Stevie Woods - Take Me To Your Heaven (1981) - Lp

Stevie Woods (born Joseph Stephen Woods, Jr.; July 2, 1951 – January 28, 2014) was an American R&B musician and singer.
Woods, a former Marine, graduated from Austin Community College.
In the 1970s and 1980s Stevie was married to Hollywood actress/entrepreneur Cheri Woods (née Lewis). In 1985 they had a daughter, Tiana Woods, now an L.A.-based singer/songwriter and front woman for the band Varna. Cheri later chronicled their life together in her 2001 self-published book Death Row Madam: Exposing Sex and Drugs in the Entertainment Industry. According to it, Stevie Woods was a cousin of American actor Philip Michael Thomas.

Woods was born in Chatham, Virginia, to jazz great Rusty Bryant. In the late 1970s, he was a member of the funk band Crowd Pleasers.
In the early 1980s, his two singles, "Steal the Night" and "Just Can't Win 'Em All", reached top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. After his brief U.S. fame fizzled, Woods relocated to Germany, where he successfully re-launched his career, releasing the single "Rock Me Baby" and starring in the musical Starlight Express. In 2010, his all three early-1980s albums were re-issued on CD by Wounded Bird Records.
The following year, he released the album Quiet Storm.

This was the debut album for vocalist Stevie Woods, who had Top 40 hits with Steal The Night & Just Can't Win Em All. The album features a multitude of West Coast players and even as a version of Through The Years, which became a hit for Kenny Rogers just a few months after this release.

Side A

A1. Fly Away   (4:04)   

A2. Just Can’t Win’em All   (4:10)   

A3. Take Me To Your Heaven   (4:03)   

A4. Steal The Night   (3:47)   

A5. Through The Years   (4:26)  

Side B

B1. Wanna Be Close To You   (4:38)   

B2. Read Between The Lines   (3:52)   

B3. Throw A Little Bit Of Love My Way   (4:25)   

B4. Gotcha   (5:00) 

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Cotillion Records
• Copyright (c) – Cotillion Records
• Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Recorded At – Rusk Sound Studios
• Mastered At – Allen Zentz Mastering
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

• Arranged By – Gene Page (tracks: A5, B3), Greg Mathieson (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B2, B4)
• Arranged By [Horns & Strings] – Jerry Hey (tracks: A1)
• Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey (tracks: B1)
• Backing Vocals – Bill Champlin, Carmen Grillo, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Marti McCall, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Paulette McWilliams, Sally Stevens, Stephanie Spruill, Tom Kelly
• Bass – David Shields, Ed Watkins, Les Hurdle, Nathan East
• Cello – Armand Kaproff, Doc Davis, Paula Hockhalter, Ron Leonard
• Concertmaster [Violin] – Harry Bluestone (tracks: A4, B3), Sid Sharp
• Drums – Ed Greene, James Gadson, Keith Forsey, Ndugu Chancler, Michael Baird
• Engineer – David Clark, Juergen Koppers, Steven D. Smith
• Guitar – Charles Fearing, Paul Jackson, Jr., Ray Parker, Jr., Steve Lukather, Stevie Woods, Tim May, Trevor Veitch
• Harmonica – Les Thompson 
• Harp – Verlye Mills
• Keyboards – Clarence McDonald, Greg Mathieson
• Mastered By – Brian Gardner
• Mixed By – Juergen Koppers
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
• Producer – Jack White
• Saxophone – Ernie Watts, Gary Herbig, Vel Selvan
• Synthesizer – Michael Boddicker
• Trombone – Bill Reichenbach), Charlie Loper, Randy Alcroft
• Trumpet – Chuck Finley, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Larry Hall
• Viola – David Schwartz, Denyse Buffum, Gary Nutty Combe
• Violin – Bonnie Douglas Shure, Don Palmer, Erno Neufeld, Israel Baker, Jack Shulman, Mari Botnick, Marshall Sosson, Nate Ross, Paul Shure, Sheldon Sanoy, Steve Plummer 

Notes

Release: 1981

Genre: Soul, Funk, Disco

Label: Ariola

Catalog# 204235

€10.00

Vinyl: Goed

Cover:  Lichte Gebruikerssporen

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