18/10/2022

Rufus "Numbers" (1979) -Westcoast Soul-



Label : ABC Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Ain't Nobody Like You (Tony Maiden & Elainea Robbins)
02 - You're To Blame (David 'Hawk' Wolinski)
03 - Keep It Together (Declaration Of Love) (Allen Toussaint)
04 - Dancin' Mood (David 'Hawk' Wolinski)
05 - Red Hot Poker (Bobby Watson)

Side Two

01 - Don't You Sit Alone (David 'Hawk' Wolinski)
02 - Bet My Dreams (David 'Hawk' Wolinski)
03 - Pleasure Dome (Tony Maiden & Elainea Robbins)
04 - Are We? (David 'Hawk' Wolinski)
05 - Life In The City (Bobby Watson)


Produced by Rufus & Roy Halee
Recorded at Dawnbreaker Studios, San Fernando, CA
Engineered by Roy Halee
Recordist : Thom Wilson
Mixed by Roy Halee & Rufus at ABC Recording Studios Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Mastered by Allen Zentz at Allen Zentz Mastering, Hollywood, CA

Tony Maiden : Guitar, Lead & Background vocals, Clavinet
Kevin Murphy : Keyboards
Bobby Watson : Bass, Guitar & Clavinet
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums & Percussion
David 'Hawk' Wolinski : Keyboards, Lead & Background vocals, Guitar

Percussion : Everett Bryson Jr.
Guitar : Richard Mikuls
Piano on "Keep It Together (Declaration Of Love)" : Truman Thomas
Strings Arranged & Conducted by Ernie Freeman
Horns Arranged by :
Chuck Brooks : Tenor Sax & Flute
John Erwin : Trombone
Bob Greve : Baritone Sax & Flute
Bill Lamb : Trumpet, Slide Trumpet, Trombone & Bass Trombone
Vocal Harmonies : Helen Lowe, Lalomie Washburn, Maxayn Lewis

Special Guest Artists :
Freddie Hubbard : Trumpet on "Bet My Dreams"
Harvey Mason : Drums on "Pleasure Dome"


Side One

01 - Ain't Nobody Like You

Lead vocals : Tony Maiden & Elainea Robbins

02 - You're To Blame

Lead vocalDavid 'Hawk' Wolinski

03 - Keep It Together (Declaration Of Love)

Lead vocal : Tony Maiden 

04 - Dancin' Mood

Lead vocals : Rufus

05 - Red Hot Poker

Instrumental

Side Two

01 - Don't You Sit Alone

Lead vocalDavid 'Hawk' Wolinski

02 - Bet My Dreams

Lead vocal : Tony Maiden

03 - Pleasure Dome

Lead vocal : Tony Maiden

04 - Are We? 

Lead vocals : David 'Hawk' Wolinski & Maxayn Lewis

10 - Life In The City

Lead vocal : Tony Maiden