Lamont Dozier “Black Bach”

Lamont Dozier

“Black Bach”
( LP ABC Records, 1975 )
Catalog # ABCD-839

Tracklisting:
A1 Shine (6:08)
A2 Put Out My Fire (4:40)
A3 Let Me Start Tonight (4:08)
A4 All Cried Out (4:36)
A5 Intermission (1:04)
B1 Prelude (1:25)
B2 Rose (5:33)
B3 Thank You For The Dream (4:44)
B4 I Wanna Be With You (6:00)
B5 Blue Sky And Silver Bird (4:54)

Personnel & Credits:
Arranged By – Gene Page , McKinley Jackson , Paul Riser
Banjo [Solo] – Herb Pederson (tracks: A4)
Bass – Ronald Brown, Scott Edwards
Drums – Ed Greene
Electric Piano [Solo] – Sonny Burkes (tracks: A2)
Engineer – Barney Perkins , Reginald Dozier
Engineer [Mix] – Barney Perkins
Guitar – Dean Parks, Greg Poree, Melvin “Wah Wah” Ragin, Ray Parker, Jr, Rick Staurinski
Guitar [Steel Guitar Solo] – Orville Rhodes (tracks: A4)
Harmonica [Solo] – Ben Benay (tracks: A3)
Mastered By – Phil Cross
Orchestrated By – Gene Page, McKinley Jackson, Paul Riser
Percussion – Eddie “Bongo” Brown , Leslie Bass
Piano – Ernest Vantrease, McKinley Jackson, Sonny Burkes, Sylvester Rivers
Producer – McKinley Jackson
Saxophone [Tenor Sax Solo] – Ernie Watts (tracks: B4)
Synthesizer [Arp 2600] – Clark E. Spangler*
Violin [Electric Violin Solo] – Carol Stallings (tracks: A1)
Violin [Fiddle Solo] – Byron Berline (tracks: A4)
Vocals – Darlene Love, Edna Wright, Jessica Smith, Julia Jillman,
Luther Waters, Marti McCall, Maxine Willard, Myrna Matthews, Oren Waters, Patricia Hodges

Notes:
Recorded, mixed and mastered at ABC Recording Studios,Inc.
Los Angeles, California.

Review:
A well-sung but uneven album from legendary songwriter Lamont Dozier. Dozier didn’t get his momentum going as a solo act until the next album. This was his introductory vehicle, and it served to let him work out the kinks. Everything except the lyrics was first-rate; his vocals, the production, and the arrangements worked, and Dozier sounded convincing on the uptempo tunes and compelling on the ballads.
By Ron Wynn (AMG)

By Celo