: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
EARTH WIND & FIRE / TOUCH THE WORLD
ON DRUMS
2, 4, 6, 7, 8,9, 10. PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
DAN HIGGIANS - HORNS
SONG TRACKS :
PHILIP BAILEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
EARTH WIND & FIRE / TOUCH THE WORLD
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
1. PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS & PRESTON GLASS FOR GLASS SLIPPER PRODUCTIONS
WALTER HAWKINS - ADDITIONAL LEAD VOCALS
THE HAWKINS FAMILY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
9. HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW
GARY GRANT - HORNS
BILL REICHENBACH - HORNS
1. RECORDED AT STUDIO D, SAUSALITO, CA
WRITTEN BY : BILL MEYERS
PRODUCED BY : BILL MEYERS
CO-PRODUCED BY : WAYNE VAUGHN
RICKY LAWSON - DRUM OVERDUB
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3. PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE
5. PRODUCED BY : BILL MEYERS
MAURICE WHITE - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : MAURICE WHITE, WAYNE VAUGHN & WANDA VAUGHN
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE
WRITTEN BY : R. NEVIL & M. MUELLER
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
ENGINEER : DAVID RIDEAU
NATHAN EAST - BASS
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : JEFFREY "WOODY" WOODRUFF
MAURICE WHITE - LEAD VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : SKYLARK
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS & PRESTON GLASS FOR GLASS SLIPPER PRODUCTIONS
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS : MITCH ZELEZNY & LES COOPER
SHELDON REYNOLDS - GUITAR
MIXED AT LIGHTHOUSE STUDIOS, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA
LARRY WILLIAMS - ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING
PHILIP BAILEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. ADDITIONAL RECORDING AT DIFFERENT FUR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
GEORGE DUKE - PIANO
ARRANGED BY : BILL MEYERS
BILL MEYERS - DRUM, KEYBOARDS, SYNTHSIZER PROGRAMMING, COMPOSED
JEANETTE WILLIAMS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
4. YOU AND I
ENGINEER : ACAR KEY
ARRANGED BY : BILL MEYERS
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
ARRANGED BY : WAYNE VOUGHN
RHETT LAWRENCE - DRUM PROGRAMMING, FAIRLIGHT & SYNTHESIZER
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : JIM WATTS VEREECKE
WRITTEN BY : JON LIND & BROCK WALSH
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
WRITTEN BY : MAURICE WHITE, A. WILLIS & DANNY SEMBELLO
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT ENGINEER : RED DAVIDSON
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. RECORDED AT STUDIO ULTIMO, LOS ANGELES, CA.
RECORDED AT AMIGO RECORDING STUDIO, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA.
WAYNE VOUGHN - SEQUENCING & BACKGROUND VOCALS
ARRANGED BY : BILL MEYERS
JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
ENGINEER : PAUL BROWN
MIXED BY DAVID RIDEAU
RAY FULLER - GUITAR
1. SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL
8. TRACKING RECORDED AT SOUND CASTLE, LOS ANGELES, CA.
1. SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL
5:01 SKYLARK (PROGRAMMING)
MAURICE WHITE - BACKGROUND VOCALS
10. VICTIM OF THE MODERN HEART
WRITTEN BY : PHILIP BAILEY, M. SHARRON & G. BALLARD
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
ANDREW WOOLFOLK - SAXOPHONE SOLO
6. MONEY TIGHT
PRESTON GLASS - ELECTRIC GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER & ADDITIONAL DRUM PROGRAMMING
JERRY HEY - HORNS
GARY GRANT - HORNS
WAYNE WALLACE - HORNS
MARK RUSSO - HORNS
MAURICE WHITE - VOCODER, LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
2. EVIL ROY
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : MARK SLAGLE
PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD VOCALS
DAN DeSOUZA - DRUM, KEYBOARDS & SYNTHSIZER PROGRAMMING
ENGINEER : DAVID RIDEAU
RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
ALL SONGS ENGINEERED & MIXED BY : TOM LORD ALGE
SKYLARK - DRUMS, SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING & ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND VOCALS
4. YOU AND I
4:04 JEFF
3. THINKING OF YOU
4:41 RHETT LAWRENCE (PROGRAMMING)
RHYTHM ARRANGEMENTS BY : GEORGE DUKE
NATHAN EAST - BASS
SYNTHSIZER ARRANGEMENT BY : REV. OLIVER WELLS & PHILIP BAILEY
RICKY LAWSON - DRUMS
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : LIZ CLUSE
2. EVIL ROY
4:52 ATTALA ZANE GILES (PROGRAMMING)
WRITTEN BY : IAN PRINCE
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
CO-PRODUCED BY : PHILIP BAILEY
ENGINEER : DAVID RIDEAU
ASSISTANT ENGINEER : JEFF LORENZEN
5. MUSICLA INTERLUDE : NEW HORIZONS
2:01 DAN DeSOUZA (PROGRAMMING)
ARRANGED BY : IAN PRINCE
MIXED AT LARRABEE SOUND, LOS ANGELES, CA
6. MONEY TIGHT
4:37 DANNY SEMBELLO (PROGRAMMING)
HORN ARRANGEMENT BY : JERRY HEY
IAN PRINCE - DRUMS, SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
EXCEPT "NEW HORIZONS" MIXED BY : DAVID RIDEAU AT LIGHTHOUSE STUDIOS, N. HOLLYWOOD, CA
7. EVERY NOW AND THEN
4:22 JEFF
SPECIAL THANKS :
8. TOUCH THE WORLD
5:16 RICKY LAWSON
SHELDON REYNOLDS - GUITAR
BILL MEYERS - PIANO
WRITTEN BY : PHILIP BAILEY, A. WILLIS & ATTALA ZANE GILES
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
BURT BACHARACH, CARLA BERKOWITZ, LARRY BLACKMON, REGGIE CALLOWAY, NATHAN EAST, BERNARD EDWARDS, MICKEY EICHNER,
9. HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW
3:59 RICKY LAWSON
JERRY HEY - HORNS
PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
FAIRLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, RACHEL FIELDS, PRESTON GLASS, FRANNIE GOLDE, CECIL HOLMES, JEFF INGBER, PAUL LAURENCE,
10. VICTIM OF THE MODERN HEART
3:49 IAN PRINCE
MUSICIANS :
GARY GRANT - HORNS
MAURICE WHITE - BACKGROUND VOCALS
5. MUSICAL INTERLUDE : NEW HORIZONS
MAURICE WHITE - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
ARRANGED & SYNTHESIZER ARRANGEMENT BY : ATTALA ZANE GILES
CO-PRODUCED BY : PHILIP BAILEY
ARRANGED BY : REV. OLIVER WELLS
RICKY LAWSON - DRUMS
NATHAN EAST - BASS
CONNECTION
CREDITS :
PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD VOCALS
NATHAN EAST - BASS
SHELDON REYNOLDS - GUITAR
RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
GEORGE DUKE - PIANO
STEVE LINDSEY - KEYBOARDS
MAURICE WHITE - LEAD VOCALS
EDWIN HAWKINS - ADDITIONAL LEAD VOCALS
LYNETTE HAWKINS STEPHENS - ADDITIONAL LEAD VOCALS
PHILIP BAILEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. TOUCH THE WORLD
PAUL JACKSON - GUITAR
RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
LARRY WILLIAMS - ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING
BILL MEYERS - PIANO
MAURICE WHITE - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
PHILIP BAILEY - BACKGROUND VOCALS
7. EVERY NOW AND THEN
STEVE LINDSEY - KEYBOARDS
JERRY HEY - HORNS
SHELDON REYNOLDS - LEAD GUITAR
DANNY SEMBELLO - DRUM PROGRAMMING & SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING
PHILIP BAILEY - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
3. THINKING OF YOU
MAURICE WHITE - LEAD & BACKGROUND VOCALS
SHELDON REYNOLDS - GUITAR
RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT PROGRAMMING
ATTALA ZANE GILES - DRUM PROGRAMMING, ADDITIONAL GUITAR & ADDITIONAL VOCALS
WRITTEN BY : REV. OLIVER WELLS
PRODUCED BY : MAURICE WHITE FOR KALIMBA PRODUCTIONS
RHETT LAWRENCE - FAIRLIGHT PROGRAMMING
PAUL JACKSON - GUITAR
IAN PRINCE, SKYLARK, ROBYN SMITH, MORRIS STEWARD, CYNTHIA VARGAS, CAROL WARE, JUDY WEIDER, REV. OLIVER WELLS
MANAGEMENT : RON WEISNER ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
SALES DATE : 1987.
BILL REICHENBACH - HORNS
CO-PRODUCED BY : PHILIP BAILEY
DAN HIGGIANS - HORNS
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER : ATTALA ZANE GILES FOR GROOVE SPECIALIST PRODUCTIONS, INC.