09/07/2023

The Originals "Down To Love Town" (1977) -Soul / Disco-



Label : Motown Record Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Hurry Up And Wait (Janie Bradford, Edotha Croom & Freddie Gorman)
02 - Down To Love Town (Don Daniels, Michael B. Sutton & Kathy Wakefield)
03 - You Are A Blessing To Me (Michael B. Sutton & Brenda Sutton)

Side Two

01 - Six-Million Dollar Man (Michael B. Sutton, Brenda Sutton & Kathy Wakefield)
02 - Mother Nature's Best (Edotha Croom, L. Harrington & Freddie Gorman)
03 - Sunrise (Michael B. Sutton, Brenda Sutton & Tom DePierro)
04 - Been Decided (Kathy Wakefield, Michael B. Sutton & Brenda Sutton)


"Hurry Up And Wait" - "Mother Nature's Best" Produced by Freddie Gorman & The Originals
Arrangements by Dale Warren & Bobby Manchurian
Keyboards : Freddie Gorman, Bobby Manchurian
Bass : James Jamerson, James Jamerson Jr.
Guitars : Greg Poree, Ben Benay
Drums : James Gadson
Percussion : Bob Zimmitti
Recorded at ABC Dunhill Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California
Engineer : Reggie Dozier

"Down To Love Town"
*Produced by Frank Wilson & Michael B. Sutton
Arrangements by Frank Wilson, Michael B. Sutton & Greg Poree
Keyboards : John Barnes, Michael Sutton
Guitars : Ray Parker Jr., Stephen Beckmeier, Billy Cooper, Jay Graydon, Dean Parks, Melvin 'Wah Wah' Ragin
Drums : Alvin Taylor, Jeff Porcaro
Congas : Eddie 'Bongo' Brown, King Errisson
Bass : James Jamerson
Recorded & Mixed at Crystal Industries, Hollywood, California
Recording Engineers : Kevin Beamish, Andrew Berliner
Mixing Engineers : Frank Wilson, Kevin Beamish

"You Are A Blessing To Me" - "Six-Million Dollar Man" -  "Sunrise", "Been Decided" Produced by Michael B. Sutton
Arrangements by Art Wright & David Blumberg except "Been Decided" Arranged by Art Wright
Keyboards : John Barnes, Sonny Burke, Michael Sutton, Sylvester Rivers
Guitars : David T. Walker, Ray Parker Jr.
Drums : James Gadson, Ed Greene
Bass : David Shields
Percussion : Oliver Brown, Jack Ashford
Recorded at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California & Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Recording Engineers : Mike Schumann, Glenn Jordan
Mixing Engineer Art Stewart

Production Assistant : Brenda J. Sutton
Mastered by Jack Andrews 
Mastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

The OriginalsFreddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Henry Dixon, Ty Hunter