Hard to Get

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Tracklist

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1▼12" Vinyl
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A117
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
17
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
46:40
A2Oh What a Night (4 Luv)
recording of:
Oh What a Night (4 Luv)
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
5:07
A3You Turn Me On
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
You Turn Me On
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
34:44
A4Fire and Desire
recording of:
Fire & Desire (Rick James Song)
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
5:30
B1Bustin’ Out
edit of:
Bustin’ Out by Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
Bustin’ Out (on Funk)
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1978)
3:55
B2You and I
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Art Stewart
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1978)
recording of:
You and I
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
3:38
B3Mary Jane
recording of:
Mary Jane
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
3:58
B4Dance Wit’ Me
recording of:
Dance Wit' Me
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
4:04
B5Give It to Me Baby
recording engineer and mixer:
Tom "Super" Flye
assistant engineer:
Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez
engineer:
Bobby Brooks (US producer/engineer/remixer), Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez and Tom "Super" Flye
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
bass:
Oscar Alston
drums (drum set):
Lanise Hughes
electric piano and synthesizer [Crumar]:
Levi Ruffin, Jr.
guitar:
Tom McDermott (guitarist)
handclaps:
Teena Marie
percussion:
Oscar Alston, Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Tom McDermott (guitarist)
saxophone:
Daniel LeMelle
trombone:
John Ervin
trumpet:
Cliff Ervin, Fernando Harkless and Roy Poper
background vocals:
Melvin Franklin and Teena Marie
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recorded at:
Motown Studios - Hitsville West in West Hollywood, California, United States and The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito, California, United States
mixed at:
Westlake Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
recording of:
Give It To Me Baby
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone City Music Co.
4.654:09
B6Super Freak
recording engineer and mixer:
Tom "Super" Flye
assistant engineer:
Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez
engineer:
Bobby Brooks (US producer/engineer/remixer), Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez and Tom "Super" Flye
executive producer:
Alonzo Miller (Singer-songwriter, producer)
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
bass:
Oscar Alston
drums (drum set):
Lanise Hughes
electric piano and synthesizer [Crumar]:
Levi Ruffin, Jr.
guitar:
Tom McDermott (guitarist)
handclaps and percussion:
Oscar Alston, Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Tom McDermott (guitarist)
other instruments [flexatone] and vibraslap:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
tenor saxophone:
Daniel LeMelle
background vocals:
Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer), Melvin Franklin, Taborah Johnson, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street and Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants)
horn arranger:
Daniel LeMelle and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recorded at:
Motown Studios - Hitsville West in West Hollywood, California, United States (background vocals) and The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito, California, United States
mixed at:
Westlake Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 71), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 153) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 477)
recording of:
Super Freak
lyricist and composer:
Alonzo Miller (Singer-songwriter, producer) and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
4.153:24
2▼12" Vinyl
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C1Dance Wit’ Me
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
Dance Wit' Me
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
7:16
C2Money Talks
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
Money Talks
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
4:50
C3Teardrops
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
horn arranger:
Daniel LeMelle and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
strings arranger:
Reggie Andrews, Daniel LeMelle and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
Teardrops
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
4:49
C4Throwdown
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
Throwdown
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
3:17
D1Standing on the Top
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
Standing on the Top
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Stone City Music
3:51
D2Hard to Get
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
horn arranger:
Daniel LeMelle and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
Hard to Get
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
4:07
D3Happy
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
guest lead vocals:
Teena Marie
lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
performer:
Teena Marie
recording of:
Happy
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
5:29
D469 Times
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
She Blew My Mind (69 Times)
lyricist and composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
4:11
D5My Love
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
lead vocals:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recording of:
My Love
writer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Le Roi Johnson
2:53

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Throwin’ Down