ERIC GALE

FUSION / N.Y. FUSION / GUITAR 1980

ERIC GALE: TOUCH OF SILK COLUMBIA RECORDS, JC 36570(LP) (C)(P)1980 COLUMBIA RECORDS,INC., USA RELEASED: SEPTEMBER 1, 1980, USA RE-ISSUED: SONY MUSIC JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INC., SICP 5058(CD) RELEASED: JULY 2, 2003, JAPAN

CREDITS (productions) :

Produced by Allen R.Toussaint for Sansu Enterprises, Inc. Arranged by Allen R.Toussaint

Track 1-4,7 recorded at Sea-Saint Recording Studio, Inc. 3809 Clematis Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70122; Engineer: Arthur Skip Godwin Mixed by Arthur Skip Godwin

Track 5,6 recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffis, NJ Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Mixed by Rudy Van Gelder and Glenn Orsher

Executive in change of Production: Glenn K.Orsher Personal Management: Sanford Ross Management, 1700 Broadway, NY 10019

Corver Design: Andrea Klein; Photography: Brian Hagawara

Grover Washington,Jr. appears coutesy of Elektra Records. Idris Muhammed appears coutesy of Fantasy Records.

CREDITS (musicians) :

Eric Gale	:	guitar
Allen R.Toussaint	:	acoustic piano, Mini Moog, vocoder, Oberheim
Robert Rock Dabon	:	fender rhodes, electric yamaha, and mini moog on 4
David Barard	:	bass
James Black	:	drums
Kenneth Afro Williams	:	percussion
Gary Brown	:	tenor and alto saxophone on 1
Grover Washiongton,Jr.	:	tenor and soprano saxophone on 5
Idris Muhammed	:	drums on 5
Charles Earland	:	organ on 5,6
Arthur Blythe	:	alto saxophone on 6
Harold Vick	:	tenor saxophone on 6

TRACKS (total time 38:46) :

1.	You Got My Life In Your Hands (4:44) [Allen R.Toussaint]
2.	Touch Of Silk (5:07) [Allen R.Toussaint]
3.	War Paint (4:22) [Allen R.Toussaint]
4.	Once In A Smile (4:34) [Allen R.Toussaint]
5.	With You I'm Born Again (6:33) [D.Shire, C.Connors]
6.	Au Privave (8:42) [Charlie Parker]
7.	Live To Love (4:44) [Allen R.Toussaint]

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