The Essential Marlena Shaw - The Columbia Years

Marlena Shaw

• Released on 12/1/23 by Columbia - Legacy
• Main artists: Marlena Shaw
• Genre: R&B

1 The Writing's On the Wall

00:03:30

Domenic Troiano, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1977 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

2 No Deposit, No Return

00:04:22

Marlena Shaw, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1977 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

3 I Think I'll Tell Him

00:03:45

Jerry Peters, Keyboards - Alex Brown, Background Vocal - JAY GRAYDON, Guitar - LINDA CREED, Composer, Lyricist - Thomas Bell, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Zimmitti, Percussion - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer, Keyboards - Eddie Brown, Congas - Julia Tillman Waters, Background Vocal - Maxine Willard Waters, Background Vocal - Ty Blair, Recording Engineer - Tom Ruff, Mastering Engineer - Dee Ervin, Background Vocal - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Shields, Bass - Greg Poree, Guitar - Bob Hughes, Recording Engineer - F. Byron Clark, Recording Engineer - Steve Pouliot, Mixing Engineer - James Gadson, Drums - James Jamison, Bass

(P) 1977 Sony Music Entertainment

4 I'm Back For More

00:04:05

Kenneth Stover, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Peters, Keyboards - Abraham Laboriel, Bass - Godfrey Diamond, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Larry Nash, Keyboards - Wayne Neuendorf, Recording Engineer - Robert Zimmitti, Percussion - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Julia Tillman Waters, Background Vocal - Maxine Willard Waters, Background Vocal - Tom Ruff, Mastering Engineer - Dee Ervin, Background Vocal - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luther Waters, Background Vocal - Greg Poree, Guitar - Tommy Vig, Percussion - Orin Waters, Background Vocal - Greg Middleton, Bass - Paulhino deCosta, Percussion - Craig McMillen, Guitar - Quinton Dennard, Drums

(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment

5 No One Yet

00:05:15

Wayne Andre, Trumpet - Frank Owens, Keyboards - Jeff Mironov, Guitar - Jimmy Maelen, Percussion - Yogi Horton, Percussion - Hiram Bullock, Guitar - Tom Malone, Trombone - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Recording Engineer - Tony Bongiovi, Producer - MICHAEL BARBIERO, Mixing Engineer - SCOTT LITT, Recording Engineer - Neil Dorfsman, Recording Engineer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Scheniman, Recording Engineer - Burt Collins, Trumpet - Harold Wheeler, Producer, Keyboards - Meco Monardo, Producer - Lew Soloff, Trumpet - John Clark, French Horn - Eddie Bert, Trombone - Richard Crooks, AssociatedPerformer - Lance Quinn, Guitar - Danny Cahn, Trumpet - John Luongo, Mixing Engineer - Tom Ruff, Mastering Engineer - Bobby Bryant, Arranger, Assistant Producer - Marlena Shaw, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Buffington, French Horn - Jon Farris, Trumpet - Linda Rogoff, Executive Producer - Nyto Bongo, Percussion - Al Schwartzberg, Drums - Bobby Millikan, Trumpet - Jerry Garszva, Recording Engineer - Fred Griffen, French Horn - Retsim Ocem, Trombone - Paul Falise, Trombone - Rich Trifan, Synthesizer

(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment

6 Haven't We Been In Love Before?

00:04:08

K. Nelson, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment

7 Sweet Beginnings

00:04:28

Jerry Peters, Keyboards - Alex Brown, Background Vocal - JAY GRAYDON, Guitar - JOHN BETTIS, Composer, Lyricist - Leon Ware, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Zimmitti, Percussion - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer, Keyboards - Eddie Brown, Congas - Julia Tillman Waters, Background Vocal - Maxine Willard Waters, Background Vocal - Ty Blair, Recording Engineer - Tom Ruff, Mastering Engineer - Dee Ervin, Background Vocal - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Shields, Bass - Greg Poree, Guitar - Bob Hughes, Recording Engineer - F. Byron Clark, Recording Engineer - Steve Pouliot, Mixing Engineer - James Gadson, Drums - James Jamison, Bass

(P) 1977 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

8 More

00:03:46

Marlena Shaw, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment

9 Pictures and Memories

00:04:33

Mary H. Bryant, Composer, Lyricist - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Ty Blair, Recording Engineer - Tom Ruff, Mastering Engineer - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Hughes, Recording Engineer - F. Byron Clark, Recording Engineer - Steve Pouliot, Mixing Engineer

(P) 1977 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

10 Suite Seventeen: It Was a Very Good Year / I'm a Foster Child

00:03:24

Tony Bongiovi, Producer - Ervin Drake, Composer, Lyricist - Harold Wheeler, Producer - Meco Monardo, Producer - Marlena Shaw, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment

11 Love Dancin'

00:07:55

GENE ALLAN, Composer, Lyricist - Gary Knight, Composer, Lyricist - Wayne Andre, Trumpet - Frank Owens, Keyboards - Joel Zimmerman, Director - Jeff Mironov, Guitar - Jimmy Maelen, Percussion - Yogi Horton, Percussion - Hiram Bullock, Guitar - Tom Malone, Trombone - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Recording Engineer - Tony Bongiovi, Producer - MICHAEL BARBIERO, Mixing Engineer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - SCOTT LITT, Recording Engineer - Neil Dorfsman, Recording Engineer - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer - Will Lee, Bass - Bill Scheniman, Recording Engineer - Burt Collins, Trumpet - Harold Wheeler, Producer, Keyboards - Meco Monardo, Producer - Lew Soloff, Trumpet - John Clark, French Horn - Eddie Bert, Trombone - Richard Crooks, AssociatedPerformer - Lance Quinn, Guitar - Danny Cahn, Trumpet - John Luongo, Mixing Engineer - Tom Ruff, Mastering Engineer - Bobby Bryant, Arranger, Assistant Producer - Marlena Shaw, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Buffington, French Horn - Richard Bauer, Director - Jon Farris, Trumpet - David Jurman, A&R Director - Linda Rogoff, Executive Producer - Nyto Bongo, Percussion - Al Schwartzberg, Drums - Bobby Millikan, Trumpet - Jerry Garszva, Recording Engineer - Fred Griffen, French Horn - Retsim Ocem, Trombone - Paul Falise, Trombone - Rich Trifan, Synthesizer

(P) 1979 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

12 I Thank You

00:03:16

Isaac Hayes, Composer, Lyricist - David Porter, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment

13 Touch Me In The Morning

00:07:18

Ronald Miller, Composer, Lyricist - Wayne Andre, Trumpet - Frank Owens, Keyboards - Jeff Mironov, Guitar - Jimmy Maelen, Percussion - Yogi Horton, Percussion - Hiram Bullock, Guitar - Tom Malone, Trombone - Tony Bongiovi, Producer - Michael Masser, Composer, Lyricist - Ed Walsh, Synthesizer - Will Lee, Bass - Burt Collins, Trumpet - Harold Wheeler, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - Meco Monardo, Producer - Lew Soloff, Trumpet - John Clark, French Horn - Eddie Bert, Trombone - Richard Crooks, AssociatedPerformer - Lance Quinn, Guitar - Danny Cahn, Trumpet - Bobby Bryant, Assistant Producer - Marlena Shaw, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Buffington, French Horn - Jon Farris, Trumpet - Linda Rogoff, Executive Producer - Nyto Bongo, Percussion - Al Schwartzberg, Drums - Bobby Millikan, Trumpet - Fred Griffen, French Horn - Retsim Ocem, Trombone - Paul Falise, Trombone - Rich Trifan, Synthesizer

(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment

14 Yu-Ma/Go Away Little Boy

00:06:50

Gerald Goffin, Composer, Lyricist - Carole King, Composer, Lyricist - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer, Arranger - Ty Blair, Recording Engineer - Tom Ruff, Mastering Engineer - Marlena Shaw, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Hughes, Recording Engineer - F. Byron Clark, Recording Engineer - Steve Pouliot, Mixing Engineer

(P) 1977 Sony Music Entertainment

15 Shaw Biz/Suddenly It's How I Like To Feel/Shaw Biz (Reprise)

00:05:36

F. Golde, Composer, Lyricist - Allee Willis, Composer, Lyricist - M. Shaw, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment

16 Look at Me, Look at You (We're Flying)

00:04:00

Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Tragesser, Composer, Lyricist

(P) 1977 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

17 Moonrise

00:04:22

K. Nelson, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - B. Tragesser, Composer, Lyricist

(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment

18 Dreamin'

00:04:24

Bernard Ighner, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment

19 Rhythm of Love

00:03:45

Jerry Peters, Keyboards - Kathy Wakefield, Composer, Lyricist - Kenneth Hirsch, Composer, Lyricist - Abraham Laboriel, Bass - Godfrey Diamond, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Larry Nash, Keyboards - Wayne Neuendorf, Recording Engineer - Robert Zimmitti, Percussion - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer - Julia Tillman Waters, Background Vocal - Maxine Willard Waters, Background Vocal - Tom Ruff, Mastering Engineer - Dee Ervin, Background Vocal - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luther Waters, Background Vocal - Greg Poree, Guitar - Tommy Vig, Percussion - Orin Waters, Background Vocal - Greg Middleton, Bass - Paulhino deCosta, Percussion - Craig McMillen, Guitar - Quinton Dennard, Drums

(P) 1978 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

20 I Wonder

00:04:23

Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - B. Tragesser, Composer, Lyricist

(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment

21 You Bring Out The Best In Me

00:04:38

Bill Cuomo, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby R. Appleberry, Composer, Lyricist

(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment

22 Theme From "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" (Don't Ask To Stay Until Tomorrow)

00:03:27

Artie Kane, Composer, Lyricist - Carol Connors, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment

23 Places

00:04:02

Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J. Powell, Composer, Lyricist - A. Posey, Composer, Lyricist

(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment

24 Johnny

00:03:45

Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - B. Tragesser, Composer, Lyricist

(P) 1977 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

25 The Best Days of My Life

00:04:05

Arnold Goland, Composer, Lyricist - Jack Gold, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Christiansen, Composer, Lyricist

(P) 1980 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

26 Walk Softly

00:04:28

Jerry Peters, Keyboards - Van McCoy, Composer, Lyricist - Alex Brown, Background Vocal - JAY GRAYDON, Guitar - Bob Zimmitti, Percussion - Bert DeCoteaux, Producer, Keyboards - Eddie Brown, Congas - Julia Tillman Waters, Background Vocal - Maxine Willard Waters, Background Vocal - Ty Blair, Recording Engineer - Tom Ruff, Mastering Engineer - Dee Ervin, Background Vocal - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Shields, Bass - Greg Poree, Guitar - Bob Hughes, Recording Engineer - F. Byron Clark, Recording Engineer - Steve Pouliot, Mixing Engineer - James Gadson, Drums - James Jamison, Bass

(P) 1977 Sony Music Entertainment

27 Mamma Tried

00:03:23

Marlena Shaw, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment

28 I'll Be Your Friend

00:03:54

M. Shaw, Composer, Lyricist - Marlena Shaw, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment

About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
• Total length: 02:04:47

• Main artists: Marlena Shaw
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Columbia - Legacy
• Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

(P) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment