🎵 AotW Kiddo - ACTION (SP-5005)

[LPJim]

Kiddo
ACTION
A&M SP-5005

A1 She's Got The Body
Mixed By – Jon Ingoldsby Producer – Donnie Sterling, Steve Millang Recorded By – Steve Millang Written-By – Donnie Sterling 3:44

A2 Hyperactive
Mixed By – Jon Ingoldsby Producer – Donnie Sterling, Steve Millang Recorded By – Steve Millang Written-By – Donnie Sterling, Steve Millang 6:24

A3 This Love Will Last
Mixed By – Jon Ingoldsby Producer – Donnie Sterling, Steve Millang Recorded By – Steve Millang Written-By – Donnie Sterling 3:58

A4 Can't Explain
Mixed By – Jon Ingoldsby Producer – Donnie Sterling, Steve Millang, Tom Vickers Recorded By – Steve Millang Written-By – Pete Townshend 3:50

B1 Action Speaks Louder Than Words
Mixed By – Jon Ingoldsby Producer – Donnie Sterling, Tease Enterprises, Inc.* Recorded By – John Glass Written-By – Chuckii Booker, Cornelius Mims, Kipper Jones, Rex Salas 5:05

B2 Cool Me Off
Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Derek Nakamoto Mixed By – Brian MaloufProducer – John Barnes Recorded By [A & M Recording Studios] – Jack Reuben Recorded By [Can-am Recording Studios] – Brian Malouf Written-By – Donnie Sterling, John Barnes 4:16

B3 Young Love
Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Derek Nakamoto Mixed By – Brian
Malouf Producer – John Barnes Recorded By [A & M Recording Studios] – Jack Reuben Recorded By [Can-am Recording Studios] – Brian Malouf Written-By – John Barnes, Keni St. Lewis 4:24

B4 Telephone Fantasy
Co-producer [Associate Producer] – Derek Nakamoto Mixed By – Brian MaloufProducer – John Barnes Recorded By [A & M Recording Studios] – Jack Reuben Recorded By [Can-am Recording Studios] – Brian Malouf Written-By – John Barnes 5:20

• Recorded At – Conway Studios
• Recorded At – Silverlake Studios
• Recorded At – Skip Saylor Recording
• Recorded At – Can-Am Recorders
• Engineered At – A&M Studios
• Mixed At – Can-Am Recorders
• Mixed At – Music Grinder Studios
• Mastered At – A&M Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.

• Art Direction – Chuck Beeson
• Backing Vocals – Jim Gilstrap, Marva King
• Bass – Donnie Sterling
• Bass Guitar – Eddie Watkins*, Juice Johnson
• Design [Album] – Melanie Nissen
• Drums – Rock Goodin
• Guitar – Charles Fearing, Donnie Sterling, Steve Fox
• Keyboards – Arthur Brown (4), Bernie Worrell, Donnie Sterling, Donnie Sterling, Eddie Watkins*, Leroy Davis (2)
• Lead Vocals – Donnie Sterling
• Management [Personal] – David Libert
• Mastered By – Bob Carbone
• Percussion – Willie Jenkins (2)
• Photography By – Mark Hanauer
• Saxophone – Leroy Davis (2)
• Supervised By [Production] – Gary Taylor
• Synthesizer – Derek Nakamoto, John Barnes
• Vocals – Arthur Brown (4), Leroy Davis (2), Rock Goodin

Released 1984
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[Rudy]

A curious album. Kiddo was formed by two former members of the later era Parliament-Funkadelic empire: Donnie Sterling (writer) and Michael Hampton (guitar). P-Funk was disbanded by George Clinton in 1981, and Kiddo was formed the same year after the breakup. One notable member was Leroy Davis, a young guitar prodigy who sang lead on many of the groups songs, and was a first cousin of Fats Domino. On this album, the final two tracks feature writing and production by John Barnes, who had also worked with A&M artist Herb Alpert on his Wild Romance and Bullish albums, and was a session keyboard player going back into the 1970s.

The album itself is in the style of mid 80s synth-funk, reminiscent of other similar bands back in that era.

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