| WILBERT LONGMIRE |
| FUSION / GUITAR 1978 |
WILBERT LONGMIRE:
SUNNY SIDE UPTAPPAN ZEE RECORDS, JC 35365(LP) (P)1978 TAPPAN ZEE RECORDS, INC., USA (C)1978 CBS INC., USA RELEASED: 1978, USA RE-ISSUED: CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS, ESM CD 587(CD) (P)1978(C)1997 TAPPAN ZEE RECORDS, INC., USA (C)1997 CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS PLC, INC., ENGLAND RELEASED: 1997, ENGLAND |
| CREDITS (productions) : |
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Produced by Bob James and Jay Chattaway |
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Tracks 1,5 strings & horns arranged and conducted by Bob James Tracks 2,3,4 strings & horns arranged and conducted by Jay Chattaway |
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Recorded entirely at SoundMixers, New York City Recording and remix engineer : Joe Jorgensen Assistant Engineers : John Pace, Matt Murray Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York City Mastering Engineer : Vladimir Meller This record was mixed with the aid of an Aphex Aural Exciter |
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Photography : Buddy Endress Design : Paula Scher & John Berg Re-issue design by Sarah Southin |
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Harvey Mason and Randy Brecker appears courtesy of Arista Records, Inc. Patti Austin appears courtesy of CTI Records Richard Tee, David Sanborn and Cornel Dupree appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc. |
| CREDITS (musicians) : |
| guitar, lead vocal | : |
Wilbert Longmire (all guitar solo, lead vocal on 3)
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rhythm | : |
Bob James (Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano, Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer on 1,2,4,5) | Richard Tee (acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes on 1,3,4) Gary King (bass) Harvey Mason (drums) Sue Evans (percussion on 1,2,4,5) Cornell Dupree (electric rhythm guitar on 2,5) Eric Gale (electric rhythm guitar on 4,5) Stephen Horelick (Buchla Synthesized Mellow Rockets on 5)
alto saxophone | : |
David Sanborn (solo on 5)
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trumpet | : |
Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm, Alan Rubin, Mike Lawrence
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trombone | : |
Paul Faulise, Wayne Andre, Dave Taylor
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flute, alto flute, bass flute, tenor saxophone | : |
George Marge, Eddie Daniels, Harvey Estrin
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oboe, english horn | : |
George Marge
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concertmaster | : |
David Nadien
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violin | : |
Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Barry Finclair, Paul Gershman,
Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi
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viola | : |
LaMar Alsop, Emanuel Vardi
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cello | : |
Charles McCracken, Alan Shulman
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background vocal | : |
Patti Austin, Gwen Guthrie, Vivian Cherry
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| TRACKS (total time 35:41) : |
| 1. | Black Is The Color (8:16) [trad. arranged and adapted by Bob James] |
| 2. | Good Morning! (8:48) [Jay Chattaway] |
| 3. | Love Why Don't You Find Us (6:14) [Jay Chattaway] |
| 4. | Lovely Day (6:29) [Bill Withers, Skip Scarborough] |
| 5. | Starflight (5:51) [Wilbert Longmire] |
| TRACK CREDITS : |
| Black Is The Color | ||
| Wilbert Longmire | : | guitar |
| Dave Sanborn | : | alto saxophone |
| Bob James | : | Fender Rhodes |
| Richard Tee | : | acoustic piano |
| Gary King | : | bass |
| Harvey Mason | : | drums, Syndrum |
| Sue Evans | : | percussion |
| Good Morning! | ||
| Wilbert Longmire | : | guitar |
| Bob James | : | Fender Rhodes, Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer |
| Cornell Dupree | : | electric rhythm guitar |
| Gary King | : | bass |
| Harvey Mason | : | drums |
| Sue Evans | : | percussion |
| Eddie Daniels | : | flute |
| George Marge | : | oboe, english horn |
| Love Why Don't You Find Us | ||
| Wilbert Longmire | : | guitar, lead vocal |
| Richard Tee | : | acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes |
| Gary King | : | bass |
| Harvey Mason | : | drums |
| background vocal | : | Patti Austin, Gwen Guthrie, Vivian Cherry |
| Lovely Day | ||
| Wilbert Longmire | : | electric guitar |
| Richard Tee | : | acoustic piano |
| Bob James | : | Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer |
| Eric Gale | : | electric rhythm guitar |
| Gary King | : | bass |
| Harvey Mason | : | drums |
| Sue Evans | : | percussion |
| background vocal | : | Patti Austin, Gwen Guthrie, Vivian Cherry |
| Starflight | ||
| Wilbert Longmire | : | electric guitar |
| Eric Gale | : | electric rhythm guitar |
| Bob James | : | Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer, acoustic piano |
| Gary King | : | bass |
| Harvey Mason | : | drums |
| Sue Evans | : | percussion |
| Cornell Dupree | : | electric rhythm guitar |
| Stephen Horelick | : | Buchla Synthesized Mellow Rockets |