Free: The Columbia/ARC Recordings 1976-1988

~ Release by Deniece Williams (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: This Is Niecy / Song Bird
2▶CD: That’s What Friends Are For (Expanded Edition)
3▼CD: When Love Comes Calling / My Melody
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1I Found Love
engineer and mixer:
Humberto Gatica
producer:
Ray Parker Jr.
bass guitar:
David Shields (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
guitar:
Charles Fearing and Ray Parker Jr.
keyboard:
Larry Farrow (American composer) and Sylvester Rivers (Soul / funk keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer)
percussion:
Ollie E. Brown (US drummer, session musician & record producer)
vibraphone [vibes]:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
background vocals:
Dyanne Chandler (US background vocalist), Maxine Willard Waters, Ray Parker Jr. and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
lead vocals:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
brass [horns] arranger and strings arranger:
Gene Page (conductor, composer, arranger and record producer)
arranger:
Sylvester Rivers (Soul / funk keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (in 1979)
recording of:
I Found Love
writer:
Fritz Baskett (singer-songwriter), Randy Nichols and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation, Kee‐Drick Music, Manely Music, Randymusic Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:38
2Are You Thinking?
engineer and mixer:
Humberto Gatica
co-producer:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
bass guitar:
Michael Porcaro
drums (drum set):
Ed Greene (drummer)
guitar:
Steve Lukather (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger) and Ray Parker Jr.
keyboard:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
background vocals:
Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
lead vocals:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
arranger:
Sylvester Rivers (Soul / funk keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (in 1979)
recording of:
Are You Thinking?
writer:
Raina Taylor and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation, Fixit Music, Kee‐Drick Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:16
3My Prayer
engineer and mixer:
Humberto Gatica
co-producer:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
vocals:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (in 1979)
recording of:
My Prayer
lyricist and composer:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation, Kee‐Drick Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
0:24
4I’ve Got the Next Dance
engineer and mixer:
Humberto Gatica
co-producer:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
bass guitar:
Michael Porcaro
drums (drum set):
Ed Greene (drummer)
guitar:
Steve Lukather (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger) and Ray Parker Jr.
keyboard:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
solo saxophone:
Gary Herbig
background vocals:
Bill Champlin and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
lead vocals:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
arranger:
Greg Mathieson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (in 1979)
recording of:
I’ve Got the Next Dance
lyricist:
Cheyenne Fowler (Native American female vocalist) and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
composer:
Cheyenne Fowler (Native American female vocalist) and Keg Johnson (soul/funk producer)
publisher:
Cheyenne Publishing, Embassy Music Corporation, Kee‐Drick Music, Motor Music Company (US work publisher), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), National League Music, Inc., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
5:54
5Touch Me Again
engineer and mixer:
Humberto Gatica
co-producer:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
piano:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
lead vocals:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
conductor:
Jeremy Lubbock
arranger:
Jeremy Lubbock
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (in 1979)
recording of:
Touch Me Again
writer:
Tennyson Stephens and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation, Ivory Tusk Music Publishing, Kee‐Drick Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
5:11
6When Love Comes Calling
engineer and mixer:
Humberto Gatica
co-producer:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
bass guitar:
David Hungate
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
guitar:
Steve Lukather (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger) and Ray Parker Jr.
keyboard:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
background vocals:
Bill Champlin and David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
lead vocals:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
brass [horns] arranger:
Jerry Hey
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (in 1979)
recording of:
When Love Comes Calling
writer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer), Carole Pinckes and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation, Foster Frees Music Inc., Irving Music (BMI), Kee‐Drick Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:28
7God Knows
engineer and mixer:
Humberto Gatica
co-producer:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
bass guitar:
David Hungate
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
guitar:
Richard Feldman and Steve Lukather (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger)
keyboard:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
background vocals:
Bill Champlin and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
lead vocals:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
brass [horns] arranger:
Jerry Hey
strings arranger:
Bill Myers (pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (in 1979)
cover recording of:
God Knows
writer:
Franne Golde, Peter Noone (UK singer/songwriter member of Herman's Hermits) and Allee Willis
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Irving Music (BMI), Peter Noone Music, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4:11
8Like Magic
engineer:
Ron Malo
co-producer:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
producer:
Ray Parker Jr.
mixer:
Humberto Gatica
bass guitar:
Scott Edwards (bassist)
bongos:
Eddie “Bongo” Brown
drums (drum set):
Ed Greene (drummer)
guitar:
Ray Parker Jr. and Wah Wah Watson
keyboard:
Greg Phillinganes
percussion:
Ollie E. Brown (US drummer, session musician & record producer)
solo saxophone:
Don Myrick
tambourine:
Jack Ashford (American Label owner, producer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger)
background vocals:
Sidney Barnes and Larry Jacobs
lead vocals:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
brass [horns] arranger and strings arranger:
Gene Page (conductor, composer, arranger and record producer)
arranger:
Sylvester Rivers (Soul / funk keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (in 1979)
recording of:
Like Magic
writer:
Geary Lanier and Robert Wright (disco/funk producer)
publisher:
Charleville Music and Patmos Music
3:33
9Turn Around
engineer and mixer:
Humberto Gatica
co-producer:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
producer:
Ray Parker Jr.
bass guitar:
David Shields (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
guitar:
Charles Fearing and Ray Parker Jr.
keyboard:
Greg Phillinganes
percussion:
Ollie E. Brown (US drummer, session musician & record producer)
vibraphone [vibes]:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
background vocals:
Dyanne Chandler (US background vocalist), Maxine Willard Waters and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
lead vocals:
Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
brass [horns] arranger and strings arranger:
Gene Page (conductor, composer, arranger and record producer)
arranger:
Sylvester Rivers (Soul / funk keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (in 1979)
recording of:
Turn Around
writer:
Randy Nichols and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation, Kee‐Drick Music, Randymusic Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:49
10Why Can’t We Fall in Love?
recording of:
Why Can’t We Fall in Love?
writer:
Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Begonia Melodies Inc., Embassy Music Corporation, Foster Frees Music Inc., Irving Music (BMI), Kee‐Drick Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:46
11My Melody
4:09
12It’s Your Conscience
producer:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer) and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
conductor:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer)
arranger:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1981)
produced for:
Bellboy Productions (production company)
recording of:
It’s Your Conscience
lyricist and composer:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer) and June Denice Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Bell Boy Music (in 1981) and Kee‐Drick Music (in 1981)
4:51
13Silly
recording of:
Silly
writer:
Fritz Baskett (singer-songwriter), Clarence McDonald and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Blackeye Music, Embassy Music Corporation and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
5:54
14Strangers
6:25
15What Two Can Do
3:53
16You’re All That Matters
5:16
17Suspicious
4:13
18Sweet Surrender
producer:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer) and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
conductor:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer)
arranger:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Recording Company (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1981)
produced for:
Bellboy Productions (production company)
recording of:
Sweet Surrender
lyricist and composer:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer) and June Denice Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
publisher:
Bell Boy Music (in 1981) and Kee‐Drick Music (in 1981)
4:16
4▶CD: Niecy / I’m So Proud
5▶CD: Let’s Hear It for the Boy / Hot on the Trail
6▶CD: Water Under the Bridge
7▶CD: As Good as It Gets
8▶CD: Bonus Tracks