: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
THE ORIGINALS / DOWN TO LOVE TOWN
SONG TRACKS : SIDE 1
PRODUCED BY : MICHAEL B. SUTTON
● JOHN BARNES - KEYBOARDS
SIDE 1-2. PRODUCED BY : FRANK WILSON & MICHAEL B. SUTTON
RECORDING ENGINEERS : MIKE SCHUMANN & GLENN JORDAN
● ED GREENE - DRUMS
ENGINEER : REGGIE DOZIER
MASTERING ENGINEER : JACK ANDREWS
ARRANGEMENTS BY : ART WRIGHT & DAVID BLUMBERG
● FREDDIE GORMAN - KEYBOARDS
REGGIE DOZIER FOR HIS EXPERTISE, LOVE AND PATIENCE,
● MICHAEL SUTTON - KEYBOARDS
PRODUCED BY : FREDDIE GORMAN & THE ORIGNALS
ON DRUMS
MASTERED AT MOTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
SPECIAL THANKS TO
● JOHN BARNES - KEYBOARDS
● BOBBY MANCHURIAN - KEYBOARDS
● SONNY BURKE - KEYBOARDS
WRITTEN BY : E. CROOM, L. HARRINGTON & F. GORMAN
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PRODUCED BY : MICHAEL B. SUTTON
● JAMES GADSON - DRUMS
● RAY PARKER, JR. - GUITAR
PRODUCED BY : FREDDIE GORMAN & THE ORIGNALS
SIDE 1-3, SIDE 2-1, 3, 4. PRODUCED BY : MICHAEL B. SUTTON
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT : BRENDA J. SUTTON
MIXING ENGINEER : ART STEWART
● DAVID SHIELDS - BASS
RECORDED AT ABC DUNHILL RECORDING STUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
RECORDED AT : KENDUN RECORDERS, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA & MOTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
● OLIVER BROWN - PERCUSSION
● JACK ASHFORD - PERCUSSION
2. MOTHER NATURE'S BEST
ARRANGEMENTS BY : DALE WARREN & BOBBY MANCHURIAN
TO TOM DePIERRO FOR HIS INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE ON "DOWN TO LOVE TOWN"
● SYLVESTER RIVERS - KEYBOARDS
ENGINEER : REGGIE DOZIER
● SONNY BURKE - KEYBOARDS
AND TO SAMMY HERNANDEZ AND JANE BRINTON FOR THEIR SUPPORT!
● DAVID T. WALKER - GUITAR
RECORDED AT ABC DUNHILL RECORDING STUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
● MICHAEL SUTTON - KEYBOARDS
THE PRODUCERS WISH TO THANK
● RAY PARKER, JR. - GUITAR
● JAMES GADSON - DRUMS
ARRANGEMENTS BY : DALE WARREN & BOBBY MANCHURIAN
WRITTEN BY : M. SUTTON , B. SUTTON & K. WAKEFIELD
● DAVID T. WALKER - GUITAR
● SYLVESTER RIVERS - KEYBOARDS
SUZANNE DE PASSE, BARNEY ALES, TONY JONES, AND HAL DAVIS - FOR LETTIN' US DO OUR THANG!
● ED GREENE - DRUMS
● FREDDIE GORMAN - KEYBOARDS
PRODUCED BY : MICHAEL B. SUTTON
● RAY PARKER, JR. - GUITAR
WRITTEN BY : M. SUTTON & B. SUTTON.
GRAPHICS DIRECTOR : CARL OVERR
● DAVID SHIELDS - BASS
RECORDING ENGINEERS : MIKE SCHUMANN & GLENN JORDAN
MIXING ENGINEER : ART STEWART
PRODUCED BY : MICHAEL B. SUTTON
DESIGN : WRISTON JONES & OV
● OLIVER BROWN - PERCUSSION
RECORDED AT : KENDUN RECORDERS, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA & MOTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
RECORDING ENGINEERS : MIKE SCHUMANN & GLENN JORDAN
PHOTOGRAPHY : CHARLES BUSH
● JACK ASHFORD - PERCUSSION
4. BEEN DECIDED
ARRANGEMENTS BY : ART WRIGHT & DAVID BLUMBERG
MIXING ENGINEER : ART STEWART
LETTERING : VIGON NAHAS VIGON
SALES DATE : 1977.
● JOHN BARNES - KEYBOARDS
RECORDED AT : KENDUN RECORDERS, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA & MOTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
WRITTEN BY : K. WAKEFIELD, M. SUTTON & B. SUTTON
ARRANGEMENTS BY : ART WRIGHT & DAVID BLUMBERG
3. YOU ARE A BLESSING TO ME
● 6:02 JAMES GADSON, ED GREENE
SONG TRACKS : SIDE 2
ARRANGEMENTS BY : ART WRIGHT
● JOHN BARNES - KEYBOARDS
● JAMES GADSON - DRUMS
● BOB ZIMMITTI - PERCUSSION
2. DOWN TO LOVE TOWN
● JAMES GADSON - DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : M. SUTTON , B. SUTTON & T. DePIERRO
● BOBBY MANCHURIAN - KEYBOARDS
● JAMES JAMERSON - BASS
● JAMES JAMERSON, JR - BASS
● GREG POREE - GUITAR
● BEN BENAY - GUITAR
● JAMES GADSON - DRUMS
● BOB ZIMMITTI - PERCUSSION
3. SUNRISE
● SONNY BURKE - KEYBOARDS
● MICHAEL SUTTON - KEYBOARDS
● SYLVESTER RIVERS - KEYBOARDS
● DAVID T. WALKER - GUITAR
● RAY PARKER, JR. - GUITAR
● JAMES JAMERSON - BASS
3. YOU ARE A BLESSING TO ME
● KING ERRISSON - CONGA
● EDDIE "BONGO" BROWN - CONGA
● ALVIN TAYLOR - DRUMS
● JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
● MELVIN "WAH-WAH" RAGIN - GUITAR
● WELDON DEAN PARKS - GUITAR
● JAY GRAYDON - GUITAR
● BILLY COOPER - GUITAR
● STEPHEN BECKMELER - GUITAR
● MICHAEL SUTTON - KEYBOARDS
2. MOTHER NATURE'S BEST
● 4:46 JAMES GADSON,
● SYLVESTER RIVERS - KEYBOARDS
● OLIVER BROWN - PERCUSSION
3. SUNRISE
● 4:51 JAMES GADSON, ED GREENE
● DAVID T. WALKER - GUITAR
● JACK ASHFORD - PERCUSSION
SIDE 2 :
4. BEEN DECIDED
1. CALL ON YOUR SIX-MILLON DOLLAR MAN
● 5:22 JAMES GADSON, ED GREENE
MUSICIANS :
● RAY PARKER, JR. - GUITAR
● JAMES GADSON - DRUMS
● ED GREENE - DRUMS
WRITTEN BY : D. DANIELS, M.B. SUTTON & K. WAKEFIELD
PRODUCED BY : FRANK WILSON & MICHAEL B. SUTTON
RECORDING ENGINEERS : KEVIN BEAMISH, ANDREW BERLINER
MIXING ENGINEERS : FRANK WILSON & KEVIN BEAMISH
RECORDED & MIXED AT CRYSTAL INDUSTRIES, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
ARRANGEMENTS BY : FRANK WILSON, MICHAEL SUTTON & GREG POREE
● JOHN BARNES - KEYBOARDS
SIDE 1 :
1. HURRY UP AND WAIT
● DAVID SHIELDS - BASS
WRITTEN BY : J. BRADFORD, E. CROOM & F. GORMAN
THE ORIGINALS / DOWN TO LOVE TOWN
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
● OLIVER BROWN - PERCUSSION
● JACK ASHFORD - PERCUSSION
1. CALL ON YOUR SIX-MILLON DOLLAR MAN
● SONNY BURKE - KEYBOARDS
● 5:52 JAMES GADSON, ED GREENE
● MICHAEL SUTTON - KEYBOARDS
● DAVID SHIELDS - BASS
● ED GREENE - DRUMS
2. DOWN TO LOVE TOWN
CREDITS :
● 5:57 JEFF, ALVIN TAYLOR
SIDE 1-1, SIDE 2-2. PRODUCED BY : FREDDIE GORMAN & THE ORIGNALS
RECORDED AT : KENDUN RECORDERS, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA & MOTOWN RECORDING STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
● BEN BENAY - GUITAR
● GREG POREE - GUITAR
1. HURRY UP AND WAIT
RECORDING ENGINEERS : MIKE SCHUMANN & GLENN JORDAN
● 5:22 JAMES GADSON
MIXING ENGINEER : ART STEWART
● JAMES JAMERSON, JR - BASS
● JAMES JAMERSON - BASS
