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1	Goodtime Ride Written-By – Laws*, Jeffrey*	5:04
2	Saturday Evening Written-By – Laws*	4:33
3	Friends And Strangers Written-By – Jeffrey*	4:46
4	Nuthin' 'Bout Nuthin' Written-By – Laws*, Laws*, Jeffrey*	5:08
5	New Day Written-By – Laws*	6:17
6	Life In Paradise Written-By – Laws*	6:59
7	Same Old Story Written-By – Laws*	4:40
8	Just Love Written-By – Dunn*, Laws*	3:23

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – EMI Music Japan Inc

Credits

• Bass – Donnie Beck* (tracks: 1 to 3, 7), Nathaniel Phillips (tracks: 4, 6)
• Cello – Nat Gershman* (tracks: 2, 3), Paul Bergstrom (tracks: 2, 3)
• Clavinet – Larry Dunn (tracks: 2, 5)
• Congas – Vance "Mad Dog" Tenort* (tracks: 4)
• Drums – Steven Gutierrez* (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7)
• Flute [Alto] – Ronnie Laws (tracks: 3, 6)
• Guitar – Donnie Beck* (tracks: 5), Melvin Robinson (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7), Roland Bautista (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6)
• Organ [Fender Rhodes] – Larry Dunn (tracks: 8)
• Percussion – Vance "Mad Dog" Tenort* (tracks: 1)
• Piano – Bobby Lyle (tracks: 1 to 7)
• Reissue Producer – Eddie Wilner
• Remastered By – Jimmy Starr
• Soprano Saxophone – Ronnie Laws (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 8)
• Synthesizer [Arp 2600] – Larry Dunn (tracks: 1 to 3, 5)
• Synthesizer [Moog] – Larry Dunn (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8)
• Synthesizer [Steiner Parker Synthi-AKS] – Larry Dunn (tracks: 8)
• Tambourine – Deborah "Punkin" Shotlow (tracks: 7)
• Tenor Saxophone – Ronnie Laws (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7)
• Viola – Barbara Simons (tracks: 2, 3), Leonard Selic (tracks: 2, 3)
• Violin – Barbara Durant (tracks: 2, 3), Carroll Stephens (tracks: 2, 3), Elliott Fisher (tracks: 2, 3), Hyman Goodman (tracks: 2, 3), Jerry Reisler* (tracks: 2, 3), Paul Shure (tracks: 2, 3), Polly Sweeney (tracks: 2, 3), Bill Nuttycombe* (tracks: 3)
• Vocals – Debra Laws (tracks: 2, 4, 6), Eloise Laws (tracks: 2, 4), Ronnie Laws (tracks: 2), Ronnie Laws (tracks: 4), Saundra "Pan" Alexander* (tracks: 2, 4, 6)

Notes

Originally Released 1977.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988006874206

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BN-LA730-H	Ronnie Laws	Friends And Strangers ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BN-LA730-H	US	1977
UAS 30079 XOT	Ronnie Laws	Friends And Strangers ‎(LP)	United Artists Records	UAS 30079 XOT	Germany	1977
GP 3122	Ronnie Laws	Friends And Strangers ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	GP 3122	Japan	1977
UA-LA730-H	Ronnie Laws	Friends And Strangers ‎(LP, Album, RE)	United Artists Records	UA-LA730-H	US	1977
BNLA-730H	Ronnie Laws	Friends And Strangers ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BNLA-730H	Canada	1977

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