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The Four Tops: Meeting of the Minds

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In April 1974, “ABC / Dunhill Records” label released “Meeting of the Minds”, the 21st Four Tops (The) album. It was recorded in 1973 – 1974, at “ABC Recording Studios, Inc. Studio A”, and was produced by Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter.

Personnel:

  • Abdul “Duke” Fakir – vocal
  • Levi Stubbs – vocal
  • Renaldo “Obie” Benson – vocal
  • Lawrence Payton – vocal
  • Sylvia Smith – vocal
  • Ben Benaym Dean Parks, Ray Parker, Larry Carlton – guitar
  • Dennis Lambert – keyboards, arrangements
  • Michael Omartian – keyboards, arrangements
  • Scott Edwards, Wilton Felder – bass
  • Paul Humphrey, Ed Greene – drums
  • Brian Potter, Steve Barri, Gary Coleman, King Errisson – percussion
  • Don Hockett – arrangements
  • Gil Askey – arrangements
  • Jimmie Haskell – arrangements
  • McKinley Jackson – arrangements
  • Sid Sharp – concertmaster
  • Barney Perkins, Howard Gale, Phil Kaye – engineer
  • Vic Zaslav – mastering
  • Peter Palombi – illustration
  • Ron Slenzak – photography

Track listing:

  1. One Chain Don’t Make No Prison – Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
  2. Midnight Flower – McKinley Jackson, Reginald Dozier
  3. The Well Is Dry – Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert
  4. Love Ain’t Easy to Come By – Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert
  5. No Sad Songs – Glenn Leonard, Len Perry, Rachel Foster
  6. Right on Brother – Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert
  7. Tell Me You Love Me – Al Cleveland, Lawrence Payton
  8. All My Love – Renaldo Benson, Val Benson
  9. I Found the Spirit – Renaldo Benson, Val Benson
  10. Meeting of the Minds – Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert

Aretha Franklin: Sweet Passion

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On May 19, 1977, “Atlantic” label released “Sweet Passion”, the twenty-third Aretha Franklin album. It was recorded 1976 – 1977, at “ABC Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, “Whitney Recording Studios” in Glendale, CA, and was produced by Aretha Franklin, Lamont Dozier, Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager.

Personnel:

  • Aretha Franklin – vocals, keyboards
  • Ray Parker Jr.– guitar
  • Lee Ritenour– guitar
  • Craig McMillian – guitar
  • Mike Morgan – guitar
  • David Paich– keyboards
  • Sylvester Rivers– keyboards
  • Sonny Burke– keyboards
  • Ronald Coleman – keyboards
  • B. Barnum– rhythm arrangements, horn arrangements, string arrangements, keyboards
  • Ray Brown – bass guitar
  • Scott Edwards – bass guitar
  • Chuck Rainey– bass guitar
  • James Gadson– drums
  • Harold Mason – drums
  • Joe Clayton – congas, percussion
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Bob Zimmitti – percussion
  • Lamont Dozier– rhythm arrangements
  • McKinley Jackson – rhythm arrangements, horn arrangements
  • Gene Page– horn and string arrangements
  • David Paich, Marty Paich – co-producers
  • Frank Kemjar, Reginald Dozier, Barney Perkins – engineer
  • Reginald Dozier, Barney Perkins – mixing.
  • Dennis King – mastering
  • Bob Defrin – photography
  • David Alexander – photography

Track listing:

  1. Break It To Me Gently – Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager
  2. When I Think About You – Aretha Franklin
  3. What I Did for Love – Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban
  4. No One Could Ever Love You More – Lamont Dozier
  5. A Tender Touch – Aretha Franklin
  6. Touch Me Up – Lamont Dozier
  7. Sunshine Will Never Be The Same – Lamont Dozier
  8. Meadows of Springtime – Aretha Franklin
  9. Mumbles / I’ve Got the Music in Me – Clark Terry, Aretha Franklin, Bias Boshell
  10. Sweet Passion – Aretha Franklin

Jamiroquai: Dynamite

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On June 20, 2005, “Epic” label released “Dynamite”, the sixth Jamiroquai studio album. It was recorded 2003-2005, at “Jam Studios” in London, and was produced by Jay Kay and Mike Spencer.

Personnel:

  • Jay Kay– lead and backing vocals, synthetic bass vocals, backing vocal arrangements, artwork
  • Rob Harris – guitar
  • Matt Johnson – piano, keyboards, fender rhodes piano, synthesizer bass
  • Randy Hope-Taylor – bass
  • Alex Meadows – bass
  • Derrick McIntyre – bass
  • Derrick McKenzie – drums, additional hi hat percussion
  • Sola Akingbola– percussion
  • Nathan Haines– flute, saxophone
  • Miaer “DJ Snare” Lloyd – scratching
  • Bridgette Blades – backing vocals
  • Alexandra Brown – backing vocals
  • Vann Johnson – backing vocals
  • Valerie Etienne – backing vocals
  • Hazel Fernandez – backing vocals
  • Audrey Martells – backing vocals
  • Samantha Smith – backing vocals
  • Mike Spencer– music programming, engineer, mixing
  • Benjamin Wright – string section leader, string arrangements, brass section leader, brass arrangements
  • Rick Pope – recording
  • Nick Ferrero – recording
  • Reginald Dozier – recording
  • Pablo Arraya – additional recording
  • Richard Bignell – additional recording
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Charlie Lightening – photography

Track listing:

  1. Feels Just Like It Should – Jay Kay
  2. Dynamite – Matt Johnson, Jay Kay
  3. Seven Days in Sunny June – Matt Johnson, Jay Kay
  4. Electric Mistress – Rob Harris, Matt Johnson, Jay Kay
  5. Starchild – Rob Harris, Jay Kay
  6. Love Blind – Rob Harris, Matt Johnson, Jay Kay
  7. Talullah – Rob Harris, Jay Kay
  8. (Don’t) Give Hate a Chance – Rob Harris, Matt Johnson, Jay Kay
  9. World That He Wants – Matt Johnson, Jay Kay
  10. Black Devil Car – Matt Johnson, Jay Kay
  11. Hot Tequila Brown – Rob Harris, Matt Johnson, Jay Kay
  12. Time Won’t Wait – Rob Harris, Matt Johnson, Jay Kay