Fourplay – Between The Sheets (SACD)
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Fourplay :
- Bob James (Keyboards) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Bob James]
- Lee Ritenour (guitar, Synthesizer)
- Nathan East (bass)
- Harvey Mason (drums, Percussion, Marimba, Vibraphone, Bells)
Vocals – Nathan East (1, 3), Chaka Khan (3)
Backing Vocals – Dee Fredrix (1), Chanté Moore (3), Nathan East (3), Phil Perry (3), Philip Bailey (3)
Written by Bob James (1, 7), Lee Ritenour (2, 6, 9, 12), Chris Jasper (3), Ernie Isley (3), Marvin Isley (3), Marcel East (5), Nathan East (5), Harvey Mason (8, 10,11)
Hybrid Multichannel SACD
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : Evosound
Original Label : Warner
Recorded at Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) and Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (thaca, New York)
Engineered by Don Murray, Mike Kloster, Mike Piersante, Neil Averon
Produced by Fourplay
Executive-Producer – Bob James
Mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California)
Design by Kim Champagne
Photography by Stuart Watson
Originally released in 1993
Reissued in November 2023 (30th Anniversary Edition)
Tracks:
Side A
- Chant
- Monterey
- Between The Sheets(feat. Chaka Khan & Nathan East)
- Li'l Darlin'
- Flying East
- Once in the A.M
- Gulliver
- Amoroso
- A Summer Child
- Anthem
- Song for Somalia
- Tokyo Rain
Reviews:
“It’s not hard to comfortably describe a Fourplay album as an all-star affair, since the band’s typical lineup is already filled with four all-stars: Bob James, Lee Ritenour, Nathan East, and Harvey Mason. For BETWEEN THE SHEETS, however, the foursome brought in a couple of other famous names with equally famous voices: Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire fame and Chaka Khan. It served the band well to do so: not only did the album hit the #1 spot on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and go gold, but it also earned them a Grammy nomination.
It’s arguable that the title track is the song from the album that you’d most likely recognize upon hearing it again, but if it’s been so long that you can’t quite place what’s on BETWEEN THE SHEETS and what isn’t, then this would seem to be the perfect time to go back and revisit it.” Rhino.com
Ratings :
Discogs : 5 / 5