1981 Greg Phillinganes – Significant Gains

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Significant Gains is the first solo album by Greg Phillinganes, released in 1981. While the album itself was not very successful, the song “Baby, I Do Love You” was a minor R&B hit.

Tracks

1  Girl Talk (Bobby Troup, Neal Hefti, Ben Sidran) 4:29
2  Baby I Do Love You (Allee Willis, Greg Phillinganes, Richard Perry, John McClain) 4:12
3  Takin’ It Up All Night (David Batteau, Greg Phillinganes) 4:25
4  Forever Now (Allee Willis, John McClain, Richard Perry, Greg Phillinganes) 5:50
5  Big Man (Dennis Belfield, Michael Sembello) 4:33
6  I Don’t Want To Be The One (Greg Phillinganes) 4:00
7  Maxxed Out (Herbie Hancock, Greg Phillinganes) 4:58
8  Do It All For Love (Maxayn Lewis, Wornell Jones) 4:24
9  The Call (Greg Phillinganes, Paulinho Da Costa) 3:20

Musicians

Drums Raymond Pounds
Keyboards Greg Phillinganes
Synthesizer Greg Phillinganes
Vocals Greg Phillinganes

Other Musicians

1 Girl Talk

Bass Nathan Watts
Guitar Marlo Henderson
Sax Sadao Watanabe
Sax Gary Herbig
Sax Tom Saviano
Trumpet Gary Grant
Trumpet Jerry Hey
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa
Background Vocals Carolyn Dennis
Background Vocals George Benson
Background Vocals Lynn Davis
Background Vocals Patrice Rushen


2 Baby I Do Love You

Guitar John McClain
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa
Background Vocals Angela Winbush
Background Vocals Carolyn Dennis
Background Vocals Cheryl Lynn


3 Takin’ It Up All Night

Guitar Michael Sembello
Horns Michael Mast
Horns Bill Bergman
Horns Greg Smith 
Horns Dennis Brunk
Horns Lee Thornburg
Horns John Berry
Percussion Leon Chancler
Background Vocals Bobby Martin


4 Forever Now

Acoustic Guitar Greg Poree
Sax Gary Herbig
Sax Tom Saviano
Trumpet Jerry Hey
Trumpet Gary Grant


5 Big Man

Guitar Michael Sembello
Background Vocals Michael Sembello


6 I Don’t Want To Be The One

Percussion Paulinho Da Costa


7 Maxxed Out

Synthesizer Herbie Hancock
Vocoder Greg Phillinganes
Vocoder Ronnie Foster
Horns Michael Mast
Horns Bill Bergman
Horns Greg Smith
Horns Dennis Brunk
Horns Lee Thornburg
Horns John Berry
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa


8 Do It All For Love

Bass Freddie Washington
Guitar Michael Sembello
Guitar Paul Jackson Jr
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa
Background Vocals Carolyn Dennis


9 The Call

Percussion Paulinho Da Costa

 

Strings

Cello – Armand Kaproff, Frederick Seykora, Selene Hurford (Tracks 1, 4)
Cello – Dennis Karmazyn, Nils Oliver (Tracks 6, 8)
Viola – Alan DeVeritch, David Schwartz, Linn Subotnick, Milton Thomas (Tracks 1, 4)
Viola – Barbara Thomason, Denyse Buffum, Pamela Goldsmith, Rollice Dale (Tracks 6, 8)
Violin – Harry Bluestone, Endre Granat, Erno Neufeld, Israel Baker, Marvin Limonick, Nathan Ross, Reginald Hill, Sheldon Sanov, Stanley Plummer, William Hymanson (Tracks 1, 4)
Violin – Charles Veal Jr, Bonnie Douglas, Carol Shive, Dorothy Wade, Endre Granat, Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, Kenneth Yerke, Ron Clark, Sheldon Sanov (Tracks 6, 8)

Liner Notes

Producer – Greg Phillinganes
Co-producer – John McClain (Track 2)
Arranged By (Horns) – Yutaka Yokokura (Track 1)
Arranged By (Horns) – Charles Mimms (Tracks 3, 7)
Arranged By (Strings) – Yutaka Yokokura (Track 1)
Arranged By (Strings) – Jerry Peters (Tracks 4, 6, 8)
Concertmaster – Harry Bluestone (Track 4)
Concertmaster – Charles Veal Jr (Tracks 6, 8)
Coordinator (Album) – Marylata Kastner
Engineer – Gabe Veltri, John Fischbach
Engineer (Assistant) – Norman Perbil
Mastered By – Larry Emerine, Stephen Marcussen
Recorded By – John Fischbach
Remix – Bill Schnee (Track 2)

Art Direction, Design – John Kosh
Photography – Aaron Rapoport

Mastered At Precision Lacquer
Overdubbed At Redwing Studios
Overdubbed At Tarzana
Overdubbed At Salty Dog Studios
Recorded At Crystal Sound Studios
Mixed At Crystal Sound Studios
Remixed At Studio 55
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