Pattie Brooks

Love Shook - Our Ms. Brooks (Limited Edition CD)

RECORD LABEL / RELEASE INFO

FTG Records - Funkytowngrooves Ltd. (UK) / original release: 1977 & 1978 - CD release: 2009 / FTG-188
CD in jewel case with liner notes - Limited Edition

MUSICIAN, PRODUCTION & RECORDING CREDITS

=== Credits from the 1977 album Love Shook:
Produced, arranged and conducted by: Simon Soussan
Executive Producers: Sabrina Soussan, Paul Dougan, Elton Ahi, Tony Miller and Simon Soussan
A Soul Galore Production - June 1977

Recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Chief engineer: John Rhys
Larrabee Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Chief engineer: Bob Stone
The Record Plant, Hollywood, CA
Chief engineer: Deni King and Phil Jamtaas
Mixed at Westlake Audio, Hollywood, CA
Mixing engineer: Steve Hodge
Larrabee Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Mixing engineer: Bob Taavi
Mastered at Allen Zentz Mastering, Hollywood, CA

A Simon Soussan Disco Mix
Art direction: Phyllis Chotin
Album design: Gribbitt!

The Simon Orchestra (my very sincere thanks to:)
Drums: Ed Greene, Laurin Rinder, Elton Ahi
Bass: Wilton Felder, Scottie Edwards, Henry Davis, Jo Bellamy
Acoustic piano: Reginald "Sunny" Burke, Joseph Sample Jr., Micheal "El Coco" Lewis
Electric piano: Reginald "Sunny" Burke, Joseph Sample Jr.
Clavinet and harpsicord: Micheal "El Coco" Lewis
Acoustic guitar: Arthur K. Adams, Larry Rolando
Spanish guitar: Larry Rolando
Wah-wah: Arthur K. Adams
Vibes and marimba: Garry Coleman, Micheal "El Coco" Lewis
Orchestra bells: Garry Coleman
Castanets: John "Impact" Rhys, Sabrina Soussan
Congas: Eddie "Bongos" Brown
Additional percussion: Sabrina and Simon Soussan, Paulinho Da Costa, Gerard Izard
Handclaps: Sabrina, Carrie, Scottie, Walter, John Rhys, Simon
Horns: The Charles Veal Gang
Strings: The Harry Bluestone String Ensemble
Gypsy violin solo: Harry Bluestone
Synthesizer programming: Simon
All synthesizers: Simon, Micheal "El Coco" Lewis
Vocal arrangements: Sabrina, Pattie and Simon
Background arrangements: Sabrina, Pattie and Simon
Background singers on Pop Collage: Carrie Lucas and The Whispers (courtesy of the Don and Monsieur Griffey at Soul Train Records)
Additional background singers on other tunes: Pattie Brooks, Myrna Matthews, Petsye Powell
Wardrobe: Out of the Woods by Wayne Woods

To my precious Sabrina, I dedicate this album.
Thank you God Almighty, Barukh Hashem

=== Credits from the 1978 album Our Ms. Brooks:
Recorded at Star Track Studios, Hollywood, CA
Mixed and edited at Larrabee Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Mastered at Allen Zentz Mastering, Hollywood, CA

Produced by: Simon Soussan for Soul Galore Productions
Executive producer: Elton Ahi, Paul Dugan, Simon Soussan, Tony Miller
Disco remix consultant: Manny Slali
Disco remix engineer: Bob Stone

=== CD reissue credits:
Reissue producer: Tony Calvert and Matt Murphy
Project director: Donald Cleveland
for Funkytowngrooves Ltd. (2009)
Licensed from Universal Music Enterprise - a division of UMG Recordings Inc. - Universal Music Special Markets
Liner notes written by DiscoMusic.com member: Stephen L. Freeman (Aug 4, 2009)
All CD artwork based on the artwork of DiscoMusic.com member: Dayna Newman of DVA Promotions

Special thanks to Harry Weinger, Kathleen Basart, Gene Zacharewicz, Pall Hall and Allison Arias of UMG and the members of DiscoMusic.com

SONGS TRACKLISTING

Girl Don't Make Me Wait 10:48 Pattie Brooks 1977 Love Shook
(Leon Huff)

Love Shook 8:37 Pattie Brooks 1977 Love Shook
(Harvey Scales, Williams S. Harrolson)

Let's Make Love To The Music 8:47 Pattie Brooks 1977 Love Shook
(Pattie Brooks)

Pop Collage Medley: Popcorn～Back Is Black～Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Good Bye 9:19 Pattie Brooks 1977 Love Shook
(Gershon Kingsley ～ Hayes - Grainger - Wadey ～ DeCarlo - Frashuer - Leka)

After Dark 7:56 Pattie Brooks 1978 Our Ms. Brooks
(Simon Soussan - Sabrina Soussan)

This Is The House Where Love Died 8:01 Pattie Brooks 1978 Our Ms. Brooks
(R. Baker - A. Felder - N. Harris)

Heartbreak In Disguise 7:09 Pattie Brooks 1978 Our Ms. Brooks
(Simon Soussan)

Medley: Come Fly With Me～Let's Do It Again 7:07 Pattie Brooks 1978 Our Ms. Brooks
(Pattie Brooks)

The Back Up Singer 4:47 Pattie Brooks 1978 Our Ms. Brooks
(Michelle Allen - Bob Esty)

CD REVIEW & COLLECTOR NOTES

Pattie Brooks is a Disco era recording artist that was on the legendary Casablanca Records label out of Los Angeles. She is best remembered for her Simon Soussan produced song After Dark for the Thank God It's Friday movie soundtrack of 1978. Simon Soussan has had a long history in Disco and Northern Soul and he produced Patties first two albums for Casablanca. Soussan is also the brains behind French Kiss' Panic and Arpeggio's Love and Desire on Polydor.

While After Dark has been released on several compact discs and MP3 downloads over the years, Pattie Brook's complete albums from that timeframe have not-until now! The small independent label Funky Town Grooves out of the U.K. has gone to great lengths to work with, license and acquire the master tapes from Universal Music. The result is the long awaited release in digital format of two of Pattie Brook's two stellar albums: The 1977 Love Shook album which contains the wonderful Girl Don't Make Me Wait and the 1978 Our Ms. Brooks album containing After Dark.

Funkytowngrooves chose to release both complete albums from the original master tapes on one compact disc so it represents a fantastic value for the Disco music collector. The sound is crisp and detailed and a great surprise for those who have worn out their vinyl copies. Just listening to the Spanish guitars and strings on Girl Don't Make Me Wait are enough to get you tingly all over!

Donald Cleveland of Funkytowngrooves who is an active member of DiscoMusic.com tapped other DiscoMusic.com members for their artistic input. Stephen L. Freeman who has done many remixes for Hot Tracks... was chosen to write the liner notes and Dayna Newman who has provided DiscoMusic.com with several artist interviews over the years was tapped to create the front and back CD cover art.

Listen to After Dark by Pattie Brooks:

Listen to Girl Don't Make Me Wait by Pattie Brooks:

Just for kicks let's listen to the original version of Girl Don't Make Me Wait by Bunny Sigler from 1962:

Finally, let's listen to Love Shook: