Album · 1979
The Gap Band
Tracklist
1
Shake
The Gap Band
4:57
2
You Can Count on Me
The Gap Band
4:59
3
Open Up Your Mind (Wide)
The Gap Band
7:08
4
Messin’ With My Mind
The Gap Band
4:12
5
Baby Baba Boogie
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6:36
6
I’m in Love
The Gap Band
5:25
7
Got to Get Away
The Gap Band
3:48
8
I Can Sing
The Gap Band
5:18
In print
First pressed 1979, still pressed 2014 — 20 pressings across 5 countries.
Credits
Malvin “Dino” Vice
Arranger
Tom Tom 84
Arranger
Mike Doud
Art Direction
Gerry Hoff (3)
Design · design concept [cover concept]
Nina Grunfeld
Design
Bob Hughes
Engineer
Fly Ty
Engineer
Steve MacMillan
Engineer
Ty Williams
Engineer
Al Aarons
Instrument · horns
Barbara Korn
Instrument · horns
Billy Mitchell
Instrument · keyboards
Bobby Bryant
Instrument · horns
Charlie Wilson
Instrument · keyboards, drums, percussion
Don Myrick
Instrument · horns
Dorothy Ashby
Instrument · harp
Eugene Henderson
Instrument · guitar
Fred Jackson Jr.
Instrument · horns
George Bohanon
Instrument · horns
Gina Kronstadt
Instrument · strings
Haim Shtrum
Instrument · strings
Henry Roth
Instrument · strings
Hubert Heard
Instrument · keyboards
James Gadson
Instrument · drums
Janice Gower
Instrument · strings, concertmistress
Jerome Reisler
Instrument · strings
Jimi Macon
Instrument · guitar
Karen Childs
Instrument · keyboards
Larry Woods
Instrument · strings
Laury Woods
Instrument · strings
Leslie Drayton
Instrument · horns
Louis Satterfield
Instrument · horns
Luis Cabaza
Instrument · keyboards
Marcia Van Dyke
Instrument · strings
Marilyn Baker
Instrument · strings
Maurice Spears
Instrument · horns
Michael Harris
Instrument · horns
Nolan Smith
Instrument · horns
Richard “Moon” Calhoun
Instrument · drums
Robert Wilson
Instrument · bass
Rollice Dale
Instrument · strings
Ronnie Wilson
Instrument · trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, percussion
Shonda Akiem
Instrument · percussion
Sidney Muldrow
Instrument · horns
Snooky Young
Instrument · horns
William Henderson
Instrument · strings
Geoff Brown
Liner Notes
Jules Bates
Photography
Gérard Woog
Producer · reissue producer [supervision]
Gilles Pétard
Producer · reissue producer
Lonnie Simmons
Producer
Bart Chiate
Recording
Ty Blair
Recording
Charles Wilson
Vocal · lead vocals, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals
Garry Glenn
Vocal · backing vocals
Howard Huntsberry
Vocal · backing vocals
Julia Waters
Vocal · backing vocals
Mary Powdrill
Vocal · backing vocals
Maxine Waters
Vocal · backing vocals
Robert Whitfield
Vocal · backing vocals
The Gap Band
Vocal · lead vocals
Buddy Jones
Writer