🎵 AotW Jeffrey Osborne - DON'T STOP (SP-5017)

[LPJim]

Jeffrey Osborne
DON'T STOP
A&M SP-5017

A1 Don't StopBacking Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne, Syreeta Wright*Bass – Louis JohnsonDrums – Steve FerroneGuitar – Michael SembelloLead Vocals – Jeffrey OsborneSynthesizer [Dx 7, Jupiter 8] – Daniel Sembello*Synthesizer [Poly Moog, Prophet Moog] – George DukeWritten-By – Daniel Sembello*, David Batteau 4:08
A2 Let Me KnowArranged By [Strings] – George Del BarrioBacking Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne, Portia GriffinBass – Fred Washington*Drums – Steve FerroneGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Lead Vocals – Jeffrey OsbornePercussion – Paulinho DaCosta*Soloist, Piano [Acoustic], Synthesizer [Memory Moog, Yamaha Pf 10] – George DukeWritten-By – Geoffrey Leib, Jeffrey Osborne 5:25
A3 The BorderlinesGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*Synthesizer [Dx7, Fairlight, Jupiter 8] – Raymond JonesSynthesizer [Emulator, Shout] – George Duke, Jeffrey OsborneSynthesizer [Programming] – Gary ChangVocals – Jeffrey OsborneWritten-By – Raymond Jones 5:27
A4 The PowerBacking Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne, Lynn DavisDrum Machine [Programming] – Jeffrey OsborneGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Lead Vocals – Jeffrey OsbornePercussion – Paulinho DaCosta*Programmed By [Synthesizer], Effects – Derek NakamotoSynthesizer [Dx 7, Juno] – Don FreemanWritten-By – Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne, Warren Giancater* 4:50
B1 Is It RightBacking Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne, Tremaine Hawkins*Bass – Fred Washington*Drum Machine [Programming], Synthesizer [Dx 7, Jupiter 8, Mini Moog], Electric Piano [Rhodes] – David "Hawk" WolinskiGuitar – Charles FearingLead Vocals – Jeffrey OsborneSynthesizer [Prophet V] – George DukeWritten-By – David "Hawk" Wolinski, Jeffrey Osborne 4:36
B2 You Can't Be SeriousBacking Vocals – Lynn DavisBacking Vocals, Lead Vocals – Jeffrey OsborneBass – Fred Washington*Cowbell – Paulinho DaCosta*Drum Machine [Programming], Synthesizer [Dx 7, Fairlight] – Don FreemanGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Programmed By [Synthesizer, Fairlight], Effects [Sound Effects] – Derek NakamotoSynthesizer [Moog Bass], Soloist, Synthesizer [Prophet V] – George DukeTambourine – Paulinho DaCosta*Written-By – Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne 4:46
B3 Crazy 'Bout ChaArranged By [Strings] – George Del BarrioBacking Vocals – Portia GriffinBacking Vocals, Lead Vocals – Jeffrey OsborneBass – Fred Washington*Drums – Steve FerroneGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Synthesizer [Dx 7, Memory Moog, Prophet V], Electric Piano [Rhodes] – George DukeWritten-By – Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne 3:26
B4 Hot CoalsBass – Louis JohnsonDrum Machine [Programming], Synthesizer [Dx 7, Jp 8, Ppg] – Don FreemanGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Lead Vocals – Jeffrey OsbornePercussion – Paulinho DaCosta*Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Gary ChangWritten-By – Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne 3:52
B5 Live For TodayBass – Abraham Laboriel, Louis JohnsonChoir [Choir Of Life] – Debra Laws, Howard Hewett, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, Joyce Kennedy, Kenny Loggins, Lynn Davis, Pat Benatar, Tremaine Hawkins*Drum Machine [Programming] – Don Freeman, Jeffrey OsborneGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Hihat – Steve FerroneLead Vocals – Jeffrey OsbornePercussion – Paulinho DaCosta*Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Don FreemanSynthesizer [Fairlight] – John BarnesWritten-By – David Batteau, Jeffrey Osborne 4:23

• Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Produced For – George Duke Enterprises

• Art Direction – Chuck Beeson
• Cello – Earl Madison, Fred Seykora*, Ray Kelley, Ron Cooper
• Design – Chuck Beeson, John Heiden
• Engineer [Assistant] – Bino Espinoza, Danny Kopelson, Dave Luke*, Erik Zobler, Frank Dookun, Mark Ettel, Mitch Gibson, Nick Spigel, Ray Blair, Sharon Rice (2), Steve Evans (20)
• Engineer [Recording, Remix] – Tommy Vicari
• Harp – Catherine Gotthoffer
• Management – Jack Nelson & Associates
• Mastered By – Brian Gardner
• Other [Stylist] – Cecille Parker
• Photography By – Matthew Rolston
• Producer – George Duke
• Producer [Assistant] – Constance De Guzman
• Viola – Allan Harshman, Dave Schwartz, Pam Goldsmith*, Rollice Dale
• Violin – Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Dave Frisina*, Henry Ferber, Irma Neumann, Jimmy Getzoff*, Joy Lyle, Karen Jones (2), Reg Hill*, Ron Folsom*, Sid Sharp*, Stan Plummer*

Produced for George Duke Enterprises
Recorded at Le Gonks West, Ocean Way, The Complex, Fantasy Studios "C", Fool On The Hill Studio, Soundcastle
Mastered at Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering

Entered the Billboard Top 200 on October 20, 1984
Peaked at # 39 and charted for 37 weeks
Released as CD 5017

JB

 

[jfiedler17]

Definitely a sentimental favorite of mine. I can remember getting this record as a kid out of the dollar bins at Camelot. I wasn't terribly familiar with his music at the time, but I knew "You Should Be Mine" and "On the Wings of Love" and really enjoyed them both, so I thought I'd give this album a try and have held on to it to this day. Very underrated album. "The Borderlines" managed to cross over to the Top 40, but it's actually one of my least favorite songs on here. I'm actually more fond myself of the title cut and "Live for Today" (two of the best songs David Batteau's ever written) and the ballad "Let Me Know," which might be my favorite song in all of Osborne's solo catalog and really deserved to be a major crossover hit but didn't make the Hot 100 at all for some reason. "You Can't Be Serious" is admittedly a little goofy - it's apparently about a UFO encounter - but is a really fun little filler cut that I always enjoyed singing along to as a kid. (The pre-chorus in that song is pretty addictive.) Definitely a must-own album for any Osborne fan.