Album · 1978
To Be a Lover
Tracklist
1
In the Midnight Hour / Ya Ya
To Be a Lover
7:15
2
To Be a Lover (Have Mercy)
To Be a Lover
6:01
3
Opportunity
To Be a Lover
4:28
4
So Fine
To Be a Lover
4:45
5
I’ve Got the Groove
To Be a Lover
5:45
6
Diana
To Be a Lover
4:45
7
All the Love I’ve Got
To Be a Lover
4:54
8
Turn Back the Hands of Time
To Be a Lover
4:27
In print
First pressed 1977, still pressed 2022 — 19 pressings across 8 countries.
Credits
Merten Kaatz
Art Direction
Boris Gardiner
Instrument · bass
David Madden
Instrument · horns
“Deadly” Headley Bennett
Instrument · horns
Earl “Chinna” Smith
Instrument · guitar [rhythm]
Ernest Ranglin
Instrument · guitar [lead]
Glen da Costa
Instrument · horns
Keith Sterling
Instrument · piano
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar
Instrument · drums
Mikey "Boo" Richards
Instrument · drums
Noel “Scully” Simms
Instrument · percussion
Winston Wright
Instrument · organ
Noel Hawks
Liner Notes
Steve Barrow
Liner Notes
Cameron MacPhail
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Colin Young
Mastering · remastered by
John Dent
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Tom Meyer
Mastering
Adrian Boot
Photography
Lee “Scratch” Perry
Producer
Ansel Cridland
Vocal · backing vocals [the meditations]
Danny Clarke
Vocal · backing vocals [the meditations]
Donald “Tabby” Shaw
Vocal · backing vocals [the mighty diamonds]
Fitzroy “Bunny” Simpson
Vocal · backing vocals [the mighty diamonds]
George Faith
Vocal · vocals
Lloyd “Judge” Ferguson
Vocal · backing vocals [the mighty diamonds]
The Meditations
Vocal · backing vocals
The Mighty Diamonds
Vocal · backing vocals
Winston Watson
Vocal · backing vocals [the meditations]