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Baby Sister is the first studio album by June Pointer, released in 1983 on the Planet label.[2][3]
History
The album was the debut solo album by June Pointer, as still a member of the Pointer Sisters, and the album featured contribution from her sisters Anita and Ruth. The Norman Whitfield–composed "Ready for Some Action" reached No. 28 on the R&B singles chart.[4][5][6][7][8] It was quoted by author Steven Vass, that, "It was a middling connection of pop songs, ballads, and 1960s retro, and business was disappointingly slow".[9]
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.[10][3]
- June Pointer – lead vocals (1–7, 9), backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 9), vocals (8)
- John Barnes – Fender Rhodes (1), synthesizers (1, 2), keyboards (2–6, 8, 9), arrangements (2), Prophet-5 (5)
- Michael Nash – synthesizers (1)
- Derek Nakamoto – synthesizers (2)
- Greg Phillinganes – synth solo (3, 4), synthesizers (7)
- Ian Underwood – synthesizers (3)
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (3, 4, 7), synthesizers (5, 6)
- Robbie Buchanan – synthesizers (4)
- Ed Walsh – synthesizers (4, 5, 8)
- Randy Waldman – keyboards (7)
- William "Smitty" Smith – organ (9)
- Howie Rice – lead guitar (1)
- George Doering – guitars (1, 2, 5)
- Tim May – guitars (1–4, 6, 8, 9)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (3, 4, 6–9)
- Lee Ritenour – guitars (5), guitar solo (8)
- Ira Newborn – guitars (7)
- Nathan East – bass
- John Robinson – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 4, 6–9)
- Norman Whitfield – finger snaps (1)
- Dan Marfisi – percussion (2)
- Victor Feldman – vibraphone (9)
- Gene Page – string arrangements (1, 5)
- Trevor Lawrence – horn arrangements (3, 6, 8, 9), woodwind arrangements (3), tenor sax solo (5, 6)
- Gary Herbig – reeds (6, 8, 9)
- Jim Horn – reeds (6, 8, 9)
- Dick Hyde – trombone (6, 8, 9)
- Chuck Findley – trumpet (6, 8, 9)
- Gary Grant – trumpet (6, 8, o)
- Merry Clayton – backing vocals (1)
- Clydie King – backing vocals (1)
- Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (1, 4, 9)
- Marva Holcolm – backing vocals (2)
- James Ingram – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Phil Perry – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Clydene Jackson – backing vocals (4, 9)
- Anita Pointer – backing vocals (4, 5, 9)
- Ruth Pointer – backing vocals (4, 5, 7, 9)
- Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals (4, 9)
- Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (5, 6)
- Lisa Roberts – backing vocals (5, 6)
- Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals (5, 6)
Production
- Richard Perry – producer
- Norman Whitfield – co-producer (1)
- Gabe Veltri – recording, remix assistant
- Humberto Gatica – remixing (1, 2, 5)
- Bill Schnee – remixing (3, 4, 6–9)
- Bobby Gerber – second engineer
- Michael Brooks – assistant engineer
- David Dubow – assistant engineer
- Stuart Furusho – assistant engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
- Susan Epstein – production coordinator
- Bradford Rosenberger – production coordinator
- Eddie Choran – music coordinator
- Peggy Sandvig – music preparation
- John Kosh – art direction, design
- Dick Zimmerman – photography
References
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