: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
MICHAEL JACKSON / THRILLER
1, 5, 6. CO-PRODUCED BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
GARY GRANT - TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN
RHYTHM & HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
GREG PHILLINGANES - SYNTHESIZER, SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING &
HANDCLAPS
ON DRUMS
STEVE SHRIMPTON, STEVEN "CARL" SPIELBERG, SUNSET SOUND STUDIO, BRUCE & BEA SWEDIEN, EDDIE & VALERIE VAN HALEN,
BILL WOLFER - KEYBOARDS
NDUGU CHANCLER - DRUMS
PAUL JACKSON, JR - GUITAR
LaTOYA JACKSON
1. WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'
WRITTEN BY : STEVE POCARO & JOHN BETTIS
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY & MICHAEL JACKSON
STEVE PORCARO - SYNTHSIZER & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
RECORDED & MIXED BY : BRUCE SWEDIEN USING THE ACOUSTIC RECORDING PROCESS
WRITTEN BY : ROD TEMPERTON / (LYRICS SUNG BY : MICHAEL JACKSON)
LARRY WILLIAMS - SAXOPHONE & FLUTE
LENNY WARNICKER, THE WATERS, RON WEISNER, DAVE C. & THE WESTLAKE GANG, DAVID WILLIAMS AND WALTER YETNIKOFF.
AND IF WE HAVE OVERLOOKED ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT, PLEASE ACCEPY OUR APOLOGIES,
TOM BAHLER - SYNCLAVIER
JERRY HEY - TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS
TECHNICAL ENGINEER : MATT FORGER
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
BILL REICHENBACH - TROMBONE
6:02
STEVE PORCARO - SYNTHESIZER & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
GARY GRANT - TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : STEVE BATES
VOCAL, RHYTHM & SYNTHESIZER ARRANGEMENT BY : ROD TEMPERTON
VINCENT PRICE - FEATURING : RAP
MICHAEL JACKSON - BATHROOM STOMP & BACKGROUND VOCALS
MICHAEL BODDICKER - VOCODER & EMULATOR
4:20 NDUGU CHANCLER
3. THE GIRL IS MINE
ADDITIONAL SOUND SOURCES RECORDED BY : HUMBERTO GATICA & MATT FORGER
NELSON HAYES - BATHROOM STOMP
JAMES INGRAM - PORTASOUND KEYBOARD, HANDCLAPS, ADDITIONAL B. VOCALS
& ARRANGEMENT
3:42 JEFF
4. THRILLER
WE HAVE NOT OVERLOOKED YOU IN OUR HEARTS.
ART DIRECTION : LANE / DONALD
GREG SMITH - SYNERGY
LARRY WILLIAMS - SAXPHONE & FLUTE
MICHAEL BODDICKER - EMULATOR
ADDITIONAL SOUND SOURCES RECORDED AT OCEAN WAY RECORDING STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES, CA
STEVEN RAY - BATHROOM STOMP
PAUL JACKSON - GUITARS
5:57
5. BEAT IT
STEVE LUKATHER - GUITARS & ELECTRIC BASS
PAUL JACKSON, JR - GUITAR
BILL REICHENBACH - TROMBONE
3. THE GIRL IS MINE
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : MARK ETTEL
GREG PHILLINGANES - SYNTHESIZER
JULIA WATERS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
LOUIS JOHNSON - ELECTRIC BASS & HANDCLAPS
4:17 JEFF
6. BILLIE JEAN
PHOTOGRAPHY : DICK ZIMMERMAN
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
MICHAEL JACKSON - DRUM CASE BEATER
6. BILLY JEAN
RECORDED AT WESTLAKE AUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CA.
ROD TEMPERTON - SYNTHESIZER
MAXINE WATERS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
NDUGU CHANCLER - DRUMS
4:57 NDUGU CHANCLER
7. HUMAN NATURE
LETTERING : MAC JAMES
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
EDDIE VAN HALEN'S GUITAR SOLO ON "BEAT IT" RECORDED BY : DON LANDEE
BRIAN BANKS - SYNTHESIZER
OREN WATERS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
STEVEN RAY - HANDCLAPS
4:05 JEFF
8. P.Y.T. (PRETTY YOUNG THING)
THE JACKSONS
STYLING : VALADE / DESIGN POOL
MASTERED BY : BERNIE GRUNDMAN
ANTHONY MARINELLI - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS
MICHAEL JACKSON - HANDCRAPS, BATHROOM STOMP, VOCAL & BACK GROUND VOCALS
3:58 NDUGU CHANCLER
9. THE LADY IN MY LIFE
SALES DATE : 1982.
RHYTHM ARRANGEMENT BY : QUINCY JONES & DAVID PAICH
STRINGS ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
THIS ALBUM IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED TO KATHERINE JACKSON
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR FANTASTIC FAMILY AT WESTLAKE AUDIO : SHARI DUB, DAVID CONCOURS & JAMES SANDWEISS.
DAVID WILLIAMS - GUITAR
JERRY HEY - TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
BUNNY HULL - BACKGROUND VOCALS
HOWARD HEWETT - ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND VOCALS
P.Y.T'S :
BECKY LOPEZ - BACKGROUND VOCALS
2. BABY BE MINE
4:57 JEFF
MUSICIANS :
THANKS TO ALL MY FANS & FRIENDS WORLDWIDE & SHIRLEY "MS. INTERNATIONAL" BRRRKS.
LARRY WILLIAMS - SAXOPHONE & FLUTE
WRITTEN BY : ROD TEMPERTON
LaTOYA JACKSON
1. WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'
VOCAL, RHYTHM & SYNTHESIZER ARRANGEMENT BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
GREG PHILLINGANES - RHODES & SYNTHESIZERS
OUR VERY SPECIAL THANKS AND LOVE TO SOME VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO CARED,
BILL REICHENBACH - TROMBONE
BRUCE CANNON - EFFECTS
2. BABY BE MINE
GARY GRANT - TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN
JANET JACKSON
SUPPORTED AND GAVE WAY BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY : CORINNE ALICIA, FRAN AMITIN, LARKIN ARNOLD, "SOCKS" & TOM BAHLER,
BRUCE SWEDIEN - EFFECTS
5. BEAT IT
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
BECKY LOPEZ
VOCAL, RHYTHM & SYNTHESIZER ARRANGEMENT BY : ROD TEMPERTON
GREG PHILLINGANES - KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZERS
BUNNY HULL
9. THE LADY IN MY LIFE
GREG SMITH - SYNTHESIZER
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PRODUCED BY : QUINCY JONES FOR QUINCY JONES PRODUCTIONS
JERRY HEY - TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
ARRANGEMENT BY : QUINCY JONES & JAMES INGRAM
SONG TRACKS :
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
STRINGS ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
SYNTHESIZER ARRANGEMENT BY : DAVID FOSTER
VOCAL ARRANGEMENT BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
GREG PHILLINGANES - RHODES
STEVE & ROSANNA PORCARO, VINCENT "THE RAPPER" PRICE, MADELINE RANDOLPH, STEVE RAY, SETH RIGGS, BONNIE SACHS,
GREG PHILLINGANES - RHODES & SYNTHESIZERS
DAVID WILLIAMS - GUITAR
STEVE PORCARO - SYNTHSIZER & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
GRACE McGEE, N'DUGU, OCEAN WAY STUDIOS, DAVID PAICH, GREG & CARLA PHILLINGANES, JEFF PORCARO,
EDDIE VAN HALEN - FEATURING : GUITAR SOLO
ANTHONY MARINELLI - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
DAVID PAICH - SYNTHESIZERS
MARIE & STEVE "VEETS" LUKATHER, JUDY & GEORGE "BE NATURAL" MARTIN & CO., PAUL &
LINDA McCARTNEY & CO.,
VOCAL ARRANGEMENT BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
BRIAN BANKS - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
JEREMY LUBBOCK - STRINGS CONDUCTED
7. HUMAN NATURE
RHYTHM ARRANGEMENT BY : QUINCY JONES & MICHAEL JACKSON
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
ARRANGEMENT BY : STEVE LUKATHER, STEVE PORCARO & DAVID PAICH
DAVID PAICH - SYNTHESIZERS
VOCAL ARRANGEMENT BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
GREG PHILLINGANES - RHODES & SYNTHESIZERS
STEVE LUKATHER - GUITAR
DISCOGRAPHY
CREDITS :
DEAN PARKS - GUITAR
DAVID PAICH - PIANO
DAVID FOSTER - SYNTHESIZERS
STEVE PORCARO - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
STEVE LUKATHER - GUITAR
LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
JERRY HEY - CONDUCTED
JERRY VINCI - CONCERTMASTER
4. THRILLER
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZER
PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION
BILL WOLFER - SYNTHESIZERS
MICHAEL BODDICKER - EMULATOR
8. P.Y.T. (PRETTY YOUNG THING)
DAVID WILLIAMS - GUITAR
LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS
PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION
WRITTEN BY : JAMES INGRAM & QUINCY JONES
RHYTHM ARRANGEMENT BY : QUINCY JONES & MICHAEL JACKSON
STEVE PORCARO - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
ARRANGEMENT BY : ROD TEMPERTON
GREG PHILLINGANES - RHODES
MICHAEL BODDICKER - EMULATOR
CECIL HOLMES, JAMES & DEBBIE INGRAM, JANET JACKSON, JOSEPH JACKSON, LaTOYA JACKSON, PAUL & LILY JACKSON,
LOUIS & VAL JOHNSON, PEGGY LIPTON JONES (P.Y.T.) & CO., QUINCY JONES PRODUCTIONS, DONN LANDEE, ANDY LEEDS,
DAVID PAICH - SYNTHESIZERS
NDUGU CHANCLER - DRUMS
MATT & DIANE FORGER, DAVID FOSTER, HUMBERTO & DEBORAH GATICA, BERNIE GRUNDMAN, NELSON HAYES, JERRY & CINDY HEY,
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL JACKSON
MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZER
WRITTEN BY : ROD TEMPERTON
MICHAEL JACKSON / THRILLER
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS
PAM CROCETTI, ADRECE & PAULINHO DA COSTA, TONY D'AMIGO, FREDDY DeMANN, DON DEMPSEY, ED ECKSTINE, "E.T.",
DEAN PARKS - GUITAR
JOHN BETTIS, BIKRAM, ASSIS & MOM, MICHAEL BODDICKER, SHARI & JOHN BOYLAN, BRUCE CANNON, KATHY "LEEN" CAREY,
BILL WOLFER - SYNTHESIZER & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING