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Billy Preston
The Way I Am
1981 Vinyl
Rhythm & Blues
Soul
Funk
Motown, Vogue
backing vocals
Billy Preston
backing vocals
Jesse Kirkland
backing vocals
Joe Greene
backing vocals
Julia Tillman Waters
backing vocals
Luther Waters
backing vocals
Maxine Willard Waters
backing vocals
Mike Reed
backing vocals
Mona Lisa Young
backing vocals
Oma Drake
backing vocals
Oren Waters
backing vocals
Stephanie Spruill
backing vocals
Syreeta
backing vocals
Terry Young
bass
Abraham Laboriel
bass
David Hungate
bass
Eddie N. Watkins Jr.
bass
Freddie Washington
bass
Les Hurdle
bass
Marvin Charlot
bass
Nathan East
bass
Nathan Watts
bass
Reggie McBride
drums
James Gadson
drums
Jeff Porcaro
drums
Ollie Brown
drums
Rick Shlosser
engineer
Allen Sides
engineer
Guy Costa
engineer
Jane Clark
engineer
Joe Robb
engineer
Kevin Wright
engineer
Russ Terrana
executive-producer
de Passe & Jones
guitar
Arthur Wright
guitar
Charles Fearing
guitar
David T. Walker
guitar
Greg Poree
guitar
Marlo Henderson
guitar
Melvin Ragin
guitar
Paul Jackson Jr.
guitar
Red Rhodes
guitar
Steve Lukather
guitar
Trevor Veitch
keyboards
Billy Preston
keyboards
David Paich
keyboards
David Shire
keyboards
Mike Lang
keyboards
Sonny Burke
keyboards
William Bryant
make-up
Wayne Masserelli
mastered by
John Matousek
mastered by
Russ Terrana
percussion
Gary Coleman
percussion
Joe Clayton
percussion
Melvin Webb
percussion
Paulinho Da Costa
photography by
Harry Langdon
project manager
Suzanne Coston
stylist
Suzi Biles
synthesizer
Billy Preston
synthesizer
Dave Budimir
Pressed By Manufacture De Productions Phonographiques Vogue
Printed By France Imprimerie Sorel
Distributed By Vogue P.I.P.
Studio credits
Recorded & Mixed at: Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Ocean Way Recording, NSP Studios & Cherokee Recording Studios
Mastered at Motown / Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Courtesy Credits
- Ollie E. Brown / Brown Sugar Productions
- Paulinho DaCosta / Pablo Records, Inc.
- David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate & Steve Lukather / Columbia Records
- Julia Waters Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters Willard & Oren Waters / Arista Records
Publishing credits
Hope - Olga Music, Aller & Esty Music & Songs of Manhattan Island Music Co (BMI)
Good Life Boogie - Irving Music, Inc. & WEP Music Corp. (BMI)
Keep On Truckin' - Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI)
A Change Is Gonna Come - Kags Music Corp. (BMI)
Lay Your Feelings On Me - Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI)
I Won't Mistreat Your Love - Irving Music, Inc. WEP Music Corp. (BMI) & Rich - Fish Music Co. (ASCAP)
Baby I'm Yours - Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)
Until Then - Irving Music, Inc. & WEP Music Corp. (BMI)
The Way I Am - Hudmar Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
℗ 1981, © 1981 & Trademark Motown Record Corporation
Gravé et pressé en France
Distribution VOGUE P.I.P. 93430 Villetaneuse
France Imprimerie - Sorel - Printed in France
Matrix / Runout: 542003A ■ M.P.P.V. (Side A)
Matrix / Runout: 542003B ■ M.P.P.V. (Side B)
Matrix / Runout: 542003 A (Center Label A)
Matrix / Runout: 542003 B (Center Label B)
Rights Society: SACEM
Price Code: VG 409
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