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COLD BLOOD

LYDIA

 

Original 1974 album liner notes

 

SIDE ONE

 

1. READY TO LIVE  5:22

(P. Smith and L. Hewitt)

Chump Change Music/Oaxaca Music – ASCAP

Novice Music – BMI

 

2. SIMPLE LOVE LIFE  3:15

(P. Smith and R. Smith)

Chump Change Music/Oaxaca Music – ASCAP

 

3. UNDER PRESSURE  3:27

(Fred Gowdy and Larry Wilkins)

Notes Now Music/Eye of Madley – ASCAP

 

4. WHEN MY LOVE HAND COMES DOWN  4:20

(Pam Sawyer and Gloria Jones)

Jobete Music Co., Inc. – ASCAP

 

5. WHEN IT’S OVER  2:30

(Artie Wayne)

Warner Bros. Music – ASCAP

 

 

SIDE TWO

 

1. CONSIDERATION  3:34

(Steve Cropper)

Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp./Midnight Hour Music – BMI

 

2. I ONLY WANTED SOMEONE TO HEAR ME  3:51

(Dee Presley and Allan Rush)

Aunt Tootles Music – ASCAP

 

3. YOU’RE FREE LOVIN’ ME  3:48

(Steve Cropper and Carl Marsh)

Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp./Midnight Hour Music – BMI

Aunt Tootles Music – ASCAP

 

4. COME BACK INTO MY LIFE AGAIN  3:39

(Billy Ray Charles)

Caesars Music Library – ASCAP

 

5. JUST LIKE SUNSHINE  4:39

(P. Smith and R. Matute)

Chump Change Music/Oaxaca Music – ASCAP

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PRODUCED BY STEVE CROPPER

 

Arranged by Cold Blood and Steve Cropper

 

Remixed at Clover Recorders by Robert Appére

 

Horn and String Arrangements – Raul Matute

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LYDIA PENSE – VOCALS

 

Background Vocals – Brooks Hunnicutt, Gwen Edwards, Brenda Gordon, Tish Smith and Pat Coulter; except on “Under Pressure” – Lydia Pense, Smith Dobson and Max Haskett

 

“Consideration,” “I Only Wanted Someone To Hear Me” and “You’re Free Lovin’ Me” recorded at Trans-Maximus Sound Studios, Inc., Memphis

Engineered by Ron Capone

Organ and electric piano – Raul Matute

Bass – Tommy Cathey

Lead guitar – Michael Sasaki

Drums – Joe Williams

Guitar – Paul Cannon

Guitar – Steve Cropper

The Memphis Horns

 

“Ready To Live,” “Simple Love Life,” “Under Pressure,” “When My Love Hand Comes Down,” “When It’s Over,” “Come Back Into My Life Again” and “Just Like Sunshine” recorded at Clover Recorders, Los Angeles

Engineered by Robert Appére

Organ and clavinet – Raul Matute

Piano and electric piano – Smith Dobson

Lead guitar – Michael Sasaki

Drums – Gaylord Birch

Bass – Rod Ellicott

Guitar – Danny Kootch

Congas and percussion – Bobbye Hall

Alto, tenor and baritone saxophone – David Luell

Trombone – Chuck Bennett

Trumpets – Max Haskett, Paul Hubinon, Chuck Findley and Bobby Shew

Tenor saxophone and flute solo on “Under Pressure” – Jim Horn

Tenor saxophone, flute and piccolo – Don Menza and Peter Christlieb

 

Album photography – Herb Greene

 

Warner Bros. Records Inc., a Subsidiary and Licensee of Warner Bros. Inc., 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 91505. 44 East 50th Street, New York, New York 10022. Made in U.S.A.

© 1974 Warner Bros. Records Inc. (P) 1974 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Printed in U.S.A.

 

 

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