Seals & Crofts – Takin' It Easy

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Label:	Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3163
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Monarch Pressing, Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	1978
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Soft Rock, Pop Rock

Tracklist

A1	Takin' It Easy Written-By – Bob Phillips (2), Sean MacLeod	3:57
A2	One More Time Written-By – Lewis Anderson	4:05
A3	Midnight Blue Written-By – Dash Crofts, Jim Seals*	4:38
A4	You're The Love Written-By – David Batteau, Louie Shelton	3:17
A5	Sunrise Written-By – Brian Whitcomb, Grant Gullickson	5:32
B1	Breaking In A Brand New Love Written-By – Dash Crofts, Jim Seals*	4:12
B2	Magnolia Moon Written-By – Dash Crofts, Jim Seals*	4:43
B3	Nobody Gets Over Lovin' You Written-By – Dash Crofts, Jim Seals*	3:54
B4	Forever Like The Rose Written-By – Dash Crofts, Jim Seals*	2:45
B5	A Tribute To 'Abdu'L-Baha' Written-By – Dash Crofts, Jim Seals*	5:26

Companies, etc.

Produced For – Oak Tree Productions
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – ∆23255
Published By – Big Heart Music Inc.
Published By – Harmony & Grits Music
Published By – Dawnbreaker Music
Published By – David Batteau Music
Published By – Oaktree Music
Published By – Big Brick Music
Published By – Bone Tone Music
Recorded At – Dawnbreaker Studios
Recorded At – Sound Factory West
Lacquer Cut At – Allen Zentz Mastering

Credits

Artwork [Lettering] – Mike Manoogian*
Backing Vocals – Bob Phillips (2) (tracks: A1), Doug Strawn (tracks: A2), Gary Sims (tracks: A2), James Gilstrap* (tracks: B3), Sean MacLeod (tracks: A1), Shirlie Matthews* (tracks: B3), Tanya Tucker (tracks: B3), Tony Peluso (tracks: A1, A2), Venetta Field* (tracks: B3)
Bass – David Parlota* (tracks: A3), Dennis Belfield (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B1 to B3), Dominic Genova (tracks: A1, B4)
Design [Art Concept] – Louie Shelton
Drums – James Divisek (tracks: A5, B1), Jim Keltner (tracks: A3), Ralph Humphrey (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2, B3), Ron Krasinski (tracks: A1, A4, B3, B4)
Engineer – George Bell*, Joseph Bogan*, Thom Wilson
Engineer [Assistant] – Gonzalo (Bino) Espinoza*
Guitar – Dan Fergueson* (tracks: A3), Jim Seals* (tracks: A3, B1, B4, B5), Larry Rolando (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B3), Louie Shelton (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to B4), Marty Walsh (tracks: A1, B4), Tony Peluso (tracks: A1, A5)
Harmonica – Danny Deardorff (tracks: A3)
Keyboards – Brian Whitcomb (tracks: A5, B1), Steven Olitzky* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B3, B4), Tom Hensley (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B1, B2, B3)
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching (Flower)] – Brian Gardner
Management – Marcia Day
Mandolin – Dash Crofts (tracks: A3, A5, B4, B5)
Mixed By – Barney Perkins, Joseph Bogan*, Larry Emerine
Percussion – Bob Zimmitti (tracks: A3)
Piano – David Foster (tracks: A3)
Producer – Louie Shelton
Santoor [Santour] – Manoochehr Sadeghi (tracks: B5)
Saxophone – Don Menza (tracks: B2), Jim Seals* (tracks: A5)
Vibraphone – Alan Estes (tracks: B3)
Voice – Manoochehr Sadeghi (tracks: B5)

Notes

"∆" followed by numbers denotes a Monarch Record Mfg. Co. pressing.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 1): BSK-1-3163-M4 AZ [flower logo] ∆23255 (7)
Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 1): BSK-2-3163-M1 AZ [flower logo] ∆23255-X (2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 2): BSK-1-3163-M3 AZ [flower logo] ∆23255 (8)
Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 2): BSK-2-3163-M1 AZ [flower logo] ∆23255-X (3)
Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 3): BSK-1-3163-M2 AZ [flower logo] ∆23255 (5)
Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 3): BSK-2-3163-M1 AZ [flower logo] ∆23255-X (2)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Takin' It Easy (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3163	Canada	1978
New Submission	Takin' It Easy (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	WB 56484, BSK 3163	Netherlands	1978
New Submission	Takin' It Easy (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Warner Bros. Records	K 56484	UK	1978
New Submission	Takin' It Easy (8-Track Cartridge, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	M8 3163	US	1978
New Submission	Takin' It Easy (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	WB 56 484, BSK 3163	Netherlands	1978

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Reviews

jaredjestes Feb 10, 2017
Edited 7 years ago
This is just really... so... boring. It's very slow and un-inventive late 70's music. I have tried many times to give it a chance but it's just not working for me.