Love Is the Message

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Annotation

Label: Philadelphia International Records - Catalog #: KZ 32707 - Format: LP

Bobby Eli, Norman Harris, Reggie Lucas, Roland Chambers, T.J. Tindall - guitar
Anthony Jackson, Ron Baker - bass
Leon Huff, Lenny Pakula, Eddie Green, Harold "Ivory" Williams - keyboards
Earl Young, Karl Chambers, Norman Farrington - drums
Larry Washington - percussion
Vincent Montana, Jr. - vibraphone
Zach Zachary, Tony Williams - saxophone
Don Renaldo and his Strings and Horns
The Three Degrees - vocals
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_the_Message_%28album%29

Annotation last modified on 2012-04-08 05:20 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1.aZack’s Fanfare
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
partial instrumental cover recording of:
I Hear Music (Dancing on a Dime)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Burton Lane
0:23
A1.bLove Is the Message
producer:
Gamble-Huff
arranger:
Bobby Martin (US soul/R&B producer/arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (in 1973)
recording of:
Love Is the Message
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Mighty Three Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
36:35
A2Cheaper to Keep Her
arranger:
Bobby Martin (US soul/R&B producer/arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
instrumental cover recording of:
Cheaper to Keep Her
lyricist and composer:
Sir Mack Rice
publisher:
Dleif Music, Inc. and Irving Music (BMI)
6:52
A3My One and Only Love
producer:
Vince Montana
arranger:
Vince Montana
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (in 1973)
instrumental cover recording of:
My One and Only Love (in 1973)
lyricist:
Robert Mellin
composer:
Robert Mellin and Guy Wood
publisher:
Colgems, Colgems-EMI Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Sherwin Music Publishing Corp., Warock Corp. and ミュージカル・ライツ・東京 (Musical Lights Tokyo)
version of:
Music from Beyond the Moon (My One and Only Love)
4:34
B1TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) (Theme from the Television Show “Soul Train”)
producer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
vocals:
Sheila Ferguson, Valerie Holiday, Fayette Pinkney and The Three Degrees
arranger:
Bobby Martin (US soul/R&B producer/arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
recording of:
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) (in 1973)
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Mighty Three Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
13:43
B2.aZack’s Fanfare
producer:
Gamble-Huff
arranger:
Zach Zachary
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (in 1973)
partial instrumental cover recording of:
I Hear Music (Dancing on a Dime) (in 1973)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Burton Lane
0:50
B2.bTouch Me in the Morning
arranger:
Bobby Martin (US soul/R&B producer/arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
instrumental cover recording of:
Touch Me in the Morning
writer:
Michael Masser and Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller)
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
6:21
B3Bitter Sweet
producer:
Jack Faith and Bruce Hawes
arranger:
Jack Faith
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
recording of:
Bitter Sweet (instrumental work)
composer:
Jack Faith and Bruce Hawes
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:26

Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by:CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1973)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/365838 [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/release/7667 [info]

Release group

included in:Philadelphia International Records: The Collection by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
The Story of Philadelphia International Records by The O’Jays, Billy Paul (American soul singer), MFSB (Mother Father Sister Brother), The Three Degrees, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Philadelphia International All Stars, Dexter Wansel & Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/114829 [info]
Wikidata:Q6690843 [info]