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Various - The Wiz (Original Soundtrack)


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Label: MCA Records, Motown
Catalog#: 111 649-2, MCD 11649
Format: 2 x CD, Remastered, Reissue
Country:Europe
Released:1997
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Gospel, Disco
Credits: Artwork By [Art Direction] - George Osaki
Artwork By [Reissue Art] - Vartan
Banjo - Carmen Mastren
Bass - Anthony Jackson , Dave Moore (2) , Homer Mensch , Jesse Teiko , John Beal , Milton Hinton* , Ron Carter , Russ Savakas*
Bassoon - John Campo , Lorin Glickman , Ray Shanfeld , Wally Kane
Cello - Alan Shulman , Alla Goldberg , Anthony Sophos , Eugene Moye , Fred Slotkin* , Janet Hamilton , Jesse Levy , Jon Abramowitz* , Kermit Moore , Mary Green Jaccoma , Maurice Bialken* , Richard Boch , Seymour Barab
Choir [Adult] - Adrienne Albert , Alfa K. Anderson* , Annette Sanders* , Bobby Floyd* , Barbara Massey , Beurice Whitehead , Bill Marine , Billy Davis (5) , Brenda White* , Charles Collins* , Christopher Dean (2) , Chuck McGruder , Cissy Houston , Clare Janice Bathe* , Claudia Ricks , Dannis Perren , David Lasley , Debbie McDuffie* , Diva Gray , Eric Butler (2) , Alfonso Thoroton* , Frank Floyd , Fred Stark , Gordon Grody , Grady Tate , Gwen Guthrie , Helen Miles , Jake Holmes , Janet Wright , Janice Papolos , Janice Pendarvis , Jean Thomas , Jane McGruder* , Jerry Keller , Joey Ward , Joshie Armstead , Cassie Cisyk* , Kay Coleman , Kenny Karen , Kenny Williams (2) , Lani Groves , Leon Pendarvis , Leslie Miller , Luther Vandross , Mabel Robinson (2) , Maretha Stewart* , Mariama Thomas , Melanie Moore , Melvin W. Edmondson* , Mike Gray* , Milt Grayson , Neil Raber , Patti Austin , Randy Peyton , Ray Simpson , Renel Stafford* , Rhetta Hughes , Roberta Flack , Ron Marshall , Ronnie Dante , Steve Clayton , Steve Feldman , Susan Hamilton , Susan Stephenson , Tamy Smith , Ted Ross , Tom Bahler , Tony Wells (2) , Ullanda McCullough , Vivian Cherry , William Eaton , Yvonne Lewis , Zachary Sanders
Choir [The Wiz Singers Children's Choir] - Antonia French , Arthur French , Bobby Floyd , Bryon Gray , Camille Farrell , Christine Langner , Claude Brooke , Craig Davis , David Reed (2) , Dawn Walker , Debbie McDuffie* , Duke Thorbs , Ermundo Russell , Frank Floyd , Gerrard Randall , Gwen Guthrie , Jenny Cooke , Jules S. Davis , Julio Herrara , Kim Magloire , Lani Groves , Martina Jones , Mary Lombardi , Mia Thomas , Mike Farrell (2) , Molina Williams , Patti Austin , Petra Johnson , Sharon Davis , Susan Stephenson , T.J. Cooke , Tommy Malcolm , Ullanda McCullough , Vivian Cherry , William Walker (3)
Composed By - Nickolas Ashford And Valerie Simpson* (tracks: 1-1F, 1-4, 2-2, 2-4C, 2-5, 2-11B) , Charlie Smalls (tracks: 1-1A, 1-1C to 1-1E, 1-2A, 1-3, 1-6 to 1-11, 1-12 to 1-14, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4A, 2-6, 2-8B, 2-10, 2-11A) , Quincy Jones (tracks: 1-1B, 1-1F, 1-2B, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6A, 1-11A, 1-15, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4B, 2-4C, 2-5, 2-7A, 2-7C, 2-8A, 2-9, 2-11B)
Conductor [Orchestra] - Bobby Tucker , Quincy Jones
Conductor [Orchestra], Orchestrated By - Robert Freedman
Conductor, Arranged By [Adult & Childen Choir] - Tom Bahler
Drums - Chris Parker (2) , Grady Tate , Harvey Mason , Steve Gadd
Engineer [Assistant] - Ollie Cotton
Engineer [Recording] - Bruce Swedien
Engineer [Technical] - P. Larry Dahlstrom*
Engineer [Technician] - George Walker (2) , Mitchell Plotkin , Peter Maiorino
English Horn - Joe Marangella
French Horn - Bob Carlisle , Brooks Tillotson , Don Corrado , Jim Buffington , Joe De Angelis , John Clark (2) , Larry Wechsler , Maggie Reill , Peter Gordon , Ray Alonge , Sharon Moe , Tony Miranda
Guitar - Eric Gale , Hugh McCracken , Jeff Miranov* , Steve Khan
Harmonica - Toots Thielemans
Harp - Gloria Agostini , Margaret Ross , Ruth Armato , Sally Foster
Keyboards - Ben Lanzarone , Bob James , Dave Grusin , David Foster , Derek Smith , Dick Hyman , Ernest Hayes* , Frank Owens , Jerry Peters , Kenny Ascher* , Leon Pendarvis , Pat Rebillot , Paul Griffin , Quincy Jones , Richard Tee , Rob Mounsey , Thom Bridwell , Warren Bernhardt
Mastered By [Originally Mastered By] - Bernie Grundman
Mastered By [Remastered] - Erick Labson
Orchestrated By - Bob Florence , Chris Boardman , Greg Mc Ritchie* , Jerry Hey , Mendel Baylitz , Pete Meyers , Ralph Ferraro , Richard Hazard , Wayne Robinson
Other [Album Direction Coordinator] - Peggy-Lipton Jones
Other [Apprentice Music Editor] - Ray Hubley
Other [Assistant Librarians] - Bill Waranoff , Gary Fry
Other [Assistant Music Editors] - Hal Levinson , Jeff Wolf , Marlayna Franklin , Ted Roberts
Other [Assistants To Quincy Jones] - Bruce Swedien , Jack Fitzstephens , Sy Johnson , Tom Bahler
Other [Chief Librarian & Supervising Copyist] - Emile Charlap
Other [Choral Coordinator] - Patti Austin
Other [Copyists] - Albert Schoonmaker , Gary Fry , Jerry Bass , Lou Savarese , Nat Brooks
Other [Dance Arrangements] - Frank Owens , Quincy Jones
Other [Liner Notes] - Bruce Swedien , Quincy Jones , Sidney Lumet
Other [Orchestra Coordinators] - Harry Lookofsky , Jerome Richardson , Ralph Macdonald , Sherry Kruger
Other [Reissue Coordination] - Andy McKaie , Laura Graven
Other [Technical Coordinator] - Aaron J. Baron
Percussion - Art Jenkins* , Bill Lavorgna , Bill Summers , Dave Charles (2) , Dave Carey* , Dave Friedman* , George Devens , Grady Tate , Harvey Mason , Mel Lewis , Paulinho Da Costa , Phil Kraus , Ralph MacDonald , Steve Gadd , Steve Little , Susan Evans* , Victoria Berd
Performer [Aunt Em] - Theresa Merrit (tracks: 1-3)
Performer [Dorothy] - Diana Ross (tracks: 1-4, 1-7, 1-9, 1-12, 1-14, 2-1, 2-5, 2-7C, 2-11A)
Performer [Evilene] - Mabel King (tracks: 2-6, 2-7C)
Performer [Glinda] - Lena Horne (tracks: 2-7C, 2-9, 2-10)
Performer [Lion] - Ted Ross (tracks: 1-13, 1-14, 2-1, 2-7C)
Performer [Miss One] - Thelma Carpenter (tracks: 1-6A)
Performer [Scarecrow] - Michael Jackson (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-14, 2-1, 2-7C, 2-9)
Performer [The Wiz / Herman Smith] - Richard Pryor (tracks: 2-3, 2-4, 2-7, 2-9)
Performer [Tinman] - Nipsey Russel* (tracks: 1-10, 1-11A, 1-12, 2-1, 2-7C)
Photography - Berry Berenson , Bob Fletcher , Bob Greene , Karen Epstein , Lou Barrett , Muky , Tom Zimberoff / Contact
Producer, Other [Adaptation, Score & Musical Supervision] - Quincy Jones
Saxophone [Tenor] - Michael Brecker (tracks: 1-9, 1-12, 1-14)
Synthesizer [Polyphonic] - David Foster , Michael Boddicker
Trombone - Alan Raph , William Reichenbach* , Charlie Small , Dave Taylor* , Eddie Bert , George Flynn (2) , Paul Faulise , Sonny Russo , Tony Studd , Urbie Green , Wayne Andre
Trumpet - Alan Rubin , Allen Dean* , Bernie Glow , Burt Collins , Chuck Findley , Clark Terry , Daniel Cahn* , Ernie Royal , Gary Grant , Jerry Hey , Joe Shepley , Joe Wilder , Jon Faddis , Lew Soloff , Marv Stamm* , Mel Davis , Mike Lawrence , Randy Brecker , Ray Crisara* , Tom Bahler
Tuba - Alan Ralph , Dave Bergeron* , Don Butterfield , Howard Johnson , Tony Price (2)
Viola - Alfred Brown , Barbara Baird , David Sackson , Emmanuel Vardi* , Harold Coletta , Harry Zaratzian , Julian Barber* , Lamar Alsop , Linda Lawrence , Maxine Roach , Midhat Serbagi , Richard Maximoff , Seymour Berman , Susan Pray* , Theodore Israel
Violin - Alphonse Schipani , Ann Barak , Arianna Bronne* , Arnold Black , Arthur Bogin , Avram Weiss , Carmel Malin , David Sackson , Diana Halprin , Fred Buldrini* , Guy Lumia , Harold Kohon , Harry Cykman , Harry Glickman , Harry Lookofsky , Harry Urbont , Irving Spice , Jean Ely , Joseph Malin* , John Pintavalle , Joseph Rabushka , Kathryn Kienke , Leo Kahn , Lou Eley* , Louann Montesi , Lou Gabowitz* , Marvin Morgenstern , Matt Raimondi* , Max Cahn , Max Ellen , Max Hollander , Mike Comins* , Michael Spivakowsky , Michał Urbaniak , Noel De Costa* , Ora Shiran , Paul Winter , Peter Dimitriades , Raoul Poliakin , Regis Iandiorio , Rick Henrickson* , Richard Sortomme , Robert Rosek , Tony Posk
Woodwind - Art Kaplan , Charlie Russo* , Danny Banks* , Dave Tofani , Don Hammond , Eddy Daniels* , Frank Wess , George Marge , George Young (2) , Hank Freeman , Harvey Estrin , Hubert Laws , Jerome Richardson , Jerry Dodgion , John Campo , John Lissauer , Johnny Mince , Kim Hutchcroft , Larry Williams , Leon Cohen , Lew Delgatto , Lorin Glickman , Lou Marini , Michael Brecker , Pepper Adams , Phil Bodner , Ray Beckenstein , Ray Shanfeld , Romeo Penque , Ronnie Roseman , Sheldon Powell* , Wally Kane , Walt Levinsky , Billy Slapin*
Notes:Soundtrack of the movie "The Wiz" directed by Sidney Lumet (1978) and adapted from the L. Frank Baum book "The Wizard Of Oz".
Recording Studio: A&R Recording Studios, New York City.
Mastered at A&M Records, L.A.
Remastered at MCA Music Media Studios, No. Hollywood, CA.
The singles taken out from this release were released under the name The Wiz Stars.
Rating:   2.0/5 (1 vote) Rate It
Submitted by:usnibrutski

Tracklisting:

1-1   Main Title (Overture, Part One) (2:34)
1-1A   Universal Logo (0:16)
1-1B   Wiz Title (0:10)
1-1C   Home (0:08)
1-1D   Believe In Yourself (0:34)
1-1E   He's The Wizard (0:27)
1-1F   Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy's Theme) (0:59)
    Saxophone [Soprano] - Jerome Richardson
1-2   Overture (Part Two) (2:03)
1-2A   Home (1:00)
1-2B   Aunt Em (1:03)
1-3   The Feeling That We Have (3:30)
1-4   Can I Go On? (1:56)
1-5   Glinda's Theme (1:09)
1-6   He's The Wizard (2:52)
1-6A   March Of The Munchkins (1:17)
    Vocals [Munchkins] - Damon Pearce , Donna Patrice Ingram , Mabel Robinson (2) , Ted Williams
1-7   Soon As I Get Home / Home (4:01)
1-8   You Can't Win (3:14)
    Vocals [Crows] - Derrick Bell , Kashka Banjoko , Roderick-Spencer Sibert , Ronald 'Smokey' Stevens
1-9   Ease On Down The Road #1 (3:19)
    Engineer [Horns Recording] - Skip Saylor
1-10   What Could I Do If I Could Feel? (2:18)
1-11   Slide Some Oil To Me (2:19)
1-11A   Now Watch Me Dance (0:30)
1-12   Ease On Down The Road #2 (1:30)
1-13   (I'm A) Mean Ole Lion (2:23)
1-14   Ease On Down The Road #3 (1:24)
1-15   Poppy Girls (3:27)
    Composed By, Bass - Anthony Jackson
2-1   Be A Lion (4:04)
2-2   End Of The Yellow Brick Road (1:01)
2-3   Emerald City Sequence (6:41)
2-3A   Green (2:31)
2-3B   Red (2:05)
2-3C   Gold (2:05)
    Piano [Solo] - Richard Tee
2-4   So You Wanted To See The Wizard (2:48)
2-4A   So You Wanted To See The Wizard (0:17)
2-4B   A Sorry Phoney (1:59)
2-4C   Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy's Theme) (0:32)
2-5   Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy's Theme) (3:13)
2-6   Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News (3:01)
2-7   A Brand New Day (7:51)
2-7A   Liberation Agitato (0:54)
2-7B   A Brand New Day (Everybody Rejoice) (Part One) (2:34)
    Composed By - Luther Vandross
2-7C   Liberation Ballet (2:40)
2-8   Believe In Yourself (Dorothy) (2:54)
2-8A   Dorothy's Intro (0:42)
2-8B   Believe In Yourself (2:12)
2-9   The Good Witch Glinda (1:10)
2-10   Believe In Yourself (Reprise) (2:11)
2-11   Home (3:27)
2-11A   Home (2:50)
2-11B   Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy's Theme) (0:37)

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