JACK ASHFORD / HOTEL SHEET / LP /

(US / MAGIC DISC / MD 116 / 1977 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:VG++ 折れ跡)

躍動感溢れるモダンソウル「GET RIGHT ON TOP (CAUSE I NEED SOMEONE)」収録のレア・グルーヴ人気盤！
MOTOWNサウンドを支えた、レーベルお抱えのスタジオ・ミュージシャン・バンド＝FUNK BROTHERSのメンバーでもあった腕利きパーカッション奏者JACK ASHFORDのソロ・アルバム。跳ねたグルーヴと高揚感に溢れたモダンソウル人気曲「GET RIGHT ON TOP (CAUSE I NEED SOMEONE)」、タイトルでもある”HOTEL SHEET”(下敷きのようなシート楽器)をプニプニ・ポンポンと鳴らしまくる「HOTEL SHEET」、どれも最高。US ORIGINAL盤！

TRACKLIST
A1 HOTEL SHEET
A2 I’LL FLY TO YOUR OPEN ARMS
A3 THIS AIN’T JUST ANOTHER DANCE SONG
A4 HI MOM HI AL
B1 SHAR
B2 GET RIGHT ON TOP (CAUSE I NEED SOMEONE)
B3 BABY I’M SO GLAD
B4 FUNKY DISCO PARTY

RECORDED AT – MARVIN GAYE STUDIO
MIXED AT – ONE STEP UP RECORDING STUDIO
MIXED AT – WALLY HEIDER RECORDING STUDIO, LOS ANGELES
MIXED AT – RCA STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD
DISTRIBUTED BY – MAGIC DISC DISTRIBUTING
PUBLISHED BY – DAEDALIAN MUSIC
PUBLISHED BY – BAKU MUSIC
PUBLISHED BY – BON-JOSE MUSIC CO.
PUBLISHED BY – FAMOSONDA MUSIC
PUBLISHED BY – MAGIC DISC MUSIC
PHONOGRAPHIC COPYRIGHT ℗ – MAGIC DISC RECORDS INC.
PRESSED BY – RAINBO RECORDS – S-5337
PRESSED BY – RAINBO RECORDS – S-5338
ARRANGED BY [HORNS, STRINGS] – PAUL RISER (TRACKS: A1 TO A3, B1 TO B4), WILLIE SHORTER (TRACKS: A4)
ARRANGED BY [RHYTHM] – JACK ASHFORD
ARTWORK, DESIGN [COVER], PHOTOGRAPHY BY – ALVIN R. HOGAN
BACKING VOCALS – BETTY JONES, SHAR ASHFORD*, GWANDA HAMBRICK, JACK ASHFORD, LYNDA LAW, LYNDA MC CRARY*, RENCE, SUNDRAY TUCKER, SYLVIA SMITH, TERRIE HENDRIX*
BASS – EDDIE WATKINS*, JERRY KNIGHT, MIKE WIGGINS
BELLS – JACK ASHFORD
CO-PRODUCER – ART STEWART
DESIGN [COVER] – ALVIN R. HOGAN
DRUMS – JOE LUIZ, LARRY TALBOT, URIAL JONES
ENGINEER [ASSISTANT] – IRA LESLIE
ENGINEER [MIXING] – ART STEWART, GROVER HELSEY, JACK ASHFORD
ENGINEER [RECORDING] – ART STEWART
GUITAR – EDDIE WILLIS, GREG MOORE, LOUIE THOMAS, WAH WAH WATSON, ROBERT WHITE, ROD GIBSON
HORNS – DETROIT HORN SECTION
KEYBOARDS – EARL VAN DYKE, GEORGE ROUNTREE, JACK ASHFORD, MILCHO LEVIEW
MASTERED BY – P.B.
PERCUSSION – EDDIE “BONGO” BROWN, JACK ASHFORD, SHONDU AKIEM
PHOTOGRAPHY BY – ALVIN R. HOGAN
PRODUCER – JACK ASHFORD
SOLOIST [SYNTH] – FRANK SPINA (TRACKS: A1), JACK ASHFORD (TRACKS: A1)
SOLOIST, GUITAR – JIMMY ALLEN (TRACKS: A4)
STRINGS – DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, GORDON STAPLES
VIBRAPHONE [VIBES] – JACK ASHFORD