Ashford & Simpson – I Wanna Be Selfish

More images

Label:	Warner Bros. Records – BS 2789
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:	Jul 1974
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Soul, Disco

Tracklist

A1	Spoiled	3:00
A2	Everybody's Got To Give It Up	3:27
A3	I Wanna Be Selfish	3:13
A4	I Had A Love	4:41
A5	Main Line	3:13
B1	Ain't That Something	2:27
B2	Don't Fight It	2:30
B3	Ain't Nothin' But A Maybe	3:45
B4	Over To Where You Are	4:10
B5	Take All The Time You Need	5:07

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Produced For – Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
Published By – Nick-O-Val Music
Recorded At – Generation Sound Studios
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
Mixed At – Generation Sound Studios
Mixed At – A&R Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria

Credits

Arranged By – Paul Riser
Bass – Francisco Centano*, Robert Kreiner*
Congas, Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Copyist – Chiefy Salaam
Drums – Andrew Smith (4), Charles Collins
Electric Piano – Frank Owens, Leroy Pendarvis*
Guitar – Cornell Dupree, Jerry Friedman, Keith Loving Illedge*
Percussion – Dave Carey*
Photography By – Mickey Matis
Piano – Valerie Simpson
Recorded By, Mixed By – Elliot Scheiner, Tony May
Saxophone [Saxophone Solo] – Seldon Powell
Vocals [Voices] – Hilda Harris, Joshie Armstead*, Raymond Simpson*
Written-By, Producer, Vocals [Voices] – Ashford & Simpson

Notes

Produced for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
ⓟ 1974 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Published by Nick-O-Val Music ASCAP.

Special thanks to our engineers, recording and mixing Tony May at Generation Sound, New York, and Elliot Scheiner, A&R Studios, New York.
Horns recorded at Electric Lady.

"Burbank" labels and hand-etched ruunouts, except for the Sterling stamp.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID: S
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): S40,777
Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): S40,778
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Runout, side A): BS-2789 | 4̶0̶7̶7̶-1̶-G̶ 40777-> G
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Runout, side B): BS-2789 4̶0̶7̶8̶-1̶-F̶ 40778-1F
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Runout, side A): BS-2789 4̶0̶7̶7̶-1̶-F̶ 40777-1F STERLING S \
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Runout, side B): BS-2789 4̶0̶7̶8̶-1̶-G̶ 40778 -1E S I

Other Versions (5 of 12)

View All

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	I Wanna Be Selfish (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	K 56050	UK	1974
New Submission	I Wanna Be Selfish (LP, Album, Promo)	Warner Bros. Records	BS 2789	US	1974
New Submission	I Wanna Be Selfish (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	BS-2789	Australia	1974
New Submission	I Wanna Be Selfish (LP, Album, Stereo)	Warner Bros. Records	BS 2789	Canada	1974
New Submission	I Wanna Be Selfish (LP, Album, Promo, White Label)	Warner Bros. Records	K 56050	UK	1974