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A1Stuff Like That

Alto Saxophone [Solo] – George Young (2)

Guitar – David T. Walker

Music By, Lyrics By – Eric Gale, Nickolas Ashford, Quincy Jones, Ralph MacDonald, Richard Tee, Steve Gadd, Valerie Simpson

Vocals – Chaka Khan, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson

6:15A2I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning

Lyricon [Solo] – Tom Scott

Music By, Lyrics By – Quincy Jones, Ralph MacDonald, Tom Bahler

Vocals – Luther Vandross, Patti Austin

3:34A3Love, I Never Had It So Good

Bass [Fender Bass Solo] – Anthony Jackson

Tenor Saxophone [Electric tenor Sax Solo] – Michael Brecker

Vocals – Charles May, Patti Austin

Words By, Music By – Patti Austin, Quincy Jones, Richard Tee, Tom Bahler

5:14B1Tell Me A Bedtime Story

Electric Piano – Herbie Hancock

Flute [Solo] – Hubert Laws

Music By, Lyrics By – Herbie Hancock

Violin [Jazz Violins] – Harry Lookofsky

6:45B2Love Me By Name

Guitar – Eric Gale

Keyboards – Herbie Hancock

Music By, Lyrics By – Lesley Gore

Vocals – Patti Austin

4:08B3Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)

Electric Piano [Solo] – Herbie Hancock

Flute [Solos] – Hubert Laws

Lyricon [Solo] – Tom Scott

Music By, Lyrics By – Stevie Wonder

Vocals – Patti Austin

5:25B4Takin' It To The Streets

Guitar – Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson

Music By, Lyrics By – Michael McDonald

Tenor Saxophone [Solo] – Michael Brecker

Vocals – Gwen Guthrie, Luther Vandross

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Distributed By – CBS Records
Phonographic Copyright ? – A&M Records, Inc.
Produced For – Quincy Jones Productions
Recorded At – Cherokee Studios
Recorded At – Westlake Studios
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Mastered At – A&M Studios
Published By – Yellow Brick Road Music Co.
Published By – Nick-O-Val Music
Published By – Antisia Music, Inc.
Published By – Bloody Music, Inc.
Published By – Hancock Music Company
Published By – Li'l Bits & The Witch
Published By – Kidada Music Co.
Published By – Black Bull Music, Inc.
Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Tauripin Tunes
Record Company – A&M Records, Inc.
Mixed At – Westlake Studios

Credits

Arranged By – Johnny Mandel, Leon Pendarvis, Quincy Jones, Sy Johnson, Tom Bahler
Art Direction, Design – Roland Young (3)
Bass – Anthony Jackson
Bass Trombone [New York Horn Section] – Alan Raph
Cello [L.A. String Section] – Dennis Karmazyn, Gloria Strassner
Concertmaster, Violin [L.A. String Section] – Israel Baker
Concertmistress [The New York Singers] – Patti Austin
Conductor [The New York Singers Under The Direction Of] – Tom Bahler
Drums – Steve Gadd
Engineer [Assisted By] – Cheech D'Amigo*, Niels Erik Lund, Ollie Cotton, Anthony D'Amigo*
Engineer [Engineered By], Mixed By, Recorded By, Liner Notes – Bruce Swedien
Flute [L.A. Horn Section] – Hubert Laws
French Horn [L.A. Horn Section] – Arthur Maebe*, Aubrey Bouh*, David Duke, Henry Sigismonti, Sidney Muldrow
Guitar – Eric Gale
Harp [L.A. String Section] – Gayle Levant
Illustration [Illustrations] – Brian Davis (9)
Liner Notes – Alex Haley
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Photography By [Inner-Sleeve] – Mark Hanauer
Piano, Organ, Bass [Synthesizer Keyboard] – Richard Tee
Producer [Produced By] – Quincy Jones
Programmed By – Clark Spangler
Recorded By [Sound Ideas] – Jim McCurdy
Saxophone [L.A. Horn Section] – Bill Perkins
Saxophone [New York Horn Section] – David Tofani*, George Young (2), Harold Vick, Howard Johnson (3)
Saxophone, Flute [L.A. Horn Section] – Bud Shank, Buddy Collette, Jerome Richardson
Synthesizer, Vocoder, Programmed By [L.A. Horn Section] – Michael "Lily" Boddicker*
Trombone [L.A. Horn Section] – Bill Watrous, Charles Loper, Chauncey Welsch, Donald Waldrup*, Jimmy Cleveland, Robert Payne
Trumpet [L.A. Horn Section] – Bill Lamb (2), Chuck Findley, Oscar Brashear, Snooky Young
Trumpet [New York Horn Section] – Jon Faddis, Virgil Jones
Tuba [L.A. Horn Section] – Tommy Johnson*, Roger Bobo
Viola [L.A. String Section] – David Schwartz, Leonard Selic, Myer Bello, Samuel Boghossian
Violin [L.A. String Section] – Arnold Belnick, Betty LaMagna, Carl LaMagna, Connie Kupka, Harry Bluestone, Jerome Reisler, John Wittenberg, Marvin Limonick, Nathan Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Wilbert Nuttycombe
Vocals [The New York Singers] – Frank Floyd, Gwen Guthrie, Lani Groves, Luther Vandross, Tom Bahler, Ullanda McCullough, Vivian Cherry, Bill Eaton*, Zach Sanders*

Notes

The AMLH runout strings are stamped; the rest is etched.

Track A1: Yellow Brick Road Music Co./Nick-O-Val Music (ASCAP)
Track A2: Yellow Brick Road Music Co./Antisia Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Track A3: Yellow Brick Road Music Co./Bloody Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Track B1: Hancock Music Co. (BMI)
Track B2: Li'l Bits & The Witch (ASCAP)/Kidada Music Co. (BMI)
Track B3: Black Bull Music, Inc./Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
Track B4: Tauripin Tunes (ASCAP)

Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford and Steve Gadd appear courtesy of Warner Bros. Records.
Anthony Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Eric Gale, Hubert Laws, Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Frank Floyd and Bill Watrousappear courtesy of Columbia Records
Ralph MacDonald and William Eaton appear courtesy of MarlinRecords, a division of T.K. Productions, Inc.
Patti Austin appears courtesy of CTI Records
Chaka Khan appears courtesy of ABC Records and Warner Bros. Records
Tom Scott appears courtesy of CBS Records and Ode Records (2)
Jon Faddis appears courtesy of Pablo Records
Luther Vandross appears courtesy of Cotillion Records
Michael Brecker appears courtesy of Arista Records

My very special thanks to: The staff of Q.J.P....Ed Eckstine, Beverly Giddens, Melanie Ross, Danny MacLemore...Bruce Swedien, a.k.a. "Svensk", for his love, incredible talent and most of all the "eckel on the congos"..."Lil Hums" and "Nad", i.e. Patti Austin and Tom Bahler, both of whom are artistically adept but mentally ain't gon' git it!...John Mason, Larry Fitzgerald and Mark Hartley (2)...John Mandel, a.k.a. "Mendel", welcome to the club...Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, and Chaka Khan - "It wasn't how high you could go, but exactly how low"...I love y'all...Luther Vandross, Gwen Guthrie, and Charles May, vocalists extraordinaire...The Best Rhythm Section In The Entire World: Ralph MacDonald, Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Richard Tee, Anthony Jackson...My friend Herbie Hancock...Jerome Richardson,...Tom Scott...Hubert Laws...Michael Brecker...Harry Lookofsky...Sy, "the human Xerox machine" Johnson...Leon Pendarvis...Gordon and Edna Austin who can not be held responsible for their daughter's actions...Lots Of Love To: Herbie Alpert, Jerry Moss, Gil Friesen, Harold Childs, Bob Fead , and the "Wednesday Night diner set from sales and promo"...our product damager Jeff Ayeroff...Roland Young, art direction and then some...Ken Powell, Thanks for heading them off at the pass...and my friend Alex Haley for being what most of us aspire to be.