Gloria Gaynor – Glorious

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Label:	Polydor – PD-1-6095, Polydor – 2391 264
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1977
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Disco

Tracklist

A1	Why Should I Pay Written-By – Gregg Diamond	3:38
A2	As Time Goes By (Includes The Hands Of Time) Written-By [As Time Goes By] – Herman Hupfeld Written-By [The Hands Of Time] – Gregg Diamond	5:05
A3	Most Of All Written-By – Gregg Diamond	9:15
B1	We Can Start All Over Again Written-By – George Flame, Joe Beck	5:07
B2	Sweet Sweet Melody Written-By – George Flame, Joe Beck	4:52
B3	Life Ain't Worth Living Written-By – Melvin Steals	2:58
B4	This Side Of The Pain Written-By – Gregg Diamond	3:15
B5	So Much Love Written-By – George Flame, Joe Beck	4:41

Companies, etc.

Record Company – PolyGram
Marketed By – Polydor Incorporated
Manufactured By – Polydor Incorporated
Distributed By – Phonodisc, Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Recorded At – Big Apple Studio
Recorded At – Mediasound
Mixed At – Mediasound
Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Mastered At – Mediasound

Credits

Art Direction – Beverly Parker (2)
Backing Vocals – Angela Howell, Jocelyne Shaw*, Kim Carlson
Bass – James Gregory*
Concertmaster, Strings – Gene Orloff
Drums – Alan Schwartzberg*
Lead Vocals – Gloria Gaynor
Mastered By – Dominick Romeo, Ray Jones*
Percussion – James Maelan*
Percussion, Engineer, Mixed By – Godfrey Diamond
Percussion, Piano – Gregg Diamond
Piano, Keyboards, Clavinet, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Don Grolnick, Jack Waldman
Producer, Arranged By – Gregg Diamond, Joe Beck
Rhythm Guitar – Steve Love
Saxophone – Eddie Daniels, George Marge, George Young (2)
Soloist, Alto Saxophone – Joe Ferguson (2) (tracks: B4)
Soloist, Guitar – Joe Beck
Trombone – Alan Rhaph*, Barry Rogers, Wayne Andre
Trumpet – Alan Rubin, John Frosk, Marvin Stamm, Peter Ecklund

Notes

Recorded at Big Apple Studios, New York; Media Sound Studios, New York
Mixed at Media Sound Studios, New York
Mastered at Frankford/Wayne Labs and Media Sound Studios
© ℗ 1977 Polydor Incorporated
Printed in U.S.A.

Gloria Gaynor's services supplied by American Worldwide Sounds and Music, Inc.
Gregg Diamond's services supplied by Diamond Touch Productions Ltd.
Joe Beck's services supplied by Tellurian Music, Inc.

Ray Janos misspelled as Ray Jones on the back cover.

Variant 2, side A Runout is P 8 PD-1-6095-S̷A̷-̷C̷P̷ AS-CP X Ray Janos where S̷A̷-̷C̷P̷ is a mistake and is scratched
On spine the title is :
PD-1-6096 GLORIA GAYNOR/GLORIOUS 0698 POLYDOR

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): PD-1-6095 A
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): PD-1-6095 B
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, A-Side Runout Etching): p PD-1-6095-AS-CP X Ray Janos
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, B-Side Runout Etching): p PD-1-6095-BS-CP
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, A side ): P 8 PD-1-6095-S̷A̷-̷C̷P̷ AS-CP X Ray Janos
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, B side): P PD-1-6095-BS-CP

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Glorious (LP, Album, Stereo)	Polydor	2391 264	UK	1977
New Submission	Glorious (LP, Album)	Polydor	2391 264	France	1977
New Submission	Glorious (LP, Album)	Polydor	2391 264	Italy	1977
Recently Edited	Glorious (LP, Album)	Polydor	2417 314	Germany	1977
Recently Edited	Glorious (LP, Album, Stereo)	Polydor, Polydor	PD-1-6095, 2391 264	Canada	1977