Original Album Series, Vol. 2

Tracklist

• CD 1: In Flight
• 1
  Nature Boy
  6:03
  4.0 ★
• 2
  The Wind and I
  5:08
• 3
  The World Is a Ghetto
  9:48
• 4
  Gonna Love You More
  4:39
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Valdez in the Country
  4:30
• 6
  Everything Must Change
  8:09
• CD 2: Livin' Inside Your Love
• 1
  Livin’ Inside Your Love
  6:39
• 2
  Hey Girl
  4:33
• 3
  Nassau Day
  6:12
• 4
  Soulful Strut
  5:40
• 5
  Prelude to Fall
  6:32
• 6
  A Change Is Gonna Come
  3:45
• 7
  Love Ballad
  5:18
  4.0 ★
• 8
  You’re Never Too Far From Me
  6:46
• 9
  Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing
  4:27
• 10
  Welcome Into My World
  4:11
• 11
  Before You Go
  6:30
• 12
  Unchained Melody
  6:32
• CD 3: In Your Eyes
• 1
  Feel Like Making Love
  4:23
• 2
  Inside Love (So Personal)
  5:15
• 3
  Lady Love Me (One More Time)
  4:01
• 4
  Love Will Come Again
  5:44
• 5
  In Your Eyes
  3:20
• 6
  Never Too Far to Fall
  4:05
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Being With You
  3:53
• 8
  Use Me
  4:23
• 9
  Late at Night
  3:36
• 10
  In Search of a Dream
  4:58
• CD 4: 20/20
• 1
  No One Emotion
  3:58
• 2
  Please Don’t Walk Away
  3:51
• 3
  I Just Wanna Hang Around You
  4:41
• 4
  Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You
  4:04
• 5
  Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
  4:12
• 6
  20/20
  4:09
• 7
  New Day
  4:28
• 8
  Hold Me
  4:05
• 9
  Stand Up
  5:08
• 10
  You Are the Love of My Life
  2:49
• CD 5: Twice the Love
• 1
  Twice the Love
  4:32
• 2
  Starting All Over
  4:29
• 3
  Good Habit
  5:45
• 4
  Everybody Does It
  4:31
• 5
  Living on Borrowed Love
  3:55
• 6
  Let's Do It Again
  4:54
• 7
  Stephanie
  3:50
• 8
  Tender Love
  4:25
• 9
  You're Still My Baby
  5:43
• 10
  Until You Believe
  4:10
• 11
  Let Go
  3:35

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Release credits

• Abraham Laboriel
  bass [2]
• Al Schmitt
  mix [2.1-12, 1.1-6], recording [2.1-12, 1.1-6]
• Alan Raph
  trombone [1, 3, 6, 10]
• Alex Brown
  background vocals [1]
• Alfred Brown
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Andy Bloch
  guitar [6]
• Angel Rogers
  background vocals [1]
• Anthony Jackson
  bass guitar [3.7, 4.7]
• Arif Mardin
  arranger [4], brass [10], producer [1, 3-10], strings [7, 9], synthesizer [8]
• Audrey Wheeler
  background vocals [6]
• B.J. Nelson
  background vocals [2]
• Babi Floyd
  background vocals [3]
• Barnaby Finch
  Rhodes piano [9], synthesizer [9]
• Barry Eastmond
  conductor [7-8, 10], strings [7-8, 10]
• Bashiri Johnson
  percussion [3.2, 5.7-8, 5.10]
• Benny Powell
  trombone [5]
• Bill Champlin
  background vocals [2], membranophone [2]
• Bill Dooley
  additional [1-10]
• Bill Schnee
  mix [4, 10]
• Bobby Caldwell
  arranger [2]
• Bobby Eldridge
  baritone saxophone [5]
• Bobby Warner
  additional [1-10]
• Brenda White‐King
  background vocals [2]
• Bryan Lee Janszen
  electronic drum set [3, 8]
• Carlos Vega
  drums (drum set) [4.4, 3.4, 3.7-8]
• Cecil Womack
  background vocals [7]
• Chaka Khan
  background vocals [4]
• Charles Williams
  alto saxophone [5]
• Cindy Mizelle
  background vocals [5]
• Claude Gaudette
  arranger [3-4], keyboard [3-4]
• Claus Ogerman
  arranger [2-4, 6, 8-12], conductor [2.2-4, 2.6, 2.8-12, 1.1-6], orchestrator [1-6]
• Clif Magness
  drum machine [1]
• Cliff Dawson
  background vocals [1]
• Clifford Carter
  additional [8], drum machine [7], keyboard [7], synthesizer [5, 8]
• Crusher Bennett
  finger cymbals [7]
• Curtis King
  background vocals [7]
• Dann Huff
  guitar [4]
• Danny Caccavo
  additional [1-10]
• Danny Sembello
  bass synthesizer [3], co [8], drum machine [8], synthesizer [8]
• Darryl Phinnessee
  background vocals [10]
• Dave Grusin
  nose flute [9], synthesizer [9]
• Dave Taylor
  trombone [5]
• Dave Weckl
  additional [1, 6], cymbal [6], drums (drum set) [1]
• David Cochrane
  background vocals [10]
• David Paich
  arranger [3], brass [3], keyboard [3], synthesizer [3]
• David Sanborn
  alto saxophone [6]
• David Spinozza
  guitar [1-10]
• David Williams
  guitar [9]
• Dean Parks
  guitar [2]
• Deborah Thomas
  background vocals [4, 10]
• Dennis Lambert
  background vocals [3]
• Dennis Matkosky
  arranger [2], membranophone [2]
• Diane Garisto
  background vocals [8]
• Diva Gray
  background vocals [8]
• Don Henderson
  assistant [1-6]
• Earl Gardner
  trumpet [5]
• Earl Klugh
  classical guitar [1], solo [1]
• Earl May
  bass guitar [5]
• Emanuel Vardi
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Endre Granat
  concertmaster [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Ethel Beatty
  background vocals [7-8, 10]
• Felix Vega
  trumpet [5]
• Frank Foster
  brass [5], conductor [5]
• Frank Wess
  alto saxophone [5]
• Frankie Blue
  background vocals [1]
• Franne Golde
  background vocals [3]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [5]
• Frederick Buldrini
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Frederick Zlotkin
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Gary Grant
  trumpet [1]
• Gary Herbig
  saxophone [1]
• Gary Skardina
  recording [3]
• Gene Orloff
  concertmaster [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Gene Page
  arranger [10], strings [10]
• Genobia Jeter
  background vocals [6]
• George Benson
  background vocals [4, 6], guitar [3.1-2, 3.4, 3.6-8, 3.10, 4.2, 4.4-9, 2.1-12, 5.1, 5.3-6, 5.8-9, 1.1-6], lead vocals [4.1, 4.3-5, 4.7-8, 3.1-10], other vocals [9], solo [4.4-5, 3.1-2, 3.4, 3.6-8, 3.10], vocal [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 5.1-11, 4.6, 4.10, 2.1]
• George Coleman
  tenor saxophone [5]
• George Young
  flute [7]
• Gerald Tarack
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Gordon Grody
  background vocals [1]
• Greg Phillinganes
  Rhodes piano [2], additional [3], synthesizer [3]
• Gus Falcon
  arranger [10], guitar [10]
• Guy Lumia
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Hamish Stuart
  background vocals [3-4, 6]
• Harold Kohon
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Harry Lookofsky
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Harvey Mason
  drums (drum set) [1-6]
• Ira Seigel
  guitar [7, 10]
• Ira Siegel
  guitar [2]
• James Newton Howard
  arranger [3], keyboard [3], piano [2], strings [3.3, 4.2], synthesizer [4.2, 4.5, 3.3]
• James “J.T.” Taylor
  background vocals [6]
• Jason Scheff
  background vocals [2]
• Jay Graydon
  membranophone [2]
• Jay Messina
  additional [1-10]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Jeremy Smith
  mix [1-10], recording [1-10]
• Jerry Hey
  brass [4.1, 3.3], flugelhorn [3], trumpet [1]
• Jimmy Heath
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Joe Malin
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Joe Mardin
  synthesizer [1-6, 8-10]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [5]
• Joe Sample
  piano [5]
• John Agallo
  additional [1-10]
• John “JR” Robinson
  drums (drum set) [5, 9]
• Jon Faddis
  trumpet [4.5, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.10]
• Jonathan Abramowitz
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Jorge Dalto
  Rhodes piano [1, 11], Wurlitzer electric piano [1], clavinet [2.1, 1.1-3], electric piano [10], keyboard [2-12], piano [2.1, 2.9, 1.1-6, 3.1], solo [9, 11]
• Julien Barber
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Kashif
  arranger [2], background vocals [2], bass synthesizer [2], drums (drum set) [2], finger snaps [2], keyboard [2], producer [2], synclavier [2], synthesizer [2], vocal arranger [2]
• Kevin Dean
  additional [5], keyboard [5]
• Kim Hutchcroft
  saxophone [1]
• Lani Groves
  background vocals [3.8, 4.1]
• Lee Holdridge
  strings [5]
• Lenny Castro
  percussion [3.3, 5.3-4]
• Leslie Ming
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Lew Del Gatto
  baritone saxophone [1, 3, 6, 10]
• Lew Soloff
  trumpet [5]
• Lillo Thomas
  background vocals [2]
• Linda Womack
  background vocals [7]
• Marcus Miller
  bass [6], bass guitar [3.10, 4.2]
• Marilyn Wright
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Mark Stevens
  background vocals [1-10]
• Marty Paich
  strings [3]
• Michael Brecker
  tenor saxophone [1, 3, 6, 10]
• Michael Masser
  arranger [10], producer [4, 10]
• Michael O’Reilly
  assistant [1-10], mix [1-10], recording [2]
• Michael Sembello
  background vocals [3, 8], co [8], drum machine [3, 8], guitar [1, 8], solo [1, 8]
• Mike Baird
  membranophone [3-4]
• Mike Mainieri
  arranger [5, 7], conductor [1, 5, 7], orchestrator [1], vibraphone [5]
• Nathan East
  bass guitar [4.4, 3.3]
• Neil Larsen
  synthesizer [9]
• Neil Stubenhaus
  bass [3-4], bass guitar [10]
• Nickie Harris
  background vocals [3-4]
• Noel Newbolt
  assistant [1-6]
• Patti Austin
  background vocals [1, 3, 6]
• Paul Jackson
  guitar [4]
• Paul Jackson, Jr.
  guitar [3.1, 3.4-8, 4.10, 5.3-5]
• Paul Laurence
  vocal arranger [2]
• Paulinho da Costa
  percussion [1, 3, 6, 9]
• Peter Cannarozzi
  synthesizer [4, 10]
• Phil Perry
  background vocals [3-4]
• Phil Upchurch
  bass guitar [5-6], guitar [1.1-6, 2.1-12]
• Phillip Ballou
  background vocals [7, 10]
• Preston Glass
  keyboard [1], samples from artist [1]
• Ralph Burns
  conductor [5, 7], strings [5, 7]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [1.1-6, 2.1-12, 4.8], triangle [7]
• Randy Brecker
  brass [1, 6], trumpet [1, 3, 6, 10]
• Randy Burns
  assistant [3]
• Randy Goodrum
  drum machine [6], synthesizer [6]
• Randy Kerber
  keyboard [10]
• Randy Waldman
  additional [6], keyboard [1], synthesizer [3, 6]
• Rich Aronson
  additional [5], keyboard [5]
• Richard Marx
  background vocals [4]
• Richard Maximoff
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Richard Tee
  Rhodes piano [2], bass synthesizer [8-9], electric piano [5]
• Richard Young
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Rick Shlosser
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Rob Mounsey
  bass synthesizer [9], synclavier [2, 6, 8-9], vocoder [2]
• Robbie Buchanan
  arranger [3.1, 3.5-6, 3.8-9, 4.4], bass synthesizer [1, 6], drum machine [6], electric piano [1, 4, 6-7], keyboard [4], piano [5, 9], synthesizer [1, 5-6, 9]
• Robert Feist
  assistant [3]
• Robert Popwell
  bass guitar [5, 7, 10]
• Roberta Flack
  vocal [10]
• Robin Clark
  background vocals [8]
• Robin Eubanks
  trombone [5]
• Ronnie Foster
  Minimoog [1.1-6, 2.11], Moog [1], Rhodes piano [1, 10], electric piano [2.1, 1.1-6], keyboard [2, 4, 6-9, 12], piano [3, 5], solo [3, 5, 10-11]
• Russ Titelman
  drum machine [1], producer [1-3, 5-9]
• Sammy Figueroa
  percussion [1, 4]
• Siedah Garrett
  background vocals [3-4]
• Slide Hampton
  trombone [5]
• Stanley Banks
  bass guitar [2.8, 2.11, 1.1-4]
• Stephen Benben
  finger snaps [2]
• Steve Ferrone
  additional [1], drums (drum set) [3.1, 3.6, 3.9, 4.1]
• Steve Gadd
  drums (drum set) [2.1-12, 3.5]
• Steve Jordan
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Steve Kipner
  drum machine [6], synthesizer [6]
• Steve Porcaro
  additional [3], synthesizer [3]
• Ted Hoyle
  strings [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Terry Silverlight
  membranophone [3-4, 7, 10]
• Thomas Flammia
  background vocals [7, 10]
• Tom “Bones” Malone
  trombone [1, 3, 6, 10]
• Tommy LiPuma
  producer [2.1-12, 1.1-6]
• Vaneese Thomas
  background vocals [5-8, 10]
• Vicki Randle
  vocal [9]
• Wayne Brathwaite
  bass [7-8, 10]
• Wayne Lewis
  keyboard [5-6]
• Wells Christie
  synclavier [2, 6, 8-9]
• Will Lee
  bass guitar [3.1, 3.4-5, 3.8-9, 2.1-4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.12]
• Yolanda Lee
  background vocals [5]
• Zachary Sanders
  background vocals [3]
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  5x CD
  2 September 2013