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Sheffield Lab CD-23
1984
11:09 (JNH) 26:28 (total)
out of print
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1.   Caesar 3:27
2.   Gone Buttlefishin' * 4:17
3.   She 2:33
4.   L'Daddy 3:03
5.   Tandoori * 1:12
6.   Borealis * 0:43
7.   E-Minor Shuffle 3:17
8.   Slippin' Away II 2:56
9.   Amuseum * 4:57
 
 
Album credits
* Music (Co-)Written by James Newton Howard

Caesar, L'Daddy, E-Minor Shuffle and Slippin' Away II
Written by David Paich
Published by Hudmar Publishing Co. (ASCAP)

Gone Buttlefishin'
Written by James Newton Howard and David Paich
Published by Newton House Music / Hudmar Publishing Co. (ASCAP)

She
Written by Steve Porcaro and David Paich
Published by Porcaro Music / Hudmar Publishing Co. (ASCAP)

Tandoori
Written by James Newton Howard, Joe Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro and David Paich
Published by Newton House Music / Jocaro Music / Cowbella Music / Hudmar Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP)

Borealis
Written by James Newton Howard
Published by Newton House Music (ASCAP)

Amuseum
Written by James Newton Howard and Wendy Smith Howard
Published by Newton House Music / Lavender Music (ASCAP)

 

Synthesizers
Synthesizers and Grand Piano
Synthesizers
Drums
Percussion

Produced & Engineered by
Assistant Engineer
Recorded
 
Sheffield Lab Chief Engineer
Engineering Technician
Keyboard Technician
Refocillation Services

 James Newton Howard
David Paich
Steve Porcaro
Jeff Porcaro
Joe Porcaro

Bill Schnee
Jack Puig
December 16, 17, 19, 1983
at Sheffield Lab Studios at MGM, Culver City, CA
Steve Haselton
Tom Pessagno
Ed Simeone
Andrew Teton

Album Coordinator: Linda Jones
Executive Producers: Doug Sax and Lincoln Mayorga

Sheffield Lab wished to thank YAMAHA for use of the DX7, DX9 and GS1 synthesizers which are featured on this album

Booklet contains a 3 page story written by Doug Sax about how this album came together (including a photo where James gets a pie in the face :)

  
Comments
Sheffield Lab is well-known for their high quality releases that can be used for testing audio components. Technical information: This Sheffield Lab Compact Disc is manufactured from our live two-track reference tape recorded simultaneously with the original direct disc performance of this album. This Compact Disc offers a dramatic increase in transparency and phase linearity due to the exclusive use of our own custom electronics and microphones. Because this Compact Disc is manufactured from an original, live, two-track reference tape, many generations of signal degradation from multi-track recorders and dub-downs is completely eliminated. This Sheffield Lab Compact Disc has all the unique musical excitement and energy that can only be found in live, unedited performance recordings.

A different and older version of the track "Amuseum" was released in 1982 on a testing LP for audiophiles called "Sheffield Track Record". It was later released together with the Sheffield Drum Record on the CD The Sheffield Drum & Track Record (1990) and the XRCD The Sheffield Drum & Track Disc (2004). A same version of "Amuseum" of this CD can also be found on the compilation CD The Sheffield Jazz Experience (1996). And finally, a same version of the track "Slippin' Away II" can also be found on the compilation CD Sheffield Drive (1993).