tracks 9 to 16 alto saxophone Claude Bartee Jr. tracks 1 to 8 arranged by Aquarian Dream tracks 1 to 8 arranged by McKinley Jackson tracks 9 to 16 arranged by [strings], arranged by [flute] Eric Butler tracks 9 to 16 arranged by [strings], arranged by [flute] Michael Goldberg tracks 1 to 8 backing vocals Julia Tillman Waters tracks 1 to 8 backing vocals Luther Waters tracks 1 to 8 backing vocals Maxine Willard Waters tracks 1 to 8 backing vocals Oren Waters tracks 4 backing vocals [additional background vocals] Debra Laws tracks 4 backing vocals [additional background vocals] Eloise Laws tracks 1 to 8 bass Eddie N. Watkins Jr. bass Ernie Adams design [2014] Roger Williams tracks 1 to 8 drums James Gadson drums James Morrison tracks 9 to 16 drums [suyndrums], congas, bongos Dave Worthy tracks 9 to 16 electric piano [fender rhodes], piano, clavinet, synthesizer [arp], vocals Winston Daley tracks 1 to 8 electric piano [fender rhodes], synthesizer [micro moog, poly moog], vocals, piano Jacques Burvick tracks 9 to 16 engineer Baker Bigsby tracks 1, 3 to 8 engineer Barney Perkins tracks 2 engineer Dave Wittman tracks 9 to 16 engineer Edison Youngblood tracks 9 to 16 engineer Gerry Gabinelli tracks 9 to 16 engineer Tom Roberts tracks 4 to 8 engineer [re-mix assistant] Bob Bullock tracks 1 to 3 engineer [re-mix assistant] Jimmy Simpson executive-producer Don Mizell tracks 1 to 8 guitar Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson tracks 1 to 8 guitar Ray Parker Jr. tracks 1 to 8 guitar, vocals, percussion Claude Bartee III tracks 1 to 8 horns Garnet Brown & The L.A. Horns tracks 1 to 8 keyboards Winston Daley tracks 2 keyboards, synthesizer [moog], vocals John F. Adams tracks 9 to 16 lead guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals Pete Bartee tracks 2, 9 to 16 lead vocals Patricia Shannon tracks 9 to 16 lead vocals, backing vocals Connie Harvey liner notes [2014] Ralph Tee tracks 1 to 8 mastered by John Golden tracks 9 to 16 mastered by Terry Dunavan tracks 1 to 8 mixed by Barney Perkins percussion, vocals Dave Worthy tracks 2 producer Aquarian Dream tracks 2 producer Don Mizell tracks 2 producer Elzy White tracks 1, 3 to 8 producer Norman Connors tracks 9 to 16 producer, arranged by, conductor Jeff Lane tracks 1 to 8 soprano saxophone Gary Bartz tracks 2 strings William Henderson tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals Claude Bartee Jr. tracks 2 trombone Robert Grievell tracks 2 trumpet Charles Miller tracks 1 to 8 trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals Albert Jones Jr. tracks 2 violin, cello Alfredo De La Fé tracks 2 vocals Charles Baker Fowlkes tracks 9 to 16 vocals Ernie Adams tracks 1 to 8 vocals Gloria Jones tracks 9 to 16 vocals James Morrison tracks 1 to 8 vocals Marcella Allen vocals Patricia Shannon tracks 1 to 8 vocals Sylvia Striplin Phonographic Copyright (p) WEA International Inc. Published By Chrysalis Music Ltd. Published By Copyright Control Published By Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Manufactured By Expansion Records Marketed By Expansion Records Distributed By Essential Music & Marketing Recorded At ABC Recording Studios Recorded At The Burbank Studios Recorded At Electric Lady Studios Recorded At Soundworks, New York Recorded At Music Farm Studios, New York Recorded At Sound Ideas Studios Mixed At ABC Recording Studios Mixed At The Burbank Studios Mixed At Soundworks, New York Mixed At Music Farm Studios, New York Remixed At Kendun Recorders Remixed At Sound Ideas Studios Mastered At Kendun Recorders Mastered At Elektra Sound Recorders Tracks 1 to 8 originally released as LP Fantasy in 1978 [Elektra 6E 152]. Tracks 9 to 16 originally released as LP Chance To Dance in 1979 [Elektra 6E 205].
Tracks 1 to 8 recorded and mixed at ABC Dunhill Studio, Los Angeles, CA. Horns and strings recorded and mixed at Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA. Track 2 recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, and mixed at Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA. Mastered and remixed at Kendun Studios, Burbank, CA.
Tracks 9 to 16 recorded and mixed at Soundworks And Music Farm Studios, New York City. Recorded at Kendun Studios, Burbank, CA. Recorded and re-mixed at Sound Ideas Studios, New York City. Mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks published : 1 & 5 Chrysalis Music Ltd. 2 and 9 to 16 Copyright Control 3, 4 and 6 to 8 Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Tracks 1-8 ℗ 1977 WEA International Inc; Track 9-16 ℗ 1978 WEA International Inc, all tracks licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. Manufactured and Marketed by Expansion Records Distributed in the UK by Essential Music & Marketing Made in England Barcode: 5019421603726 Mastering SID Code: IFPI LT23 Mould SID Code: IFPI 7321 Matrix / Runout: PAS EXP2CD37 Rights Society: MCPS