09/10/2022

Pleasure "Special Things" (1980) -Westcoast Soul / Funk Soul-



Label : Fantasy Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Now You Choose Me (Nathaniel Phillips & Michael Hepburn)
02 - Special Things (Nathaniel Phillips)
03 - Yearnin' Burnin' (Marlon McClain, Donald Hepburn, Bruce Carter, Michael Hepburn & Nathaniel Phillips)
04 - Law Of The Raw (Douglas Lewis & Michael Hepburn)

Side Two

01 - Take A Chance (Nathaniel Phillips & Michael Hepburn)
02 - Living Without You (Michael Hepburn & Fred Reed Jr.)
03 - Spread That Feelin' (All Around) (Nathaniel Phillips & Michael Hepburn)
04 - You Are My Star (Michael Hepburn)


Produced by 360° Music, Inc.
Production Staff : Nathaniel Phillips, Michael Hepburn, Phil Kaffel

Pleasure :
Bruce Carter : Drums
Tony Collins : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Sherman Davis : Lead & Background vocals
Donald Hepburn : Keyboards, Background vocals
Michael Hepburn : Keyboards, Lead & Background vocals
Douglas Lewis : Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Nathaniel Phillips : Basses, Background vocals
Bruce Smith : Percussion
Dennis Springer : Tenor, Alto & Soprano Saxophones

Special Thanks to :
Marlon McClain : Guitar
Jerry Hey : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Larry Williams : Alto Saxophone
Tim Gorman : Synthesizers & Programming
Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Marti McCall : Background vocals

Horn Arrangements : Michael Hepburn & Pleasure
Rhythm Arrangements : Nathaniel Phillips & Pleasure

Engineers Recording : Phil Kaffel & Wally Buck
Mix : Phil Kaffel
Mastering : Mike Reese

Recording & Mixed at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood