The Coconuts – Don't Take My Coconuts

Label:	EMI America – ST-17097
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1983
Genre:	Electronic, Latin, Funk / Soul
Style:	Latin, Disco

Tracklist

A1	Don't Take My Coconuts	2:20
A2	Naughty Boy	3:51
A3	Maladie D'Amour	3:12
A4	Ticket To The Tropics	3:50
A5	Indiscreet	2:41
B1	Kriminal-Tango	4:40
B2	Did You Have To Love Me Like You Did?	5:42
B3	If I Only Had A Brain	2:44
B4	The Glory That Was Eden	4:17

Companies, etc.

Produced For – Brindisi Reef Productions
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI America Records
Copyright © – EMI America Records
Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

Accordion – Dominic Cortese, Dominic Cortese (tracks: B3)
Acoustic Bass – John Beal
Alto Saxophone, Piccolo Flute – Jerry Dodgion, Paquito Derivera*
Arranged By [Horns] – Sugar-Coated Andy Hernandez*, August Darnell
Arranged By [The Pond Life Horns And Strings] – August Darnell, Carlos Franzetti
Art Direction, Design – Mick Haggerty
Backing Vocals – Another Tribe (tracks: A1), Perri Lister (tracks: A3, A5, B1, B3, B4), Stephanie Fuller (tracks: A2), Sue Schmidt (tracks: A2), The Coconuts (tracks: A2 to B4)
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Ronnie Cuber
Bass – August Darnell (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2 to B4), August Darnell (tracks: A4), Ronnie Rogers* (tracks: A2)
Bass Trombone – Alan Ralph*, Dave Taylor*
Cello – Eugenie Dengel, Fred Zlotkin, John Abramowitz*, Ted Hoyle
Clarinet – Charles Lagond*, Eddie Daniels, Jerry Dodgion, Paquito Derivera*
Clavinet – Peter Schott (tracks: A3)
Concertmaster – Harold Kohon
Drum Programming [Super-clave Mambo Machine] – Ronnie Rogers* (tracks: A2)
Drums – August Darnell (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3), Ronnie Rogers* (tracks: A2), Yogi Horton (tracks: B2)
Drums [Earth] – August Darnell (tracks: B4)
Electronics [Futurizer] – Ronnie Rogers* (tracks: A3, A4, A5, B2 to B4)
Electronics [Synthetikos] – Peter Schott (tracks: A1, A3, B4)
Engineer [Sound] – Michael Frondelli
Flute – Charles Lagond*, Jerry Dodgion, Paquito Derivera*
French Horn – Bill Hamilton (4), Jerry Peel, Peter Gordon (8)
Guitar – August Darnell (tracks: A1, A5), Eugene Grey (tracks: A1, A4, B4), Jimmy Rippetoe* (tracks: A2, B2, B4), Mark Mazur (tracks: A3, B3, B4)
Harp – Emily Mitchell
Horns – Charles Lagond* (tracks: A1), Ken Fradley (tracks: A1), Lee Robertson (tracks: A1)
Horns, Strings – Pond Life (2)
Lead Vocals – Adriana Kaegi (tracks: A5, B1), Argyle Neft (tracks: A3, B4), Cheryl Poirier (tracks: A2 to A4, B2 to B4), Kid Creole (2) (tracks: A1)
Lyrics By – Aldo Locatelli (tracks: B1), Andy Hernandez (tracks: A3), August Darnell (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B4), Cristina Monet* (tracks: A4), E. Y. Harburg* (tracks: B3), Kurt Feltz (tracks: B1), Ronnie Rogers* (tracks: A2), Stony Browder Jr.* (tracks: B2)
Management [Management + Direction] – Champion Entertainment*, Tommy Mottola
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Music By – Andy Hernandez (tracks: A3), August Darnell (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2, B4), Harold Arlen (tracks: B3), Pierre Trombetta* (tracks: B1), Ronnie Rogers* (tracks: A2), Stony Browder Jr.* (tracks: B2)
Orchestrated By [Orchestrations For Pond Life] – Carlos Franzetti
Organ – Peter Schott (tracks: A1, A4, B2)
Other [Aides De Camp] – Dave Greenberg, Eddie Garcia, Gary Hellman, Michael Abbott
Other [Medics] – Bruce Freeman, Jimi Monroe, Lynne Maiacco, Sal Greco
Other [Nursing Staff] – Karin McLean, Laura Roher, Laura Siegel
Other [Production Coordinator] – Miss Carol Colman
Percussion – August Darnell (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4), Eddie Magic (tracks: A4, B2)
Performer [The Coconuts] – Adriana Kaegi, Cheryl Poirier, Taryn Hagey
Photography By – Larry Williams (9)
Piano – Ronnie Rogers* (tracks: A2)
Piano [Acoustic] – Carlos Franzetti (tracks: B1), Peter Schott (tracks: A3, B4)
Producer – August Darnell
Tenor Saxophone – Charles Lagond*, Eddie Daniels
Timpani [Tympani] – Gordon Gottlieb, Sue Evans
Trombone [Solo] – The Professor, Lee Robertson* (tracks: A1, B2, B3)
Trombone [Tenor] – Dave Bargeron, Gene Pugh, The Professor, Lee Robertson*
Trumpet – Joe Shepley, Ken Fradley, Lou Soloff*, Randy Brecker
Trumpet [Piccolo] – Lou Soloff*
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Philippe Saisse (tracks: A5)
Viola – Harold Coletta, Jessie Levine*, Julian Barber*, Mitsue Takayama
Violin – Anahid Ajemian, Fred Buldrini*, Gemma Sroczynaska, Gene Orloff, Gerald Tarrack*, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Isadora Kohon, Marilyn Wright, Matthew Raimondi, Peter Dimitriades, Regis Iandiorio

Notes

(C)(P) 1983 EMI America Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.

A-side: "Set 1", B-side: "Set 2"
Produced for Brindisi Reef Productions.
The Place: The Hendrix Ballroom
The Time: April 13, 1983
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.
(C)(P) 1983 EMI America Records

Publishing:
A1, A5, B2 & B4 - (C) 1983 Perennial August BMI
A2 - (C) 1978 Perennial August BMI / Cri Cri Music BMI
A3 - (C) 1979 Unichappell Music Inc. / Perennial August BMI
A4 - (C) 1983 Perennial August BMI / Cri Cri Music BMI
B1 - (C) 1959 Fortissimo Ediz Music ASCAP / Suvini Zerboni-Milan
B3 - (C) 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Renewed 1966

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 077771709715
Barcode: 0 7777-17097-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout Groove Side A): ST 1 17097 Z3
Matrix / Runout (Runout Groove Side B): ST 2 17097 Z3

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Don't Take My Coconuts (LP, Album)	EMI America	4001801	Germany	1983
	Don't Take My Coconuts (Cassette, Album)	EMI America	1A 264Y 40 0180 4	Europe	1983
Recently Edited	Don't Take My Coconuts (LP, Album)	EMI America	1A 064-4001801	Europe	1983
New Submission	Don't Take My Coconuts (LP, Album)	EMI America	4001801	Portugal	1983
Recently Edited	Don't Take My Coconuts (LP, Album)	EMI America	ST-17097	Canada	1983