On September 21, 1978, “Arista” label released “Crafty Hands”, the second Happy the Man studio album. It was recorded December 1977 – January 1978, and was produced by Ken Scott.
Personnel:
Stanley Whitaker – vocals, six and twelve string guitars
In April 1977, “Arista” label released “Boats Against the Current”, the second Eric Carmen studio album. It was recorded in 1977, at “Crystal Sound” and “Studio 55” in Los Angeles, “Sound Factory” in Hollywood, “Brother Studio” in Santa Monica, and was produced by Eric Carmen.
Personnel:
Eric Carmen – lead vocals, acoustic piano, synthesizers, 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, conductor, electric harpsichord, drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements
Andrew Gold – electric guitar solo, electric guitar
Richard Reising – acoustic and electric guitar, acoustic piano, backing vocals
Richie Zito – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
On July 14, 1983, “Arista” label released “Get It Right”, the twenty-ninth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Luther Vandross.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
Doc Powell – guitar
Georg Wadenius – guitar
Teddy F. White – guitar
Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards, rhythm arrangements
Marcus Miller – synthesizers, bass guitar, rhythm arrangements
Yogi Horton – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas, bongos
Steve Kroon – congas, triangle
Dave Friedman – vibraphone
David Carey – timpani
George Young – soprano saxophone
Alan Rubin, George Young, Gregory Williams, Jim Pugh, John Clark, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Lou Marini, Peter Gordon, Ronnie Cuber, Tom Malone – horns
Alfred Brown, Barry Finclair, Elena Barere, Emanuel Vardi, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Zaratzian, Homer Mensch, Jan Mullen, Jean R. Dane, Jesse Levy, John Beal, John Pintavalle, Jonathan Abramowitz, Joseph Rabushka, Judy Geist, Julien Barber, Kathryn Kienke, Kermit Moore, Lamar Alsop, Lewis Eley, Margaret Ross, Marilyn Wright, Regis Landiorio, Richard Sortomme, Richard Young, Sanford Allen, Sue Pray, Winterton Garvey – strings
Rob Mounsey – string arrangements, horn arrangements
In November 1985, “Arista” label released “Stereotomy”, the ninth Alan Parsons Project (The) studio album. It was recorded October 1984 – August 1985, at “Mayfair Studios” in London, and was produced by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.
Personnel:
Eric Woolfson – vocals, pianos, keyboards
Alan Parsons – additional keyboards
Ian Bairnson – guitars
David Paton – bass
Stuart Elliott – drums, percussion
Richard Cottle – synths, saxophones
John Miles, Chris Rainbow, Gary Brooker, Graham Dye, Steven Dye, Eric Woolfson – vocals
Christoffer Warren-Green – leader of The Philharmonia Orchestra
Andrew Powell – orchestra arrangements, orchestra conductor
On July 26, 1984, “Arista:” label released “In the Heat of the Night”, the second Jeff Lorber studio album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Syncrosound” in Boston, Massachusetts, “Indigo Ranch Studios” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Jeff Lorber and Maurice Starr.
Personnel:
Jeff Lorber – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitar, drum programming, arrangements
Maurice Starr – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitar, drum programming
Marlon McClain – guitar
Lee Ritenour – rhythm guitar
Nathan East – vocals, bass
John Robinson – cymbal, drums
Jimmy Johnson – congas
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Ronnie Laws – saxophone solo
Phillip Ingram – lead vocals
Alex Ligertwood – lead vocals
Steve George – backing vocals
David Page – backing vocals
Richard Page – backing vocals
Robert Abel – executive producer
Phil Greene – recording, mixing
Chris Brunt – recording, mixing
Joe Moody – second engineer
Ben Ing – second engineer
Ria Lewerke – art direction
Randy Roberts – creative director, design
Aaron Rapoport – back cover photography
Track listing:
In the Heat of the Night – Maurice Starr
Really Scarey – Jeff Lorber, Nathan East
Don’t Say Yes – Jeff Lorber, Tony Hayes, Marlon McClain
Tropical – Jeff Lorber
Sushi Monster – Jeff Lorber, Nathan East, Marlon McClain
Rock II – Jeff Lorber
Seventh Heaven – Jeff Lorber, Marlon McClain
Double Bad – Jeff Lorber, Joe Ericksen, Jack Robinson
On June 25, 1991, “Arista” label released “What You See Is What You Sweat”, the thirty-third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, David “Pic” Conley, Aretha Franklin, Michel Legrand, Oliver Leiber, Gene Lennon, Bruce Roberts, Joshua Thompson, David Townsend, Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden and Elliot Wolff.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano
Rick Iantosca – acoustic guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar
Vernon Black – guitar
David Townsend – guitar
Jean-Marc Benais – guitar
Teddy F. White – guitar
Al Turner – bass guitar
Marcus Miller – bass guitar
Dominique Bertram – bass guitar
Rudolph Stansfield – piano
Thierry Eliez – piano
Skip Anderson – keyboards
Burt Bacharach – keyboards
Oliver Leiber – keyboards, drum programming, guitar
Jason Miles – keyboards
Louis Biancaniello – keyboards, programming
David Foster – keyboards, programming
Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards
Bobby Wooten – keyboards, electric piano, drum programming, synthesizer
Michael Boddicker – keyboards, programming
Hubert Eaves III – keyboards, drum programming
Elliot Wolff – keyboards, drum programming
Joshua Thompson – keyboards, guitar, synthesizer
Peter Schwartz – additional keyboards
Charles Scales – synthesizer
Michel Legrand – synthesizer
Guy Vaughn – drum programming
Narada Michael Walden – drums, programming
Buster Marbury – drums
André Ceccarelli – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Larry Fratangelo – percussion
Larry Williams – programming
Franck Thore – Pan pipes
Onita Sanders – harp
Candy Dulfer – saxophone
David Boruff – saxophone
Gene Lennon – programming
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
Jesse Richardson – backing vocals
Sandra Feva – backing vocals
Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
Diane Green – backing vocals
Sherry Fox – backing vocals
Portia Griffin – backing vocals
Margaret Branch – backing vocals
Jarvis Barker – backing vocals
Nikita Germaine – backing vocals
Skyler Jett – backing vocals
Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals
Tony Lindsay – backing vocals
Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
Donna Davis – backing vocals
Marj Harber – backing vocals
Esther Ridgeway – backing vocals
Gloria Ridgeway – backing vocals
Gracie Ridgeway – backing vocals
Clive Davis – executive producer
Track listing:
Everyday people – Sly Stone
Ever Changing Times – Burt Bacharach, Bill Conti, Carole Bayer Sager
What You See Is What You Sweat – David Conley, Derrick Culler, Gene Lennon, Joshua Thompson
Mary Goes Round – Elliot Wolff, Oliver Leiber
I Dreamed a Dream – Alain Boubill, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean Marc Natel, Claude Michel Schonberg
Someone’s Else’s Eyes – Bruce Roberts, Burt Bacharach, Bayer Sager
Doctor’s Orders – Luther Vandross, Hubert Eaves III
You Can’t Take Me for Granted – Aretha Franklin
What You Give – Aretha Franklin
Everyday People (Shep Pettibone Remix) – Sly Stone
On June 1, 1977, “Arista” label released “I Robot”, the second Alan Parsons Project (The), studio album. It was recorded December 1976 – March 1977, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Alan Parsons. The album cover photo features Storm Thorgerson’s assistants in the escalator tubes of the circular Terminal 1 building of the “Charles de Gaulle Airport” outside of Paris
Personnel:
Alan Parsons – keyboards, vocoder, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, engineer
Ian Bairnson – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
B.J. Cole – steel guitar
Eric Woolfson – keyboards, vocoder, backing vocals
Duncan Mackay – keyboards
John Leach – cimbalom, kantele
David Paton – bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Stuart Tosh – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Lenny Zakatek, Allan Clarke, Steve Harley, Jack Harris, Peter Straker, Jaki Whitren, Dave Townsend, the English Chorale, the New Philharmonia Chorus – vocals
Hilary Western – backing vocals
Smokey Parsons – backing vocals
Tony Rivers, John Perry and Stu Calver – backing vocals
Andrew Powell – choir and orchestra arrangements
Eric Woolfson – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, except where noted.
In May 1979, “Arista” label released the debut, self-titled Sky album. It was recorded in 1978, and was produced by Haydn Bendall, Tony Clark, John Williams, Kevin Peek, Francis Monkman, Herbie Flowers and Tristan Fry.
In May 1976, “Arista” label released “T Shirt”, the sixth Loudon Wainwright III album. It was recorded in 1975, at “Record Plant” in New York City, and was produced by Loudon Wainwright III.
Personnel:
Loudon Wainwright III – vocals, guitar, banjo, bells
Hank Jones – keyboards
Jon Cobert – piano
Charles Brown III – electric guitar
Elliott Randall – electric guitar
Richard Davis – bass
John Crowder – bass
Joe Cocuzzo – drums
Richard Crooks – drums, spoons
Jimmy Maelen – congas
Eric Weissberg – banjo
Jeanie Arnold – vocals
Kenny Kosek – violin
David Sanborn – saxophone
Marvin Stamm – cornet, trumpet
David Taylor – bass trombone
Track listing:
All tracks by Loudon Wainwright III; except where noted.
Bicentennial
Summer’s Almost Over
Hollywood Hopeful – traditional; arranged and adapted by Loudon Wainwright III
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