: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
 SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
PAUL YOUNG / THE CROSSING
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
WE'D STOP, AND HE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON HOW WE COULD IMPROVE THE TRACK,
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
 PAUL JACKSON Jr. - ELECTRIC GUITAR
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
 LUIS CONTE - TAMBOURINE
ENGINEERED BY : RICHARD WHALEY
 DON WAS - VIBES
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
 NOVI NOVAG - VIOLINS
ASSISTED BY : TALLEY SHERWOOD
 JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
 ROY HAY - GUITAR & KEY BOARDS
 DAVEY FARAGHER - BASS
PRODUCED BY : STEVE LINDSEY
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ENGINEERED BY : SIMON HURRELL
1. HOPE IN A HOPELESS WORLD
 4:19  JEFF
 DEAN PARKS. - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
 LARRY KNECHEL - PIANO
 ANITA SHERMAN - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 CHARLIE BISHARAT - VIOLINS
 ARNO LUCAS - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 SYLVIA MASON-JAMES - BACKGROUND VOCAL
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
ENGINEERED BY : GABE VELTRI
5. WON'T LOOK BACK
 5:23  JEFF
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
 BENMONT TENCH - B-3
 REGGIE YOUNG - ELECTRIC GUITAR
 DON WAS - MELLOTRON
Release Year : 1993
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
2. PRODUCED BY : PETER VALE
THEN BACK HE'D GO AND LAY IT DOWN JUST AS FUNKY AS BEFORE, SMILING AWAY AS HE LEANED WAY INTO THE DRUM KIT.
 LUIS BLANCANELLO - KEY BOARDS PROGRAMMING
MIXED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
 DEAN PARKS. - ELECTRIC GUITAR
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
 LUIS CONTE - CONGAS, TIMBALES, SHAKER
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
 BOB THIELE - KEYBOARDS, BACKGROUND VOCAL
BECAUSE THEY KNEW THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE A SOLID RHYTHM BACKBONE TO THE TRACK.
THIS ALBUM IS DEDICATED TO JEFF PORCARO.
SALES DATE : 1993.
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
 JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
 CHARLIE BISHARAT - VIOLINS
 RON CLARK - VIOLINS
 KIRK WHALUM - SAXOPHONE
 5. WON'T LOOK BACK
MIXED BY : CHRIS LORD ALGE
 JAMIE MUHOBERAC - ADDITIONAL KEYBOARDS
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
 PHIL ROY - GUITAR, BACKGROUND VOCAL
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG & DOUG JAMES
MIXED BY : LAURIE LATHAM
3. PRODUCED BY : CHRIS NEIL
 BENMONT TENCH - B-3
 REGGIE YOUNG - ELECTRIC GUITAR
 PORTIA GRIFFIN - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 PINO PALADINO - BASS
 LARRY CORBETT - CELLOS
 NEIL HUBBARD - RHYTHM GUITAR
 ANGEL ROGERS - BACKGROUND VOCAL
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
MIXED BY : KEN KESSIE
 SONG TRACKS :
 MYRNA SMITH - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 JESSICA WILLIAMS - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 SUZIE KATAYAMA - CELLOS
 WILLIE GREENE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 BEVERLEY SKEATE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG & DREW BARFIELD
 BILLY VALENTINE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 2. NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE
ASSISTED BY : VERY YOUNG DANIEL BOSWORTH
ADDITIONAL VOCALS MIXED BY : LAURIE LATHAM
ASSISTED BY : PAUL MORTIMER
ON DRUMS
 DELTA DICKERSON - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 9. HALF A STEP WAY
 RON CLARK - VIOLINS
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG & DREW BARFIELD
 LESLIE SMITH - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 6. ONLY GAME IN TOWN
 MARK FELTMAN - HARMONICA
 3. BRING ME HOME
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
MIXED BY : CHRIS NEIL
4. PRODUCED BY : STEVE LINDSEY
2. NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE
 4:00
 PINO PALADINO - BASS
 ROBBIE BUCHANAN - KEYBOARDS
 LARRY CORBETT - CELLOS
 NOVI NOVAG - VIOLA
 JON CLARKE - WOODWINDS
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
MIXED BY : GEORGE MASSENBERG
3. BRING ME HOME
 4:03  PETER VAN HOOKE
4. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
 4:21
 SUZIE KATAYAMA - CELLOS
 WILLIE GREENE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
 WAYNE MURRY - BACKGROUND VOCAL
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
MIXED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
 JAMES "HUTCH" HUTCHINSON - BASS
MIXED BY : BILL SCHNEE
6. ONLY GAME IN TOWN
 4:19  JEFF
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
ENGINEERED BY : RICHARD WHALEY
 CHARLIE BISHARAT - VIOLINS
WRITTEN BY : O'DOHERTY
 FRANCINE REED - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 NO CREDIT
 13. COLD SWEAT
 SUZIE KATAYAMA - CELLOS
 LARRY CORBETT - CELLOS
DESIGN : VINCE FROST, PENTAGRAM
7. LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
 3:46  JEFF
 RON CLARK - VIOLINS
 NOVI NOVAG - VIOLA
 EVERETTT DRAKE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
ASSISTED BY : DAN BOSWORTH
 DEAN PARKS. - ACOUSTIC GUITAR & SLIDE GUITAR SOLO
PHOTOGRAPHY : THE DOUGLAS BROTHERS
 LARRY KNECHEL - PIANO
8. DOWN IN CHINATOWN
 5:36
MIXED BY : LAURIE LATHAM
 KEN WILD - BASS
 JON CLARKE - WOODWINDS
 THE MEMPHIS HORNS :
 WAYNE JACKSON - TRUMPET & TROMBONE
 JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
WORLDWIDE REPRESENTATION FOR PAUL YOUNG : CLIVE BANKS & JOHN REID MANAGEMENT WORKS LTD.
9. HALF A STEP WAY
 5:00  JEFF
10. FOLLOW ON
 4:10  JEFF
 PETER VALE - KEYBOARDS, GUITAR, PROGRAMMING, BASS, BACKGROUND VOCAL
 DEAN PARKS. - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
THANKS TO :
11. IT WILL BE YOU
 4:42  ED GREENE
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
WRITTEN BY : BROWNE & ELLIS
 NO CREDIT
TOP PAGE
 LARRY KNECHEL - PIANO
 ANDREW LOVE - SAXOPHONE
 8. DOWN IN CHINATOWN
STACEY & LEVI - LOVE YOU BOTH, MARK PINDER, GUISEPPE FRANCO - WHAT A GUY! THE Q-TIPS FOR "ZIPPIN' UP MY BOOTS...
12. MAN OF STEEL
 3:56
 TOMMY MORGAN - BASS HARP
"IT HELPS !, LOS PACAMINOS - GRACIAS MUCHACHOS, JOHN & AMIN FOR CLEANING MY CLOSET.
13. COLD SWEAT
 5:00
 MUSICIANS :
 PATTY SMITH - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 WILLIE GREENE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
CLIVE, SAM & ALL AT MANAGEMENT WORKS FOR SEEING THE WAY AHEAD-LET'S GO!!
PAUL YOUNG / THE CROSSING
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
WE DEDICATED ON THIS ALBUM TO GET A BAND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WORKING UNIT FOR MOST OF THE SONGS.
WRITTEN BY : SHANNON RUBICAM & GEORGE MERRILL
PRODUCED BY : CHRIS NEIL
 FRANCINE REED - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 EVERETTT DRAKE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
AS THE PIECES WERE COMING TOGETHER, I HAD A PHONE CALL FROM DON.
 1. HOPE IN A HOPELESS WORLD
 WAYNE MURRY - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 11. IT WILL BE YOU
"I THINK THE ONE GUY WHO'S GONNA BE ABLE TO PLAY DRUMS ON ALL OF THIS STUFF IS JEFF PORCARO".
"ARE YOU SURE ?" I SAID. AFTER ALL, WE HAD A WHOLE RANGE OF STYLES TOUCHING ON POP, COUNTRY, SOUL BALLADS,
WRITTEN BY : BOB THIELE & PHIL ROY
HAD ROCKERS AND BLUES SWING. BUT DON WAS CERTAIN WE HAD THE RIGHT GUY.
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SESSION WE CUT TWO SONGS, "FOLLOW ON" AND "LOVE HAS NO PRIDE",
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
BOTH VERY DELICATE SONGS NEEDING A SENSITIVE READING.
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
MIXED BY : BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN
ASSISTED BY : PAUL MORTIMER
AFTER THE FIRST TAKE WE LISTENED BACK IN THE CONTROL ROOM AND I WAS AMAZED AT THE AIR LEFT IN THE TRACK.
MIXED BY : CHRIS NEIL
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
 PAUL JACKSON Jr. - ELECTRIC GUITAR
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Session List : P
PAUL YOUNG / THE CROSSING / BACK COVER
PAUL YOUNG / THE CROSSING / COVER
INTANGIBLE THING THAT MAKES AN ARRANGEMENT COMPLEMENT THE LYRIC.
JEFF JUST SAT THERE, GROOVING AWAY ON EVERY SONG.
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
 PAUL YOUNG - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 7. LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG & MARTIN PAGE
 BILLY PRESTON - HAMMOND B-3
 TIM RENWICK - GUITAR
 PETER VAN HOOKE - DRUMS
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
ENGINEERED BY : SIMON HURRELL
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
STRINGS ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
HORNS ARRANGED BY : LEE THORNBURG
 ED GREENE - DRUMS
 JAMES "HUTCH" HUTCHINSON - BASS
 BENMONT TENCH - B-3
 PAM SHEYNE - PROGRAMMING BACKGROUND VOCAL
 ADRIAN LEE - KEY BOARDS, BASS,
DON WAS
 CREDITS :
1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13. PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
 FREDDIE WASHINGTON - BASS
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
 ROBBIE BUCHANAN - KEYBOARDS
ASSISTED BY : MARNIE RILEY
ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS PRODUCED BY : LAURIE LATHAM
 LINDA TAYLOR - PROGRAMMING BACKGROUND VOCAL
 4. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
Session Volume : 6
Producers :
MIXED BY : BILL SCHNEE
 REGGIE YOUNG - ELECTRIC GUITAR
Song Tracks : P
THE REASON WE TRIED AGAIN WOULD BE TO GET THAT MAGIC,
 JIM COX - ORGAN
 GREG PHILLINGANES - PIANO
 PAUL JACKSON Jr. - GUITAR
 DARYL PHINNESSEE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 JIM GILSTRAP - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 ALAN ESTES - VIBES
 GARY HERBIG - SAXOPHONE SOLO
 KEVIN DORSEY - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 12. MAN OF STEEL
 DORIAN HOLLEY - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 STEPHEN KUJALA - FLUTE
 WILLIE GREENE - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 ARNO LUCAS - BACKGROUND VOCAL
WRITTEN BY : BOB THIELE & PHIL ROY
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
 LESLIE SMITH - BACKGROUND VOCAL
 10. FOLLOW ON
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
ENGINEERED BY : GABE VELTRI
SAXOPHONE MIXED BY : ED CHERNEY
ASSISTED BY : MARNIE RILEY
THANKS TO LAWRENCE KASDAN
MIXED BY : KEN KESSIE AT CAN-AM STUDIO, TARZANA
WRITTEN BY : PAUL BRADY
ASSISTED BY : DANNY ALONSO
ARRANGING BY : LUIS BLANCANELLO
 MARK ISHAM - TRUMPET
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
 JON CLARKE - WOODWINDS
 MARTIN PAGE - KEY BOARDS, PIANO, PROGRAMMING & BACKGROUND VOCAL
 PINO PALADINO - BASS
 MARK GOLDENGERG - GUITAR
WRITTEN BY : PAUL YOUNG, DON WAS & DREW BARFIELD
 LENNY CASTRO - PERCUSSION
 BENMONT TENCH - B-3
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
STRING ARRANGEMENT BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
 KIRK WHALUM - SAXOPHONE
 JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : ERIC KAZ & LIBBY TITUS
 LARRY KNECHEL - PIANO
ASSISTED BY : YOUNG DAN BOSWORTH
 DEAN PARKS. - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
SAXOPHONE MIXED BY : ED CHERNEY
 REGGIE YOUNG - ELECTRIC GUITAR
ASSISTED BY : MARNIE RILEY
PRODUCED BY : DON WAS
 JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
ARRANGEMENT BY : LUIS BIANCANIELLO
 LUIS BIANCANIELLO - KEYBOARDS, SEQUENCING
WRITTEN BY : MICK LEESON & PETER VALE
PRODUCED BY : PETER VALE
RECORDED BY : RIK PEKKONEN
IT WAS AS THOUGH I COULD SEE JEFF'S ARMS MOVING AROUND FROM CYMBAL TO CYMBAL, SNARE TO HI-HAT,
ASSISTED BY : ALEX REED & RANDALL J. WINE
GENTLY DRIVING THE SONG THROGH IT'S STRUCTURE.
AFTER A WHILE I REALISED THAT THERE WAS NEVER ANY QUESTION OF BAD FEEL OR TIMING ON A TRACK;
 JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
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