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Musical massage Instrumental track demos ; Musical massage (1975) : Album selections

Title: Musical massage [sound recording] : Instrumental track demos ; Musical massage (1975) : Album selections / music by Leon Ware. I want you : Audition tape / music by Leon Ware and Arthur "T-Boy" Ross.
Author: Ware, Leon, 1940-
Publication: 1975.

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Found In

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson papers, 1975-1978.

Description

1 sound disc (71:58) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

Strange love.
I want to be where you are.
Journey into you.
Turn out the light.
Comfort.
Come live with me, Angel.
Instant love.
Body heat.
Share your love.
Long time no see.
I want you.
All the way around.
By loving you.
Me and my life.
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson audio recordings.

Subjects

Note

These music tracks and audition tapes are unfinished recording cuts for the 1976 albums "Musical massage" (tracks 1-14), "I want you" (tracks 15-17), and "G. C. Cameron" (track 18)
Compact disc.
Separated from the Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson papers, 1975-1978; for papers, see the Music Division, JPN 07-3.

Credits (note)

Leon Ware (tracks 1-2, 4-10, 15-18), T-Boy Ross (tracks 3, 11, 14-18) and Hal Davis (tracks 7-9, 12-13), producers ; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (tracks 3-7, 11, 13-18), David Blumberg (tracks 8-9, 12) and Leon Ware (tracks 1-2, 10, 15-18), arrangers.

Event (note)

Recorded at Motown Recording Studio, Hollywood, Calif.; tracks 1-5 on Oct. 28, 1975 ; tracks 6-14 in 1975 ; tracks 15-18 on Mar. 6, 1975.

Source (note)

Richard Gordon;

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson audio recordings.

Contents

[Tracks 1-5] "Musical massage" instrumental track demos: Strange love (take 7) (3:53) ; Strange love (take 14) (4:11) / L. Ware -- I want to be where you are (orig. part of the "I want you" recording sessions) / L. Ware and A. Ross (6:23) -- Journey into you / L. Ware and T. McFaddin (4:37) -- Turn out the light (take 16) / L. Ware, M. Ripperton and R. Rudolph (5:36)
[Tracks 6-14] "Musical massage" album selections (1975, not final version): Journey into you / L. Ware and T. McFaddin (4:12) -- Comfort (aka Come live with me Angel; orig. part of the "I want you" recording sessions) (3:43) ; Instant love (3:16) / J. Hillard and L. Ware -- Body heat / B. Fisher, L. Ware, Q. Jones and S. Richardson (4:36) -- Strange love (final version instrumental) / L. Ware (3:00) -- I want to be where you are (orig. part of the "I want you" recording sessions) / L. Ware and A. Ross (3:36) -- Share your love / A. Ross, L. Ware and P. Sawyer (3:24) -- Long time no see (1st version; orig. part of the "I want you" recording sessions) / L. Ware and P. Sawyer (3:03) -- Turn out the light / L. Ware, M. Ripperton and R. Rudolph (4:12)
[Tracks 15-18] "I want you" audition tape: I want you (1st version) (4:26) ; All the way around (1st version) (3:22) ; By loving you (2:44) / A. Ross and L. Ware -- Me and my life / A. Ross and D. Gibbs (3:28)

Call Number

*LDC 51061

OCLC

811260155

Author

Ware, Leon, 1940-

Title

Musical massage [sound recording] : Instrumental track demos ; Musical massage (1975) : Album selections / music by Leon Ware. I want you : Audition tape / music by Leon Ware and Arthur "T-Boy" Ross.

Imprint

1975.

Playing Time

011158

Credits

Leon Ware (tracks 1-2, 4-10, 15-18), T-Boy Ross (tracks 3, 11, 14-18) and Hal Davis (tracks 7-9, 12-13), producers ; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (tracks 3-7, 11, 13-18), David Blumberg (tracks 8-9, 12) and Leon Ware (tracks 1-2, 10, 15-18), arrangers.

Performer

Tracks 1-14: Leon Ware, vocals (tracks 6-9, 11-14) ; Minnie Ripperton (track 7 only) ; Felicia Griner, Jessie Smith and Merry Clayton (track 12 only), backing vocals. Tracks 15-18: T-Boy Ross, vocals ; Felicia Griner, Jessie Smith and Merry Clayton (?), backing vocals. All tracks: Jerry Peters, John Barnes and Sonny Burke, keyboards ; David T. Walker and Ray Parker, Jr., electric guitars ; Chuck Rainey, electric bass ; Eddie "Bongo" Brown, bongos ; James Gadson, drums ; Bobbye T. Hall and Gary Coleman, percussion.

Event

Recorded at Motown Recording Studio, Hollywood, Calif.; tracks 1-5 on Oct. 28, 1975 ; tracks 6-14 in 1975 ; tracks 15-18 on Mar. 6, 1975.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson audio recordings.

Local Note

Archive originals: (3 sound tape reels : analog, NAB, 1/4 track, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2720 (tracks 1-5), *LT-7-A 2721 (tracks 6-14) and *LT-7-A 2722 (tracks 15-18)

Service CD (1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archive originals.

"By loving you" (track 17) was the original version of "Soon I'll be loving again", found on the 1976 album "I want you". The 1st version "Long time no see" (track 13) was previously unreleased in the U.S. "Me and my life" (track 18) ended up on G. C. Cameron's 1976 self-named album. "Strange love" (tracks 1-2, 10) became the instrumental part of "Feel all my love inside" on the 1976 album "I want you"--CMR

Other orchestral selections (final mix, rec. live 11/4/75) of "Musical massage" are also available on *LDC 51062, tracks 6-9.

Source

Gift; Richard Gordon; *L 08-05; 2006.

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Added Author

Ware, Leon, 1940- Arranger

Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor. Arranger

Blumberg, David (Arranger) Arranger

Riperton, Minnie. Lyricist

Rudolph, Richard (Composer) Composer

McFaddin, Terri. Composer

Hillard, Jacqueline. Composer

Fisher, Bruce, 1951- Composer

Jones, Quincy, 1933- Composer

Richardson, Stan. Composer

Sawyer, Pam. Composer

Ross, T-Boy. Composer

Gibbs, Douglas. Composer

Ware, Leon, 1940- Producer

Ross, T-Boy. Producer

Davis, Hal. Producer

Ware, Leon, 1940- Performer

Riperton, Minnie. Performer

Griner, Felicia. Performer

Smith, Jessie (Singer) Performer

Clayton, Merry. Performer

Peters, Jerry. Performer

Barnes, John (Musician) Performer

Burke, Sonny, keyboardist. Performer

Parker, Ray, Jr., 1954- Performer

Walker, David T. Performer

Rainey, Chuck. Performer

Brown, Eddie. Performer

Gadson, James. Performer

Hall, Bobbye. Performer

Coleman, Gary. Performer

Ross, T-Boy. Performer

Gordon, Richard Donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Strange love.

I want to be where you are.

Journey into you.

Turn out the light.

Comfort.

Come live with me, Angel.

Instant love.

Body heat.

Share your love.

Long time no see.

I want you.

All the way around.

By loving you.

Me and my life.

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson audio recordings.

Found In:

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson papers, 1975-1978.

Research Call Number

*LDC 51061

*LT-7-A 2720--2722

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