Luther Vandross - Forever, For Always, For Love

Artist: Luther Vandross

Label: Epic

Catalogue No: FE 38235, ELPS 4349

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: Australia

Year: 1982

Genre: Funk / Soul

Style: Soul, Disco

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Produced for Vandross Ltd.
Recorded and Mixed for M.H.B. Production, Inc.
Mastered at Sterling Sound Studios, New York, N.Y.
Production Coordination Sephra Herman
Recorded at Mediasound, New York, NY
Thanks Gordon Elliott, Susan Planer, Hank Meyer, Suzanne Buckley,
Village Recorder, Los Angeles (Thanks Kathy Konop)
Record Plant, Los Angeles (Thanks Rose Mann)
Luther's Wardrobe Designed And Executed by Hutaff Lennon, Jr.
Special Thanks To: Larkin Arnold, Cheryl Lynn, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore
My Fabulous Arrangers: Nat Adderley, Jr., Marcus Miller, Paul Riser, Leon Pandarvis, Jr.
The Best Singers Who Happen To Be My Closest Friends: (Even Bruce Wallace & Hutaff Lennon can hum a mean tune) Shep Gordon, Daniel Markus, Bert Padell, Jimmy Woods, Sephra Herman, Michael Brauer
The great staff of personalities at Epic/CBS Records & once again the warmest & most emotionally reassuring family a guy can love - Mary Ida, Pat Ann, Anthony Vaneisa, Ramone Debra, Seveda, Tonia, Parise, Charece, Tamira, Avalon, & Welcome To The World, Klerese
Paulinho da Costa appears courtesy of Pablo Records
Phillip Ballou appears courtesy of Handshake Records
Fonzi Thornton appears courtesy of RCA Records
Ⓟ 1982 CBS Inc,

Made in Australia by a registered user of the Trade Marks.

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By

Epic Records

Mastered At

Sterling Sound

Phonographic Copyright (p)

CBS Inc.

Recorded At

Mediasound

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode:	074643823517	Scanned
Matrix / Runout:	AL 38235	A Side Label
Matrix / Runout:	BL 38235	B Side Label

Credits

Coordinator [Production, Musical Contractor]

Sephra Herman

Copyist

Albert Schoonmaker, Steve Prisby

Engineer [Assistant] [Mediasound]

Andy Hoffman, Harry Spiridakis, Scott Mabuchi

Engineer [Assistant] [Record Plant]

Karat Faye

Engineer [Assistant] [The Village Recorder]

Robin Laine

Executive-Producer

Larkin Arnold

Horns

Alan Rubin, Dave Bargeron, David Taylor, Gregory Williams (2), John Clark (2), Jon Faddis, Lawrence Feldman, Lou Marini, Michael Brecker, Peter Gordon (8), Randy Brecker, Ronnie Cuber, Tom Malone

Management

Alive Enterprises, Inc.

Mastered By

Greg Calbi

Producer

Luther Vandross

Recorded By, Mixed By

Michael H. Brauer

Tracklist

Position	Title	Credits	Duration
A1	Bad Boy / Having A Party	Luther Vandross (Arranged By), Marcus Miller (Arranged By), Luther Vandross (Arranged By [Vocals]), Brenda White King (Backing Vocals [Background Party People]), Fonzi Thornton (Backing Vocals [Background Party People]), Luther Vandross (Backing Vocals [Background Party People]), Nat Adderley Jr. (Backing Vocals [Background Party People]), Paulette McWilliams (Backing Vocals [Background Party People]), Paulette McWilliams (Backing Vocals [Background Party People]), Phillip Ballou (Backing Vocals [Background Party People]), Marcus Miller (Bass), Yogi Horton (Drums), Doc Powell (Guitar), Georg Wadenius (Guitar), Nat Adderley Jr. (Keyboards), Ralph MacDonald (Percussion), Ed Walsh (Synthesizer), Sam Cooke (Written-By [Bad Boy]), Luther Vandross (Written-By [Having A Party]), Marcus Miller (Written-By [Having A Party])	5:16
A2	You're The Sweetest One	Paul Riser (Arranged By [Strings, Horns]), Luther Vandross (Arranged By [Vocals]), Brenda White King (Backing Vocals), Cissy Houston (Backing Vocals), Michelle Cobbs (Backing Vocals), Tawatha (Backing Vocals), Yvonne Lewis (Backing Vocals), Marcus Miller (Bass), Yogi Horton (Drums), Doc Powell (Guitar), Nat Adderley Jr. (Keyboards), Ralph MacDonald (Percussion), Luther Vandross (Written-By), Marcus Miller (Written-By)	4:47
A3	Since I Lost My Baby	Luther Vandross (Arranged By [Rhythm]), Nat Adderley Jr. (Arranged By [Rhythm]), Luther Vandross (Arranged By [Vocals]), Brenda White King (Backing Vocals), Cissy Houston (Backing Vocals), Fonzi Thornton (Backing Vocals), Luther Vandross (Backing Vocals), Norma Jean Wright (Backing Vocals), Paulette McWilliams (Backing Vocals), Phillip Ballou (Backing Vocals), Tawatha (Backing Vocals), Marcus Miller (Bass), Yogi Horton (Drums), Doc Powell (Guitar), Nat Adderley Jr. (Keyboards), Paulinho Da Costa (Percussion), Sammy Figueroa (Percussion), Smokey Robinson (Written-By), Warren Moore (Written-By)	5:28
A4	Forever, For Always, For Love	Luther Vandross (Arranged By [Rhythm]), Nat Adderley Jr. (Arranged By [Rhythm]), Paul Riser (Arranged By [Strings, Horns]), Marcus Miller (Bass), Buddy Williams (Drums), Doc Powell (Guitar), Nat Adderley Jr. (Keyboards), Lawrence Feldman (Soloist, Flute), Luther Vandross (Written-By)	6:24
B1	Better Love	Paul Riser (Arranged By [Strings, Horns]), Luther Vandross (Arranged By [Vocals]), Brenda White King (Backing Vocals), Cissy Houston (Backing Vocals), Fonzi Thornton (Backing Vocals), Michelle Cobbs (Backing Vocals), Phillip Ballou (Backing Vocals), Tawatha (Backing Vocals), Yvonne Lewis (Backing Vocals), Marcus Miller (Bass), Yogi Horton (Drums), Doc Powell (Guitar), Georg Wadenius (Guitar), Nat Adderley Jr. (Keyboards), Paulinho Da Costa (Percussion), Sammy Figueroa (Percussion), Luther Vandross (Written-By, Arranged By [Rhythm]), Nat Adderley Jr. (Written-By, Arranged By [Rhythm])	6:26
B2	Promise Me	Luther Vandross (Arranged By [Rhythm]), Nat Adderley Jr. (Arranged By [Rhythm]), Leon Pendarvis (Arranged By [Strings, Horns]), Luther Vandross (Arranged By [Vocals], Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals), Marcus Miller (Bass), Yogi Horton (Drums), Doc Powell (Guitar), Nat Adderley Jr. (Keyboards), Paulinho Da Costa (Percussion), Luther Vandross (Written-By)	4:40
B3	She Loves Me Back	Luther Vandross (Arranged By [Rhythm]), Nat Adderley Jr. (Arranged By [Rhythm]), Leon Pendarvis (Arranged By [Strings, Horns]), Fonzi Thornton (Backing Vocals), Luther Vandross (Backing Vocals), Marcus Miller (Backing Vocals), Michelle Cobbs (Backing Vocals), Marcus Miller (Bass), Yogi Horton (Drums), Doc Powell (Guitar), Nat Adderley Jr. (Keyboards), Paulinho Da Costa (Percussion), Brenda White King (Vocals ["I Love You Back"]), Cissy Houston (Vocals ["I Love You Back"]), Michelle Cobbs (Vocals ["I Love You Back"]), Tawatha (Vocals ["I Love You Back"]), Yvonne Lewis (Vocals ["I Love You Back"]), Luther Vandross (Written-By)	6:10
B4	Once You Know How	Leon Pendarvis (Arranged By [Strings, Horns]), Brenda White King (Backing Vocals), Fonzi Thornton (Backing Vocals), Luther Vandross (Backing Vocals), Michelle Cobbs (Backing Vocals), Norma Jean Wright (Backing Vocals), Phillip Ballou (Backing Vocals), Tawatha (Backing Vocals), Marcus Miller (Bass), Buddy Williams (Drums), Nat Adderley Jr. (Electric Piano), Doc Powell (Guitar), Luther Vandross (Written-By, Piano [Acoustic], Arranged By [Rhythm, Vocals])	4:36

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Provided to YouTube by Epic You're the Sweetest One · Luther Vandross Forever, For Always, For Love ℗ 1982 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Released on: 1982-09-21 Background Vocal: Brenda White Composer, Lyricist: L. Vandross Ex