The Chi-Lites - The Complete Chi-Lites On Brunswick Volume 2

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" A Letter To Myself " ( 1973 ) Part 2 - Continued From Volume 1
1-01	We Need Order Written-By – E. Record*, Q. Joseph*	5:17
1-02	Love Comes In All Sizes Written-By – E. Record*	5:59
1-03	My Heart Just Keeps On Breaking Written-By – E. Record*	4:05
1-04	You Smiled The Same Old Way Written-By – E. Record*	6:42
" Chi-Lites " ( 1973 )
1-05	Homely Girl Written-By – E. Record*, S. McKenny*	3:32
1-06	Go Away Dream Written-By – E. Record*, S. McKenny*	3:23
1-07	Too Good To Be Forgotten Written-By – B. Acklin*, E. Record*	3:16
1-08	I Found Sunshine Written-By – E. Record*	3:06
1-09	I Never Had It So Good (And Felt So Bad) Written-By – E. Record*, S. McKenny*	5:06
1-10	Marriage License Written-By – A. Tucker*, E. Record*	5:31
1-11	I Forgot To Say I Love You Till I'm Gone Written-By – E. Record*, S. McKenny*	2:57
1-12	One Man Band (Plays Alone) Written-By – L. Creed*, T. Bell*	4:48
1-13	Bet You'll Never Be Sorry Written-By – G. Sims*	3:13
1-14	Stoned Out Of My Mind Written-By – B. Acklin*, E. Record*	3:01
" Toby " ( 1974 )
1-15	Toby Written By – E. Record*Written-By – B. Acklin*	3:47
1-16	You Got To Be The One Written-By – E. Record*, L. Simon*	3:55
1-17	The Sound Of Lonely Written-By – E. Record*, S. McKenny*	5:02
2-01	The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face) Written-By – E. MacColl*	5:26
2-02	There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conference Table) Written-By – E. Record*	5:13
2-03	That's How Long Written-By – A. Powell*, T. Boyd*	5:04
2-04	Happiness Is Your Middle Name Written-By – E. Record*	3:33
2-05	I Lied Written-By – E. Record*	5:41
2-06	I Like To Live The Love (That I Sing About) Written-By – C. Mann*, D. Crawford*	4:01
2-07	Gettin' On Outta Town Written-By – E. Record*, S. Drayton*	2:50
" Half A Love " ( 1975 )
2-08	Half A Love Written-By – I. Koster*, T. Randazzo*, V. Pike*	2:49
2-09	Here I Am Written-By – C. Allen*, E. Record*	3:44
2-10	When Temptation Comes Written-By – E. Record*	4:19
2-11	It's Time For Love Written-By – E. Record*	5:06
2-12	Take A Trip To The Islands Written-By – E. Record*	3:30
2-13	I'm Not A Gambler Written-By – E. Record*	3:55
Later Singles ( 1975/76 )
2-14	You Don't Have To Go Written-By – B. Acklin*, E. Record*	4:47
2-15	The Devil Is Doing His Work Written-By – E. Record*, Q. Joseph*	3:35
2-16	Don't Burn No Bridges Vocals – Jackie WilsonWritten-By – R. Anderson*	3:27
2-17	You Don't Have To Go (Edit) Written-By – B. Acklin*, E. Record*	3:29

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Brunswick Record Corporation
• Licensed To – Demon Music Group Ltd.
• Remastered At – Tall Order

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Ron Steele (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Alto Saxophone – Gene Barge (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Arranged By – Eugene Record (tracks: 1-14 to 2-13), Sonny Sanders (tracks: 1-05, 1-06, 1-08 to 1-13, 1-16, 2-04, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13), Thomas (Tom Tom) Washington* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04, 1-07, 1-15, 1-17 to 2-03, 2-05 to 2-08, 2-10, 2-11)
• Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Cliff Davis (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Bass [Upright] – Rufus Reid (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Co-producer – Bruce Swedien (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Conductor, Piano, Co-producer – Thomas (Tom Tom) Washington* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Directed By – Eugene Record (tracks: 1-14), Quinton Joseph (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13), Willie Henderson (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Drums, Co-producer – Quinton Joseph (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Electric Bass – William Robinson (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Electric Bass, Organ, Electric Guitar – Eugene Record (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Electric Guitar – Daniel Reed (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Engineer – Craig Barksdale (tracks: 1-15 to 2-07)
• Engineer, Co-producer – Bruce Swedien
• French Horn – Ethel Merker (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Julia M. Studebaker (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Harmonica – Cy Touff (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Liner Notes – Alan Robinson
• Producer – Eugene Record
• Remastered By – Peter Rynston
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Frank Robinson (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Tenor Saxophone, Piccolo Flute – William A. Adkin* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Trombone, Bass Trombone – Morris Ellis (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Trumpet – Arthur Hoyle (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Murray Watson (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Raymond Orr (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Vibraphone [Marimba], Timpani [Tympani], Bells [Orchestra Bells] – Bobby Christian (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Vibraphone [Marimba], Timpani [Tympani], Bells [Orchestra Bells], Cello – Floyd Morris (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Viola – Emil Mitterman (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Carl Fruh* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Roger Malitz (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)
• Violin – Edward Green* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Elliott Golab* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Frank Borgognone (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Gerasim Warutian (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), John Frigo (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Roger Moulton (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04), Sol Bobrov (tracks: 1-01 to 1-04)

Notes

1-01 - 1-14
1-15 - 1-17, 2-01 - 2-07
2-08 - 2-13, 2-16
2-14, 2-15, 2-17

Issued in 1975, "Half A Love" was The Chi-Lites final album for the Brunswick label. It was released to capitalise on the success of a hit single ("It's Time For Love"), and whilst it was a ten track album (twelve in the UK) in this 2-CD edtion it featured only six new tracks, the remainder being taken from previous albums.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 740155173722

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