: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
MICHAEL McDONALD / IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
BASIC TRACK ENGINEERS :
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD, GRADY WALKER & HARRY GARFIELD
● MAUREEN McDONALD - BACKGROUND VOCALS
3. LOVE LIES
SONG TRACKS :
● WILLIE WEEKS - BASS
● STEVE LUKATHER - GUITAR
● STEVE LUKATHER - GUITAR
● MICHAEL PORCARO - BASS
● KENNY LOGGINS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
5. I CAN LET GO NOW
ON DRUMS
● MICHAEL OMARTIAN - FENDER RHODES
FRIENDS
2. I KEEP FORGETTIN' (EVERY TIME YOU'RE NEAR)
● 3:39 JEFF
● GREG PHILLINGANES - PIANO
● ROBBEN FORD - GUITAR SOLO
3. LOVE LIES
● 3:21 STEVE GADD
● ED SANFORD - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● MICHAEL McDONALD - PIANO, LEAD VOCALS
6. THAT'S WHY
LEE HERSCHBERG ON "TRACK 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10.
JIM ISSAACSON ON "TRACK 5, 6, 8.
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● MICHAEL McDONALD - PIANO, SYNTHESIZERS, LEAD VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD & JACKIE DE SHANNON
DONN LANDEE ON "TRACK 2.
● STEVE LUKATHER - GUITAR
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD & RANDY GOODRUM
● MICHAEL PORCARO - BASS
● MICHAEL McDONALD - FENDER RHODES, SYNTHESIZERS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
OVERDUB ENGINEERS : JIM ISAACSON, DONN LANDEE, MARK LINETT & LEE HERSCHBERG
● DEAN PARKS - GUITAR OVERDUBS
● EDGAR WINTER - ALTO SAXOPHONE
● MICHAEL OMARTIAN - FENDER RHODES
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
SECOND ENGINEERS : KEN DEANE & STEVE McMANUS
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
● MICHAEL McDONALD - FENDER RHODES, SYNTHESIZERS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
MIX DOWN ENGINEER : LEE HERSCHBERG
● CHRISTOPHER CROSS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
LP MASTERING ENGINEER : BOBBY HATA
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
9. LOSIN' END
● BRENDA RUSSELL - BACKGROUND VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD & RANDY GOODRUM
● WILLIE WEEKS - BASS
HORN ARRANGEMENTS : JERRY HEY
● MAUREEN McDONALD - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● KATHY WALKER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● DEAN PARKS - GUITAR
● GREG PHILLINGANES - PIANO
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
STRING ARRANGEMENTS : MARTY PAICH
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD
● AMY HOLLAND - BACKGROUND VOCALS
7. IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
● MICHAEL McDONALD - PIANO, SYNTHESIZERS, LEAD VOCALS
ADDITIONAL SYNTHESIZERS : MICHAEL BOOICKER
● MICHAEL McDONALD - FENDER RHODES, LEAD VOCALS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION
4. I GOTTA TRY
KEYBOARD TECHNICIAN : PAUL MEDEIROS
PRODUCTION COORDINATORS : JOAN PARKER, VICKI FORTSON & KATHY WALKER
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD & KENNY LOGGINS
DIRECTION : IRVING AZOFF & FRONT LINE MANAGEMENT
● WILLIE WEEKS - BASS
RECORDED AT WARNER BROS. RECORDING STUDIO, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA & SUNSET SOUND, HOLLYWOOD.
● DEAN PARKS - GUITAR
● TOM SCOTT - LYRICON SOLO
● MICHAEL McDONALD - PIANO, SYNTHESIZERS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
STRINGS RECORDED OCEANWAY RECORDING, HOLLYWOOD
LP MASTERED AT WARNER BROS. RECORDING STUDIO
● GREG PHILLINGANES - ORGAN
10. BELIEVE IN IT
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
CDD PRE-MASTERING BY : WCI RECORD GROUP
● STEVE LUKATHER - GUITAR
● WILLIE WEEKS - BASS
ORIGINAL ALBUM ART DIRECTION / DESIGN : JEFF ADAMOFF
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD
● TED TEMPLEMAN - PERCUSSION
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - ADDITIONAL SYNTHESIZERS
PHOTOGRAPH : JIM SHEA
SALES DATE : 1982.
● MICHAEL McDONALD - FENDER RHODES, SYNTHESIZERS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
● GREG PHILLINGANES - FENDER RHODES
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1. PLAYIN' BY THE RULES
● 4:55 STEVE GADD
● EDGAR WINTER - SAXOPHONE SOLO
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
● TOM SCOTT - SAXOPHONE
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD
PRODUCED BY : TED TEMPLEMAN & LENNY WARONKER
● GREG PHILLINGANES - CLAVINET
● STEVE LUKATHER - GUITAR
● EDGAR WINTER - SAXOPHONE SOLO
8. NO SUCH LUCK
● 3:44 JEFF
9. LOSIN' END
● 4:11 STEVE GADD
● BOBBY LaKIND - PERCUSSION
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
10. BELIEVE IN IT
● 4:41 STEVE GADD
MUSICIANS :
6. THAT'S WHY
● 4:24 JEFF
7. IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
● 4:17 STEVE GADD
4. I GOTTA TRY
● 3:53 STEVE GADD
5. I CAN LET GO NOW
● 2:54
MICHAEL McDONALD / IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
DISCOGRAPHY
CREDITS :
● GREG PHILLINGANES - PIANO
8. NO SUCH LUCK
● WILLIE WEEKS - BASS
● DEAN PARKS - GUITAR
● ROBBEN FORD - GUITAR SOLO
● LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
● LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS
WRITTEN BY : JERRY LEIBER, MIKE STOLLER, MICHAEL McDONALD & ED SANFORD
● MICHAEL McDONALD - FENDER RHODES, SYNTHESIZERS, LEAD VOCALS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● DEAN PARKS - GUITAR
● WILLIE WEEKS - BASS
● STEVE GADD - DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : MICHAEL McDONALD & ED SANFORD
● MICHAEL McDONALD - FENDER RHODES, SYNTHESIZERS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● ED SANFORD - BACKGROUND VOCALS
2. I KEEP FORGETTIN' (EVERY TIME YOU'RE NEAR)
● GREG PHILLINGANES - PIANO
1. PLAYIN' BY THE RULES
