Philip Bailey - Continuation (1983) (vinyl Lp) - €10,00

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Philip James Bailey (born May 8, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and percussionist, best known as an early member and one of the two lead singers (along with group founder Maurice White) of the band Earth, Wind & Fire.

Continuation is the debut solo album by American singer Philip Bailey, released in January 1983 on Columbia Records. 

The album peaked at No. 19 on the US Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

"Continuation" is the first solo album which Earth Wind & Fire vocalist Philip Bailey made in 1983 for CBS. 

After the release of the album Electric Universe, EW&F took a break so Bailey had time to work on his solo career. 

The album was produced by George Duke and it features musical contributions from crème de la crème musicians such as Nathan East on bass, James Gadson and Ricky Lawson on Drums and Paulinho da Costa on percussion. 

George Duke himself plays the keyboards and the horn arrangements are from Jerry Hey & the Seawind horn selection. The background vocals are by Philip Bailey and George Duke and on "It’s Our Time" Jeffrey Osborne is featured. 

The famous Sister Sledge features on "Desire". We can hear Bailey singing in his natural tenor instead of the falsetto he used to sing with Earth, Wind & Fire. 

The title "I Know" received reasonable good air- and club play but for the most part the record was ignored. 

Vaya (Go with love) is the best ballad on the album. Other strong melodies are "The Good Guy’s Supposed to Get the Girl" and "Your Boyfriend’s Back".

Side one

1.  I Know - 4:04  

2.  Trapped - 5:29  

3.  It’s Our Time - 3:51  

     Vocals – Deniece Williams

4.  Desire - 5:29  

Side two

1.  I’m Waiting For Your Love - 4:16  

2.  Vaya (Go With Love) - 4:20  

3.  The Good Guy’s Supposed To Get The Girls - 4:16  

4.  Your Boyfriend’s Back - 4:55 

Personnel

• Philip Bailey – rhythm arrangements, lead vocals, backing vocals, LinnDrum, percussion
• George Duke – rhythm arrangements, acoustic piano, Prophet-5, Rhodes, Moog bass, marimba, LinnDrum, backing vocals
• Robert Brookins – rhythm arrangements, Rhodes, Minimoog  Korg Polysix, LinnDrum 
• David "Hawk" Wolinski – rhythm arrangements, Rhodes, Roland Jupiter8, LinnDrum, Roland MC-4 Microcomposer 
• Neiman Tillar – sound effects 
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars 
• Michael Sembello – guitars 
• David Williams – guitars 
• Irvin Kramer – guitars 
• Roland Bautista – guitar solo 
• Nathan East – bass guitar, rhythm arrangements 
• Freddie Washington – bass guitar 
• James Gadson – drums 
• Ricky Lawson – drums 
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion 
• David Boruff – alto saxophone solo 
• Larry Williams – tenor saxophone 
• Lew McCreary – trombone 
• Gary Grant – trumpet 
• Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements 
• George Del Barrio – string arrangements and conductor 
• Gerald Vinci – concertmaster 
• Bill Hughes – string contractor 
• Ron Cooper, Ray Kelley, Earl Madison and Fred Seykora – cello 
• Catherine Gottholfer – harp 
• Rollice Dale, Pam Goldsmith, Allan Harshman and Dave Schwartz – viola 
• Murray Adler, Issy Baker, Brenton Banks, Sherrill Baptist, Tom Buffum, Ron Clark, Ron Folsom, Reg Hill, Marv Limonick, Irma Neuman and Bob Sushel – violin 
• Lynn Davis – backing vocals 
• Jeffrey Osborne – backing vocals 
• Deneice Williams – lead vocals 
• Sister Sledge – backing vocals 
• Carl Caldwell – backing vocals 
• Julius Carey – backing vocals 
• Winston Ford – backing vocals 

Production

• Executive producer – Larkin Arnold
• Producer – George Duke
• Recording and mix – Tommy Vicari
• Additional engineers – Peter Chaiken and Tom Perry
• Assistant engineers – Steve Crimmel, Kevin Eddy, Mitch Gibson, Barbara Rooney and Nick Spigel
• Mixed at Soundcastle
• Overdubbed at Le Gonks West
• Technician at Le Gonks West – Brent Avirill
• Sequencing and editing – Erik Zobler
• Mastering – Brian Gardner at Allen Zentz Mastering (San Clemente, California)
• Production assistant – Cheryl R. Brown
• Design – Lane/Donald
• Photography – Bobby Holland

Notes

Release:  1983

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Soul

Label:  CBS

Catalog#  25550

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00