: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
ERIC CARMEN / BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT
PRODUCED & ARRANGED BY : ERIC CARMEN
ARRNGED BY : BRUCE JOHNSTON
STRINGS ARRANGED & COUNDUCTED BY : ERIC CARMEN
ENGINEERS :
● ERIC CARMEN - PIANO, ELECTRIC GUITARS, SYNTHESIZERS
SONG TRACKS :
STRINGS ARRANGED & COUNDUCTED BY : PAUL BUCKMASTER
● ERIC CARMEN - PIANO & ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD
ON DRUMS
a
● ERIC CARMEN - PIANO
MIXED AT THE SOUND FACTORY USING THE APHEX AURAL EXCITER
MASTERED AT THE MASTERING LAB BY : DOUG SAX
STRINGS ARRANGED & COUNDUCTED BY : PAUL BUCKMASTER
● ERIC CARMEN - PIANO, PERCUSSION, SYNTHESIZERS, BACKGROUND VOCALS
● RICHARD REISING - ACOUSTIC GUITARS & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● BOBBY KEYS - HORNS
KEVIN BEAMISH, DAVID HENSON / CRYSTAL INDUSTRIES
HOWARD STEELE, TIM KRAMER, THOM WILSON, LARRY EMENINE / STUDIO 55
● DAVID WINTOUR - BASS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
DENNIS KIRK, MARK HOWLETT / SOUND FACTORY
WRITTEN BY : ERIC CARMEN
EARL MANKEYS / BROTHER STUDIOS
MIXED BY : VAL GARAY
● GENE ESTES - PERCUSSION
2. MARATHON MAN
ARRANGED BY : ERIC CARMEN & BRUCE JOHNSTON
● RICHIE ZITO - ACOUSTIC GUITARS
● NIGEL OLSSON - DRUMS
PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN : ED CARAEFF
● ANDREW GOLD - ELECTRIC GUITARS (SOLO) & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZERS
● STEVE MADAIO - HORNS
● TOM SCOTT - HORNS
5. LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS
● DAVID WINTOUR - BASS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● JIM HORNS - HORNS
INSIDE ART PAINTED BY : NORMAN ADAMS
● RICHIE ZITO - ELECTRIC GUITARS
● BRUCE JOHNSTON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECT BY : BENNO FRIEDMAN
● RICHARD REISING - ELECTRIC GUITARS & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● CURT BECHER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● RICHIE ZITO - ACOUSTIC GUITARS
CALLIGRAPHY : MIKE MANOOGIAN
● NIGEL OLSSON - DRUMS
● DAVID WINTOUR - BASS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● NIGEL OLSSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : ERIC CARMEN
● RICHARD REISING - ACOUSTIC GUITARS
ART DIRECTION : BOB HEIMALL
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZERS
● JOE CHEMAY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
6. SHE DID IT
● DAVID WINTOUR - BASS
SPECIAL THANKS TO :
● OLLIE BROWN - PERCUSSION
● OLLIE BROWN - PERCUSSION
ARRNGED BY : BRUCE JOHNSTON
STRINGS ARRANGED & COUNDUCTED BY : ERIC CARMEN
● NIGEL OLSSON - DRUMS
PORCHE LOTTENNOSER, VAL GARAY AND ROBIN RINEHART FOR THEIR FRIENDSHIP, AND SUPPORT,
● BRUCE JOHNSTON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZERS
WITHOUT WHICH THIS ALBUM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE
C.A.M. PRODUCTIONS
SALES DATE : 1977.
● GENE ESTES - PERCUSSION
ERIC CARMEN / BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
● BURTON CUMMINGS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
3. NOWHERE TO HIDE
● GENE ESTES - PERCUSSION
WRITTEN BY : ERIC CARMEN
STRINGS ARRANGED & COUNDUCTED BY : PAUL BUCKMASTER
● ERIC CARMEN - PIANO, ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD, SYNTHESIZERS & DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : ERIC CARMEN
STRINGS ARRANGED & COUNDUCTED BY : PAUL BUCKMASTER
● ERIC CARMEN - PIANO, SYNTHESIZERS, PERCUSSION & BACKGROUND VOCALS
1. BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT
● 4:23 JEFF
WRITTEN BY : ERIC CARMEN
DISCOGRAPHY
CREDITS :
● ERIC CARMEN - PIANO, PERCUSSION, SYNTHESIZERS, STRINGS ARRANGED & COUNDUCTED
WRITTEN BY : ERIC CARMEN
1. BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT
● RICHIE ZITO - BACKGROUND VOCALS, ELECTRIC & ACOUSTIC GUITARS
WRITTEN BY : ERIC CARMEN
● RICHARD REISING - ELECTRIC GUITARS (SOLO) & BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. RUN AWAY
● 8:03 NIGEL OLSSON
● DAVID WINTOUR - BASS
MUSICIANS :
● DAVID WINTOUR - BASS
● CURT BECHER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● JOE CHEMAY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
7. I THINK I FOUND MYSELF
WRITTEN BY : ERIC CARMEN
2. MARATHON MAN
● 3:55 NIGEL OLSSON
● DAVID WINTOUR - BASS
3. NOWHERE TO HIDE
● 4:59 NIGEL OLSSON
● DAVID WINTOUR - BASS
● NIGEL OLSSON - DRUMS
4. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
● 3:57 NIGEL OLSSON
● NIGEL OLSSON - DRUMS & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZERS
5. LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS
● 4:15 JEFF
● RICHIE ZITO - ELECTRIC GUITARS
● MICHAEL BODDICKER - SYNTHESIZERS
● GENE ESTES - PERCUSSION
4. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
6. SHE DID IT
● 3:46 JEFF
● RICHARD REISING - ELECTRIC GUITARS & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● TOM SCOTT - SAXOPHONE
● CURT BECHER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
7. I THINK I FOUND MYSELF
● 4:20 NIGEL OLSSON
● ANDREW GOLD - ELECTRIC GUITARS
● BRUCE JOHNSTON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● NIGEL OLSSON - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● RICHARD REISING - BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. RUN AWAY
● JOE CHEMAY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● ERIC CARMEN - PIANO, ELECTRIC GUITARS, ACOUSTIC 12 STRING GUITARS & PERCUSSION
