説明
(JPN / TAPPAN ZEE / CBS/SONY / 25AP 1382 / 1979 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX- 帯付)
「RAGTOWN」にはドラム・ブレイクあり!メロウ・グルーヴ/ラテン・ジャズ・ファンク「PLEASURE ISLAND」、「DIANE’S DILEMMA」他!
IDRIS MUHAMMAD、HARVEY MASON / EDDIE DANIELS、JON FADDISらがバックアップした1979年作。THE RITZ FEAT. BRENDAN B 「STEP」でもネタにされたサックスやエレピが絡む「DIANE’S DILEMMA」もメロウ・グルーヴとして◎。WILBERT LONGMIRE自らヴォーカルをとったEARTH, WIND & FIRE「LOVE’S HOLIDAY」カヴァーはTHE FOREIGN EXCHANGE「FOREIGN EXCHANGE TITLE THEME」ネタにもなりました。見開きジャケット。
TRACKLIST
A1 DIANE’S DILEMMA
A2 LOVE’S HOLIDAY
A1 DIANE’S DILEMMA
A2 LOVE’S HOLIDAY
A3 RAGTOWN
B1 PLEASURE ISLAND
B2 FUNSHINE
B2 FUNSHINE
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BACKING VOCALS – DIVA GRAY, GORDON GRODY, LANI GROVES, ZACK SANDERS*
BASS – GARY KING
CELLO – ALAN SHULMAN, CHARLES MCCRACKEN
CONCERTMASTER – DAVID NADIEN
DRUMS – HARVEY MASON (TRACKS: A2, A3, B2), IDRIS MUHAMMAD (TRACKS: A1, B1)
ELECTRIC PIANO [FENDER RHODES], SYNTHESIZER [OBERHEIM POLYPHONIC] – BOB JAMES
ENGINEER – JOE JORGENSEN
ENGINEER [ASSISTANT] – OLLIE COTTON, SCOTT LITT, TIM BOMBA
FLUTE, FLUTE [ALTO, BASS] – EDDIE DANIELS, PHIL BODNER
FLUTE, FLUTE [ALTO, BASS], ENGLISH HORN, OBOE – GEORGE MARGE
GUITAR – ERIC GALE
MASTERED BY – VLADIMIR MELLER*
PERCUSSION – JIMMY MAELEN
PIANO [ACOUSTIC] – BOB JAMES, RICHARD TEE (TRACKS: A1, A2, B1)
PRODUCER – BOB JAMES, JAY CHATTAWAY
SAXOPHONE – GEORGE YOUNG (2), MICHAEL BRECKER, RONNIE CUBER
TROMBONE – BARRY ROGERS, EARL MCINTYRE, PAUL FAULISE, WAYNE ANDRE
TRUMPET – JON FADDIS, LEW SOLOFF, MIKE LAWRENCE, RANDY BRECKER
VIOLA – EMANUEL VARDI, LAMAR ALSOP
VIOLIN – BARRY FINCLAIR, CHARLES LIBOVE, DIANA HALPRIN, HARRY CYKMAN, MATTHEW RAIMONDI, MAX ELLEN, RICHARD SORTOMME
VOCALS, GUITAR, SOLOIST – WILBERT LONGMIRE