: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN / MAKING A GOOD THING BETTER
PRODUCED BY : JOHN FARRAR
● GREG MATHIESON - PIANO
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
STRINGS ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : JAMES NEWTON-HOWARD
● JOE PORCARO - PERCUSSION
● MYRNA MATHEWS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● GREG MATHIESON - CLAVINET
RECORDING ENGINEERS : BILL SCHNEE, AMIN STEINER, LINDA TYLER & TOM BUSH
● JOHN FARRAR - BACKGROUND VOCALS, ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITARS
● LAURA CREAMER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● MYRNA MATHEWS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
1. MAKING A GOOD THING BETTER
● JAY GRAYDON - ACOUSTIC GUITARS
● JOHN FARRAR - ACOUSTIC GUITARS
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ON DRUMS
● JOHN FARRAR - ELECTRIC GUITARS
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITARS
11. IF LOVE IS REAL
RIMIXING ENGINEERS : BILL SCHNEE & ELLIOT SCHEINER
1. MAKING A GOOD THING BETTER
● 3:44 JEFF
● JAY GRAYDON - ACOUSTIC GUITARS
● JULIA RINKER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
2. SLOW DANCING
STUDIOS :
● DOUG LIVINGSTON - STEEL
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
● GEORGE MARGE - OBOE & OCARINA
SOUND LABS. INC., SUNSET SOUND RECORDERS, HOLLYWOOD SOUND, UNITED WESTERN RECORDERS, A&R STUDIOS, NEW YORK.
"DON'T CRYFOR ME ARGENTINA" WAS RECORDED & REMIXED IN VANCOUVER AT THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN SOUND CO.
2. SLOW DANCING
● 3:58 JEFF
● BYRON BERLINE - MANDOLIN
10. DON'T ASK A FRIEND
● GREG MATHIESON - ELECTRIC PIANO
ENGINEERED BY AMIN STEINER.
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS IN VANCOUVER & TO EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ALBUM.
4. COOLIN' DOWN
● 3:56 JEFF
● SNEAKY PETE - STEEL
● MARTI McCALL - BACKGROUND VOCALS
5. DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA (FROM THE OPERA "EVITA")
● 6:01
6. SAD SONGS
● 3:37 JEFF
WRITTEN BY : OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
● JAY GRAYDON - ACOUSTIC GUITARS
9. I THINK I'LL SAY GOODBYE
● OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - BACKGROUND VOCALS
7. YOU WAN'T SEE ME CRY
● PATTIE BROOKS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
STRINGS ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : JAMES NEWTON-HOWARD
PHOTOS : BOB STONE
7. YOU WAN'T SEE ME CRY
● 3:00 JEFF
STRINGS ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : JAMES NEWTON-HOWARD
9. I THINK I'LL SAY GOODBYE
● 2:40 JEFF
10. DON'T ASK A FRIEND
● 3:45 JEFF
ART DIRECTION : GEORGE OSAKI
SALES DATE : 1981.
8. SO EASY TO BEGAN
● 3:30 JEFF
WRITTEN BY : JOE FALSIA & STEPHEN SINCLAIR
3. RING OF FIRE
● 3:16 JEFF
● JOHN FARRAR - ACOUSTIC SLIDE GUITARS
WRITTEN BY : JACK TEMPCHIN
STRINGS ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : JAMES NEWTON-HOWARD
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : PETER WINGFIELD
● JOE PORCARO - PERCUSSION
SONG TRACKS :
11. IF LOVE IS REAL
● 4:32 JEFF
MUSICIANS :
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
● JAMES NEWTON-HOWARD - PIANO, HARPSICHORD
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITARS
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
● GREG MATHIESON - CLAVINET
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
CONNECTION
CREDITS :
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
WRITTEN BY : JIM RUSHING & MARSHALL CHAPMAN
WRITTEN BY : BILLY & BOBBY ALESSI
WRITTEN BY : ANDREW LLOYD & TIM RICE
ORCHESTRA ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : PETER MYERS
6. SAD SONGS
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
● GREG MATHIESON - ELECTRIC PIANO
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITARS
5. DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA (FROM THE OPERA "EVITA")
WRITTEN BY : JOHN FARRAR
STRINGS ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : JAMES NEWTON-HOWARD
● BYRON BERLINE - FIDDLE
● MYRNA MATHEWS - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● JOHN FARRAR - ELECTRIC GUITARS
● TOMMY MORGAN - HARMONICA
● LAURA CREAMER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
● JULIA RINKER - BACKGROUND VOCALS
4. COOLIN' DOWN
WRITTEN BY : J. CARTER & M. KILGORE
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - BACKGROUND VOCALS
3. RING OF FIRE
● JAY GRAYDON - ACOUSTIC GUITARS
● GREG MATHIESON - PIANO
● JOHN FARRAR - ACOUSTIC SLIDE GUITARS
● SNEAKY PETE - STEEL
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
● GREG MATHIESON - PIANO
● JOHN FARRAR - ELECTRIC GUITARS
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC GUITARS
● GREG MATHIESON - PIANO & SYNTHESIZERS
WRITTEN BY : RANDY EDELMAN
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS & PERCUSSION
● LEE SKLAR - BASS
● GREG MATHIESON - PIANO & HARPSICHORD
● RANDY EDELMAN - HARNONIUM
WRITTEN BY : JULES SHEAR
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN / MAKING A GOOD THING BETTER
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
● JOHN FARRAR - ELECTRIC GUITARS & BACKGROUND VOCALS
● JAY GRAYDON - ELECTRIC SLIDE GUITARS
STRINGS ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY : DAVID CAMPBELL
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - BACKGROUND VOCALS
8. SO EASY TO BEGAN
