Crackin' "Makings Of A Dream" (1977) -Westcoast Soul / Funk-

  Label : Warner Bros Records / Vivid Sound Corporation (LightMellow's Choice_058)

 Side I

01 - Feel Alright (Lester Abrams)
02 - Take Me To The Bridge (Rick Chudacoff & Leslie Smith)
03 - Beautiful Day (Lester Abrams)
04 - I Want To Sing It To You (Lester Abrams)

Side II

01 - Well And Good (Lester Abrams)
02 - Who You Want Me To Be (Rick Chudacoff & Arno Lucas)
03 - What Goes Around Comes Around (Rick Chudacoff & Lester Abrams)
04 - You're Winning (Lester Abrams)
05 - (There's A) Better Way (Lester Abrams, Leslie Smith & Arno Lucas)


Crackin' :
Leslie Smith : Vocals
Arno Lucas : Vocals & Congas
Lester Abrams : Vocals, Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano & Clavinet
G.T. Clinton : Organ, Synthesizer & Fender Rhodes
Rick Chudacoff : Bass
Peter Bunetta : Drums
Bob Bordy : Guitar

Additional Musicians :
Victor Feldman : Congas, Triangle, Vibes & Tambourine
Milt Holland : Tablas, Congas, Triangle, Pandera & Field Drum
David Sanborn & Gene Dinwiddie : Horns on "Well And Good" 
David Sanborn : Alto Sax on "I Want To Sing It To You"

Produced by Russ Titelman

Recording Engineers : Gene Paul, Tom Flye, Lloyd Clifft & Lee Herschberg
Mixed & Mastered by Lee Herschberg
String Arrangements : Nick De Caro
Horn Arrangement on "Well And Good" : Lester Abrams & David Sanborn
Background Vocal Arrangement on "(There's A) Better Way" : Reverend James Cleveland

Production Assistants : Sue Bridgman & Noel Newbolt

Assistant Engineers : Eric Schilling & Don Cody

Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, San Francisco ; Record Plant, Sausalito ; The Burbank Studios & Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood
Mixed & Mastered at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood