Lee' Sklar 
Piano : John Jarvis
Drums : Russ Kunkel
Handclaps : Val Garay & Russ Kunkel
Strings : Matthew McCauley
Background vocals : Leah Kunkel