: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
THE BROTHERS JOHNSON / BLAST (THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST)
ENGINEERED BY : JACK JOSEPH PUIG
JIM GILSTRAP - BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. STOMP!
GEORGE JOHNSON - GUITAR, BASS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
SONG TRACKS : SIDE ONE
WRITTEN BY : QUINCY JONES, GEORGE JOHNSON & LOUIS JOHNSON
10. DAYDREAMER DREAM
ANGELA BROOKS
AILEEN RANDOLPH
JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS
MARIAN JONES - BACKGROUND VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : GEORGE JOHNSON & EDDIE NOBLE
RECORDED BY : DAVID SCHOBER AT SCHNEE STUDIO, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
GEORGE JOHNSON - LEAD VOCALS, GUITARS & BASS
LOUIS JOHNSON - LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR, BASS & BASS SYNTHESIZER
GEORGE JOHNSON - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
GREG PHILLINGANES - SYNTHESIZERS
ON DRUMS
RAYMOND CROSSLEY - ACOUSTIC PIANO
1. FUNK IT (FUNKADELALA)
4:08 JOHN ROBINSON
MADELINE RANDOLPH
WILBERT TERRELL
AUGIE JOHNSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
5. THE REAL THING
STRING ARRANGEMENT & PRELUDE BY : JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
STRING CONCERTMASTER : DOUG CAMERON
DAY ASKEY BURKE - BACKGROUND VOCALS
STEVE PORCARO - JUPITER 8
JOHN SCHULLER - CLAVINET & STRING MACHINE
PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION
JOHN ROBINSON - DRUMS
DAVID WILLIAMS - GUITARS
BECKY SHAW - BACKGROUND VOCALS
3. THE GREAT AWAKING
VALERIE JOHNSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
WANDA VAUGHN - BACKGROUND VOCALS
JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS
STEVE FERRONE - DRUMS
JOHN ROBINSON - DRUMS
PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION
DESIGN : MELANIE NISSEN
ROD TEMPERTON - ELECTRIC PIANO
9. GET THE FUNK OUT MA FACE
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD - PROPHET, GS-1, CE-20 & CS-70
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
MARIAN JONES - BACKGROUND VOCALS
PHOTOGRAPHY : NORMAN SEEFF
SALES DATE : 1982.
STRINGS ARRANGEMENT : JERRY HEY & GEORGE JOHNSON
JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : LOUIS JOHNSON & VALERIE JOHNSON
RECORDED BY : DAVID SCHOBER AT SCHNEE STUDIO, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
HORN ARRANGEMENT : DAVID DIGGS
FAYE EVANS
JOHN ROBINSON - DRUMS
DAY ASKEY BURKE - BACKGROUND VOCALS
PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION
AUGIE JOHNSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
4. I'M GIVING YOU ALL OF MY LOVE
WRITTEN BY : GEORGE JOHNSON & JOHN SCHULLER
RECORDED BY : DAVID SCHOBER AT SCHNEE STUDIO, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
HORN ARRANGEMENT : JERRY HEY
LOUIS JOHNSON - LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR, BASS SYNTHESIZER & BACKGROUND VOCALS
MIXED BY : JACK JOSEPH PUIG & THE BROTHERS JOHNSON
SIDE TWO. PRODUCED BY : QUINCY JONES FOR QUINCY JONES PRODUCTIONS
LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS & HAND CLAPS
MASTERED BY : DOUG SAX & MIKE REESE AT THE MASTERING LAB, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
WRITTEN BY : LOUIS JOHN SON, GEORGE JOHNSON, VALERIE JOHNSON & ROD TEMPERTON
GEORGE JOHNSON - GUITARS, HAND CLAPS & LEAD VOCALS
DIRECTION : THE FITZGERALD HARTLEY CO.
RECORDED & MIXED BY : BRUCE SWEDIEN USING THE ACOUSONIC RECORDING PROCESS
GEORGE JOHNSON - LEAD VOCALS
GREG PHILLINGANES - KEYBOARDS
PAULINHO DA COSTA - PERCUSSION & HAND CLAPS
WRITTEN BY : GEORGE JOHNSON & LOUIS JOHNSON
SIDE ONE :
1. FUNK IT (FUNKADELALA)
THIS ALBUM COTAINTS SOME PEOPLE PREVIOUSLY RELEASED MATERIAL.
LOUIS JOHNSON - GUITAR, BASS, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
ERNIE WATTS - SAXOPHONE SOLO
ART DIRECTION : CHUCK BEESON
GREG PHILLINGANES - SYNTHESIZERS
LOUIS JOHNSON - BASS SOLOS
LEE RITENOUR - GUITAR SOLO
DAY ASKEY BURKE - BACKGROUND VOCALS
PRODUCED BY : THE BROTHERS JOHNSON FOR BROJAY PRODUCTIONS
"THE REAL PARTY" :
RECORDED & MIXED BY : JOSEPH PUIG & THE BROTHERS JOHNSON
HORN ARRANGEMENT : JERRY HEY
EDDIE NOBLE - FENDER RHODES & VBX-A
WRITTEN BY : LOUIS JOHNSON & VALERIE JOHNSON
3. THE GREAT AWAKING
5:34 JOHN ROBINSON
ENGINEERED BY : PHIL SCHIER, PETER CHAIKEN & CHRIS BRENT
RECORDED BY : DAVID SCHOBER AT SCHNEE STUDIO, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
JAMES INGRAM - BACKGROUND VOCALS
2. WELCOME TO THE CLUB
4:31 STEVE FERRONE
WRITTEN BY : GEORGE JOHNSON, LOUIS JOHNSON & SENORA SAM
GEORGE JOHNSON
SIDE TWO :
6. AIN'T WE FUNKIN' NOW
ENGINEERED & MIXED BY : JACK JOSEPH PUIG
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SIDE ONE. PRODUCED BY : GEORGE JOHNSON & LOUIS JOHNSON
OREN WATERS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
STEPHANIE SPRUILL - BACKGROUND VOCALS
ENGINEERED BY : DON HAHN & NORMAN KINNEY
ARRANGED BY : QUINCY JONES
DISCOGRAPHY
CREDITS :
ALEXANDRA BROWN - BACKGROUND VOCALS
DENISE TRAMMELL - BACKGROUND VOCALS
HARVEY MASON - DRUMS
RALPH MAcDONALD - PERCUSSION
IAN UNDERWOOD - KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZER
DAVE GRUSIN - KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZER
WRITTEN BY : SHUGGIE OTIS
WRITTEN BY : LOUIS JOHNSON, QUINCY JONES, TIM BAHLER, ALEX WEIR & VALERIE JOHNSON
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER : TOM BAHLER
RECORDED & MIXED BY : BRUCE SWEDIEN USING THE ACOUSONIC RECORDING PROCESS
7. STRAWBERRY LETTER #23
4. GET THE FUNK OUT MA FACE
2:28
5. I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU
4:46
MUSICIANS :
1. AIN'T WE FUNKIN' NOW
4:41
2. STRAWBERRY LETTER #23
3:49 HARVEY MASON
3. STOMP!
4:07
5. THE REAL THING
3:56 JOHN ROBINSON
THE BROTHERS JOHNSON / BLAST (THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST)
SONG TRACKS : SIDE TWO
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
VALERIE JOHNSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
2. WELCOME TO THE CLUB
4. I'M GIVING YOU ALL OF MY LOVE
4:48 JEFF
ARRANGED BY : QUINCY JONES & THE BROTHERS JOHNSON
GEORGE JOHNSON - LEAD VOCALS, BASS & ACOUSTIC GUITARS
JIM GILSTRAP - BACKGROUND VOCALS