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Joe Sample – Rainbow Seeker
Joe Sample - Rainbow Seeker album cover
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 1-016, ABC Records – MFSL 1-016
Series: Original Master Recording
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Released: Apr 1979
Genre: Jazz
Style: Fusion
A1 Rainbow Seeker
Guitar – Dean Parks
5:23
A2 In All My Wildest Dreams
Featuring [Lead Guitar], Guitar – David T. Walker
4:07
A3 There Are Many Stops Along The Way
Featuring [Tenor Lead] – Ernest J. Watts*
Featuring [Trumpet Lead], Soloist [Trumpet] – Robert O. Bryant*
Guitar, Soloist – Billy Rogers (2)
Rhythm Guitar – Ray Parker*
5:56
A4 Melodies Of Love
Guitar – Barry Finnerty
4:36
B1 Fly With Wings Of Love
Guitar, Soloist – Barry Finnerty
7:31
B2 As Long As It Lasts
Guitar – Billy Rogers (2)
Rhythm Guitar – Ray Parker*
4:05
B3 Islands In The Rain
Guitar – Barry Finnerty
4:15
B4 Together We'll Find A Way 6:35
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.
Recorded At – ABC Recording Studios
Recorded At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
Lacquer Cut At – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Manufactured By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Distributed By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Licensed From – ABC Records, Inc.
Published By – Four Knights Music
Art Direction – Frank Mulvey
Bass – Robert 'Pops' Popwell*
Design – Philip Chiang
Drums, Percussion – 'Stix' Hooper*
Engineer [Assistant Engineer, ABC Studios] – Leslie Jones*
Engineer, Mixed By – Rik Pekkonen
Keyboards – Joe Sample
Lacquer Cut By – Stan Ricker
Orchestrated By [Strings] – Joe Sample
Percussion – Paulinho DaCosta*
Photography – Norman Seeff
Producer – Stix Hooper*, Joe Sample, Wilton Felder
Saxophone – Fred Jackson*
Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute – Ernest J. Watts*, William Green
Strings – Sid Sharp* (tracks:)
Trombone – Garnett Brown
Trumpet – Jay Daversa*, Robert O. Bryant*, Steven Madaio*
Written-By – Joe Sample
Pressed in Japan
Manufactured and distributed by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab under license from ABC Records, Inc.
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.................. Track Listing ....................
1. Rainbow Seeker ....................
2. In All My Wildest Dreams ....................
3. There Are Many Stops Along the Way ....................
4. Melodies of Love ....................
5. Fly With Wings of Love ....................
6. As Long as It Lasts ....................
7. Islands in the Rain ....................
8. Together We'll Find a Way ....................
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....................... Album Notes: ......................
Personnel: Joe Sample (keyboards); David T. Walker, Dean Parks, Ray Parker, Jr., Barry Finnerty, Billy Rogers, Marlo Henderson (guitar); Sid Sharp (strings); William Green (flute, wind); Ernie Watts (saxophone, wind); Freddy Johnson , Fred Jackson, Jr. (saxophone); Robert Bryant, Steve Madaio, Bobby Bryant , Jay DaVersa (trumpet); Garnett Brown (trombone); Stix Hooper (drums, percussion); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion).Back in 1978 when this set was recorded, fusion (the mixture of jazz improvisation with rock rhythms) was declining. Keyboardist Joe Sample, best-known for his work with the Crusaders, was in the process of being one of the founders of "contemporary jazz," an idiom that has since solidified into smooth jazz. Sample emphasized catchy melodies, light funk rhythms, appealing chord changes and a pop sensibility. For this accessible release, Sample is joined by the late legendary guitarist Billy Rogers, bassist Pops Popwell, his old Crusaders drummer Stix Hooper, a horn section and several guest guitarists. All eight tunes (which include "Fly with the Wings of Love" and "Islands in the Rain") are by the leader, who is heard throughout in melodic form, setting up a variety of light grooves that serve as superior background music. ~ Scott Yanow ....................
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