Pockets "So Delicious" (1979)- Disco / Funk / Westcoast Soul-

Label : ARC Records / CBS, Inc.

 

 Side 1

01 - How Do You Think It Feels? (Robert Wright, Charles Fearing & Allee Willis)

02 - Why'd Ya Do Dat? (Verdine White, Charles Williams, Larry Jacobs, Robert Wright & Allee Willis)

03 - Charisma (Dean Gant, Robert Wright & Kate Wakefield)

04 - La La (Means I Love You) (Thom Bell & William Hart)

Side 2

01 - Catch Me (Robert Wright & Charles Fearing)

02 - So Delicious (Verdine White, Robert Wright, Charles Fearing, Fred White & Linda Starr)

03 - Your Heart's In Trouble (Robert Wright, Geary Lanier & Will Jennings)

04 - Baby, Are You Coming Home With Me? (Verdine White, Robert Wright, Allee Willis & Charles Fearing)

05 - Bye-Bye (Verdine White, Robert Wright & Charles Fearing)

 

A Verdine White - Robert Wright Production

Al McKinney : Keyboards

Gary Grainger : Bass

Larry Jacobs : Vocals

Charles Williams : Trumpet

Irving Madison : Saxophone

Kevin Barnes : Trombone

George Gray : Drums

Engineering & Remixing : Warren Dewey

Associate Engineers : Ross (Hollywood Sound), Bo & Peggy (Sunset), Cheech (Cherokee), Ed (Westlake)

Additional Mixing by Jim Burgess on "Catch Me" 

Engineer : Gerald Block

Recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Sunset Sound Studio, Cherokee Studios, Filmways-Heider Recording, Westlake Audio, Hit City West, Los Angeles, California

Mastered at Capitol Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Production Assistant on "Catch Me" : Charles Fearing

Special thanks to the following Musicians :

Jacob Sheffer : Guitars

Dean Gant, Geary Lanier : Keyboards

Charles Fearing : Guitars

Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Michael Boddicker : Synthesizers

Al McKay : Guitars

Ed Greene : Drums

Kenny Elliott : Drums

Romeo Williams : Bass

Darren Carmichael : Keyboards

Trumpets : Oscar Brashear, Robert O. Bryant, Michael Davis, Elmer Brown Jr., Eugene E. Young, Albert Aarons

Trombones : George Bohannon, Garnett Brown, Maurice Spears, Louis Satterfield, Benjamin Powell

Saxophones : Don Myrick, Fred Jackson, William E. Green, Jerome Richardson, Jeff Clayton, William Collette

Flutes : Fred Jackson, William E. Green, Don Myrick

French Horns : Sidney Muldrow, Barbara Korn, Marilyn L. Robinson, Vincent DeRosa

Oboe : William E. Green

Violins : Janice Gower, Jerome R. Webster, Henty L. Roth, Betty LaMagna, Henry Ferber, Jerome J. Reisler, William H. Henderson, Harris Goldman, Robert C. Lipsett, Ronald Clark, Frank Foster, Gena Kronstadt, Haim Shtrum, David Montagu, Jack Gootkin, Marcy Dicterow, Steve Boone, Joseph Goodman, Farkas Pavel

Violas : Marilyn Baker, Rollice E. Dale, Laury J. Woods, Linda S. Lipsett, Brenton Banks, James Ross

Cellos : Miguel Martinez, Julianna Buffum, Larry Corbett, Ronald Cooper, Kevan Torfeth

Harp : Dorothy Ashby

Background vocals : Jon Lind, Tommy Funderburk, Zedric Turnbough & 'We'

Flute Solo on "So Delicious" by Don Myrick

Pockets "Take It On Up" (1978) -Disco / Funk-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Heaven Only Knows (LeRoy Bell & Casey James)
02 - Take It On Up (Kevin Barnes, Verdine White, Robert Wright & Louis Satterfield)
03 - Tell Me Why (Kenny Burke)
04 - Got To Find My Way (Gary Grainger, Jacob Sheffer, Verdine White, Robert Wright & Albert McKinney)
05 - Happy For Love (Verdine White & Robert Wright)

Side 2

01 - Funk It Over (Pockets, Verdine White, Robert Wright & Dorian Holley)
02 - You And Only You (Ray Parker Jr.)
03 - Spinx (Gary Grainger)
04 - Lay Your Head (Verdine White, Robert Wright & Allee Willis)
05 - In Your Eyes (Jacob Sheffer, Larry Jacobs, Verdine White & Robert Wright)


Produced by Verdine White & Robert Wright for Kalimba Productions
Executive Producer : Maurice White

Albert McKinney : Keyboards & Vocals
Gary Grainger : Bass & Vocals
Larry Jacobs : Vocals & Percussion
Charles Williams : Trumpet, Vocals & Percussion
Irving Madison : Saxophones, Vocals & Percussion
Kevin Barnes : Trombone, Vocals & Percussion
Jacob Sheffer : Guitars & Percussion
George Gray : Drums, Vocals & Percussion

Horn & String Arrangements by Tom Tom 84
Engineering & Remixing by Warren Dewey
Associate Engineers : Wendi Bluth, James Isaacson, Mark Linett, Peggy McCreary, Bob Mockler, Kent Nebergall & Ross Pallone
Recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Sunset Sound Studio & Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California
Mastered at A&M Mastering Studios, Los Angeles, California by Bernie Grundman

Special thanks to the following musicians :
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Larry Dunn : Synthesizers
Dean Gant : Acoustic Piano Solo on "Sphinx"
Steve Lukather : Guitar Solo on "Lay Your Head"
Trumpets : Rhamlee Davis, Chuck Findley, Gary Grant & Michael Harris
Trombones : Charlie Loper, Lew McCreary, Louis Satterfield & James M. Self
French Horns : Vincent DeRosa, David Duke, Arthur Maebe & Henry Sigismonti
Violins : Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Harry Bluestone, Glenn Dicterow, Endra Granat, William Henderson, Phyllis Hilliard, William Hymanson, Sally Leverenz, Joseph Livoti, Don Palmer, Sheldon Sanov, Paul Shure, Ralph Silverman & Illkka Tolvi
Violas : Richard Dickler, Harry Hyams, Gareth Nuttycombe & David Schwartz
Cellos : Douglas Davis & Armand Kaproff
Vocals : Carolyn Dennis, Gary Glenn, Muffy Hendrix, Phyllis St. James, Zedric Turnbough & Elisecia Wright

Pockets "Come Go With Us" (1977) -Soul / Funk-

Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Come Go With Me (Albert McKinney, Verdine White & Robert Wright)

02 - Pasado (James Burke, Clarence Burke & Ricardo Marrero)

03 - One Day At A Time (Verdine White & Robert Wright)

04 - Doin' The Do (Gary Grainger)

Side 2

01 - In The Pocket (Verdine White & Robert Wright)

02 - Nothing Is Stronger (Verdine White, Robert Wright, G. Stekler, Albert McKinney & Jacob Sheffer)

03 - Elusive Lady (Kevin Barnes & Albert McKinney)

04 - Wizzard Wuzzit (Gary Grainger)

Produced by Verdine White for Kalimba Productions

Co-Produced by Robert Wright

Albert McKinney : Keyboards, Vocals

Gary Grainger : Bass, Vocals

Larry Jacobs : Vocals, Percussion

Charles Williams : Trumpet, Vocals, Percussion

Irving Madison : Saxophones, Vocals, Percussion

Kevin Barnes : Trombone, Percussion

Jacob Sheffer : Guitar, Percussion

George Gray : Drums, Percussion

Arragements by Tom Tom 84

Special Rhythm Arrangement on "Elusive Lady" by Albert McKinney

Special Thanks to :

Israel Baker : Violin

Arnold Belnick : Violin

George Bohannon : Trombone

Denyse Buffum : Viola

Assa Drori : Cello

Janice Gower : Violin

Gary Grant : Trumpet

Steven Hunt : Vocal

Rosemary McClean : Cello

Steve Madaio : Trumpet

Donald Myrick : Woodwinds

Aranda Paysinger : Vocal

Paul Polivnick : Viola

Dale Rollice : Viola

Louis Satterfield : Trombone

Nolan Andrew Smith Jr. : Trumpet

Charles Veal Jr. : Violin

Dorothy Wade : Violin

Elisecia Wright : Vocal

Kenneth Yerke : Viola

Engineered & Remixing by Warren Dewey

Associate Engineers : Anthony D'Amico, Steve Brandon & Steve Marcussen

Recorded at Studio 55, Cherokee Recording, United Western Studio, Record Plant, Westlake Audio & Capitol Studios, Los Angeles