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Sweet Passion

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ARETHA FRANKLIN

SWEET PASSION

 

Original 1977 album liner notes

 

Side One

 

1. BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY  3:21

(By Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager)

Red Bullet Music, ASCAP

Begonia Melodies/Unichappell, BMI

 

David Paich, Sylvester Rivers: keyboards

Lee Ritenour, Ray Parker, Jr.: guitars

Chuck Rainey: bass

Harold Mason: drums

Joe Clayton: conga drums

 

Recording engineer: Frank Kejmar

 

2. WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOU  4:46

(By Aretha Franklin)

Springtime Music, BMI

 

Sonny Burke, Ronnie Coleman: keyboards

Ray Parker, Jr.: guitar

Scott Edwards: bass

James Gadson: drums

Gary Coleman: percussion

 

Rhythm, horn & string arrangements: H.B. Barnum

Recording & mixing engineer: Reginald Dozier

 

3. WHAT I DID FOR LOVE  5:17

(By Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban)

American Compass Music Corp., ASCAP

WREN Music Co. Inc., BMI

 

Sylvester Rivers, Sonny Burke: keyboards

Craig McMillan, Mike Morgan: guitars

Ray Brown: bass

Harold Mason: drums

Bob Zermitti: percussion

 

Rhythm, horn & string arrangements: H.B. Barnum

Recording engineer: Barney Perkins

Mixing engineer: Reginald Dozier

 

4. NO ONE COULD EVER LOVE YOU MORE  3:36

(By Lamont Dozier)

Dozier Music, Inc., BMI

 

Sonny Burke, Ronnie Coleman: keyboards

Ray Parker, Jr., Lee Ritenour: guitars

Scott Edwards: bass

James Gadson: drums

Gary Coleman: percussion

 

Rhythm arrangement: Lamont Dozier, McKinley Jackson

Horn & string arrangements: Gene Page

Recording & mixing engineer: Reginald Dozier

 

5. A TENDER TOUCH  3:58

(By Aretha Franklin)

Springtime Music, BMI

 

Aretha Franklin, H.B. Barnum: keyboards

Ray Parker, Jr., Lee Ritenour: guitars

Chuck Rainey: bass

Harold Mason: drums

Joe Clayton: percussion

 

Rhythm, horn & string arrangements: H.B. Barnum

Recording engineer: Frank Kejmar

Mixing engineer: Reginald Dozier

 

 

Side Two

 

1. TOUCH ME UP  4:38

(By Lamont Dozier)

Dozier Music, Inc., BMI

 

Sonny Burke, Ronnie Coleman: keyboards

Lee Ritenour: guitar

Scott Edwards: bass

James Gadson: drums

Gary Coleman: percussion

 

Rhythm & horn arrangements: McKinley Jackson

Recording & mixing engineers: Barney Perkins & Reginald Dozier

 

2. SUNSHINE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME  3:36

(By Lamont Dozier)

Dozier Music, Inc., BMI

 

Sonny Burke, Ronnie Coleman: keyboards

Ray Parker, Jr.: guitar

Scott Edwards: bass

James Gadson: drums

Gary Coleman: percussion

 

Rhythm arrangement: Lamont Dozier, McKinley Jackson

Horn & string arrangements: Gene Page

Recording & mixing engineer: Reginald Dozier

 

3. MEADOWS OF SPRINGTIME  5:26

(By Aretha Franklin)

Springtime Music, BMI

 

Sylvester Rivers: keyboards

Craig McMillan, Mike Morgan: guitars

Ray Brown: bass

Harold Mason: drums

Bob Zermitti: percussion

 

Rhythm, horn & string arrangements: H.B. Barnum

Recording & mixing engineer: Reginald Dozier

 

4. MUMBLES  3:40

(By Clark Terry & Aretha Franklin)

Pastel Music/Springtime Music, BMI

 

Introduction:

I’VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME

(By Bias Bashell)

Yellow Dog/April Music Inc., ASCAP

 

Aretha Franklin, Sylvester Rivers: keyboards

Craig McMillan, Mike Morgan: guitars

Ray Brown: bass

Harold Mason: drums

Bob Zermitti: percussion

 

Rhythm, horn & string arrangements: H.B. Barnum

Recording engineer: Barney Perkins

Mixing engineer: Reginald Dozier

 

5. SWEET PASSION  7:12

(By Aretha Franklin)

Springtime Music, BMI

 

Aretha Franklin: keyboards

Ray Parker, Jr., Lee Ritenour: guitars

Scott Edwards: bass

James Gadson: drums

Gary Coleman: percussion

 

Rhythm, horn & string arrangements: H.B. Barnum

Recording engineer: Frank Kejmar

Mixing engineer: Reginald Dozier

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PRODUCED BY LAMONT DOZIER

except Break It To Me Gently which was Produced by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager

Co-Produced by Marty and David Paich

“Very Special Thanks to These Special People”

 

Recorded & Mixed at ABC Recording Studios and Whitney Recording Studios

 

Break It To Me Gently mixed at Studio 55

 

Mastered at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, N.Y. by Dennis King

 

 

Photography: David Alexander

 

Art Direction: Bob Defrin

 

Lee Ritenour appears through the courtesy of Epic Records

 

 

STEREO

 

(P) © 1977 Atlantic Recording Corporation.

Atlantic Recording Corporation, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019. A Warner Communications Company. Printed in U.S.A. WARNING: Unauthorized reproduction of this record is prohibited by Federal law and subject to criminal prosecution.

 

 

SD 19102

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