05/09/2021

Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson "The Two Of Us" (1984) -Westcoast Soul-



 Label : CBS, Inc.


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Ram (Ramsey Lewis & Stanley Clarke)
02 - Midnight Rendezvous*° (David Roberts)
03 - Breaker Beat (Ramsey Lewis, Stanley Clarke & Robert Brookins)
04 - Slippin' Away* (David Paich, Leon Ware & David Foster)

Side 2

01 - The Two Of Us*° (Vassal Benford & Jeremy Lubbock)
02 - Quiet Storm* (Ramsey Lewis & Stanley Clarke)
03 - Never Wanna Say Goodnight (Roger Bruno, Franne Golde & Ellen Schwartz)
04 - Closer Than Close (Patrick Henderson & Vassal Benford)
05 - Song With Words (Remembering) (Ramsey Lewis)


Produced by Stanley Clarke
Executive Producer : Dr. George Butler 
Engineered by Erik Zobler
Recorded & Mixed at Mad Hatter Studios & Sound Castle Studio, Los Angeles, California
Assistant Engineers : Suncan Aldrich, Jeff Vaughn, Gary Wagner, Mitch Gibson & Paul Erikson
*Remixed at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California
*Remix Engineer : Don Hahn
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California
String Arrangements by George Del Barrio
°Strings : Bill Hughes, Murray Adler, Brenton Banks, Norman Carr, Bonnie Douglas, Christine Ermacoff, Ronald Folsom, James Getzoff, Catherine Gotthoffer, Barbara Hunter, Keren Jones, Roland Kato, Janet Lakatos, Paul Shure


Side 1

01 - Ram

Ramsey Lewis : Steinway Concert Grand
Robert Brookins : Synthesizers
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Celia Kitengeth : Narration

02 - Midnight Rendezvous

Nancy Wilson : Lead vocals
Ramsey Lewis : Steinway Concert Grand
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass
Don Freeman : Keyboards
Stanley Clarke : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Lynn Davis : Background vocals

03 - Breaker Beat

Ramsey Lewis : Steinway Concert Grand
Robert Brookins : Synthesizers
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar

04 - Slippin' Away

Nancy Wilson : Lead vocals
Ramsey Lewis : Steinway Concert Grand
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass
Don Freeman : Keyboards
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Lynn Davis & Josie James : Background vocals

Side 2

01 - The Two Of Us

Nancy Wilson : Vocals
Daryl Coley : Vocals
Ramsey Lewis : Steinway Concert Grand
Vassal Benford : Piano
Don Freeman : Keyboards
Stanley Clarke : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar

02 - Quiet Storm

Ramsey Lewis : Steinway Concert Grand
Robert Brookins : Synthesizers
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar

03 - Never Wanna Say Goodnight

Nancy Wilson : Lead vocals
Ramsey Lewis : Steinway Concert Grand
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass 
Don Freeman : Keyboards 
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar 
Rory Kaplan : Synthesizer
Lynn Davis, Marcy Levy & Freida Woody : Background vocals

04 - Closer Than Close

Daryl Coley : Lead vocals
Ramsey Lewis : Steinway Concert Grand
Ricky Lawson : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Rory Kaplan : Synthesizer
Don Freeman : Keyboards
Vassal Benford : Piano
Lynn Davis : Background vocals