L.A. Boppers - L.A. Boppers
  • Author: L.A. Boppers
  • Album: L.A. Boppers
  • Size: 1663 mb
  • Genre: Hip hop
  • Format: flac, wma, mp3 archive
  • Label: Island Records ‎– UICY-91326
    Series: Surfer Soul Around 1980 –
    Type: CD, Album, Remastered, Limited Edition
    Country: Japan
    Date of released: 2009
    Category: Funk / Soul
    Style: Bop, Jazz-Funk, Soul, Funk
L.A. Boppers - L.A. Boppers

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Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Is This The Best (Bop-Doo-Wah)
Backing Vocals – Augie Johnson, Ed Reddick, Kenny Styles, Vance TenortDrums – Gerry DavisHandclaps – Augie Johnson, Cassandra Beacham, Michael Evans, Miki Howard, Vance TenortLead Vocals – Vance TenortSoloist, Saxophone – Scott Martin Written-By – Vance Tenort
3:47
2 You Did It Good
Backing Vocals – Ed Reddick, Kenny Styles, Vance TenortDrums – Gerry DavisLead Vocals – Vance TenortPercussion, Cabasa [Casaba], Temple Block [Tempo Block] – Vance TenortSynthesizer [Prophet 5] – Michael StantonWritten-By – Vance Tenort
4:30
3 I Can't Stay
Backing Vocals – Alex Brown, Jim Gilstrap, Miki HowardDrums – Gerry DavisLead Vocals – Kenny StylesPercussion, Bongos, Congas [Congos] – Vance TenortPiano [Acoustic] – Michael StantonSoloist, Flugelhorn – Stan MartinWritten-By – Kenny Styles
4:28
4 Life Is What You Make Of It
Backing Vocals – Ed Reddick, Kenny Styles, Miki Howard, Vance TenortDrums – Gerry DavisLead Vocals – Ed ReddickTambourine – Vance TenortWritten-By – Augie Johnson
3:47
5 Saturday
Guitar – Vance TenortHarpsichord – Bobby LyleLead Vocals – Vance TenortWritten-By – Faye Chavis, Vance Tenort
3:05
6 Funk It Out
Backing Vocals – Augie Johnson, Ed Reddick, Louie Patton, Vance TenortDrums – Gerry DavisSynthesizer [Arp Quadra] – Dean GantVoice [Talk] – Augie Johnson, Miki HowardWritten-By – Augie Johnson, Wayne Henderson
5:48
7 Be-Bop Dancin'
Backing Vocals – Ed Reddick, Kenny Styles, Vance TenortDrums – Gerry DavisLead Vocals – Vance TenortPercussion, Congas [Congos] – Vance TenortWritten-By – Ed Reddick
3:46
8 Are We Wrong
Drums – Gerry DavisLead Vocals – Ed Reddick, Miki HowardPiano [Acoustic] – Bobby LyleWritten-By – Ed Reddick
5:50
9 Watching Life
Backing Vocals – Augie Johnson, Ed Reddick, Kenny Styles, Miki Howard, Vance TenortDrums – Gerry DavisPercussion, Tambourine, Triangle – Vance TenortSounds [Birds] – Ed ReddickSynthesizer [Prophet 5] – Michael StantonWritten-By – Augie Johnson
5:34

Companies, etc.

  • Distributed By – Universal Music LLC
  • Marketed By – Universal Music LLC

Credits

  • Arranged By [Horns] – Augie Johnson
  • Arranged By [Strings] – Jorge Del Barrio*
  • Arranged By [Vocals And Music] – Augie Johnson, The Boppers*
  • Art Direction – Art Sims
  • Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Bob "The Professor" Greves*
  • Bass – Ed "Funky Thumbs" Reddick*
  • Cello – Anna Daram*, Armand Kaproff, Douglas Davis, Selene Hurford
  • Engineer [Mixing] – Augie Johnson, Mike Evans*
  • Engineer [Second] – Bob Winard, Gerry Brown*, Rudy Taylor
  • Executive-Producer – Forest Hamilton, Wayne Henderson
  • Guitar – Kenny Styles
  • Harp – Dorothy Remsen
  • Keyboards – Michael Stanton
  • Management [Direction] – Forest Hamilton
  • Photography By – Elliot Gilbert
  • Producer – Augie Johnson
  • Recorded By, Engineer – Michael Evans
  • Saxophone – Chuck Brooke
  • Trombone – John Ervin
  • Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Stan Martin, Steve Madaio
  • Violin – Barbara Durant, Bonnie Douglas, Carroll Stephens, Endre Granat, Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Janet Lakatos, Nathan Kaproff, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Stanley Plummer
  • Woodwind [Other Woodwinds] – Bob Greaves

Notes

℗&©1980 Mercury Records
Marketed and distriburted by Universal Music LLC, Japan
Japanese-only limited edition CD, digitally remastered with superior sound quality.

Recorded at Total Experience Recording Studios and Kendun Recorders
Strings recorded at Ocean Way Recording Studios
Art Direction at Eleven Twenty-Four Design
Produced for Dog House Productions, a division of At Home Productions

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 4988005 545237

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SRM-1-3816, 9110.147 L.A. Boppers L.A. Boppers ‎(LP, Album) Mercury, Mercury SRM-1-3816, 9110.147 US 1980
SRM-1-3816, 9110.147 L.A. Boppers L.A. Boppers ‎(LP, Album) Mercury, Mercury SRM-1-3816, 9110.147 US 1980
6337 112 L.A. Boppers L.A. Boppers ‎(LP, Album) Mercury 6337 112 Netherlands 1980
SRM-1-3816, 9110.147 L.A. Boppers L.A. Boppers ‎(LP, Album) Mercury, Mercury SRM-1-3816, 9110.147 US 1980
SRM-1-3816, 9110.147 L.A. Boppers L.A. Boppers ‎(LP, Album) Mercury, Mercury SRM-1-3816, 9110.147 US 1980


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