All records recently play tested and grading as per Discogs grading system (so no EX)
All records stored and sent in poly outer sleeves with Japanese inner sleeves and kept outside the original sleeve when posting to avoid damage.
Ramsey Lewis – Chance Encounter
Label: CBS/Sony – 25AP 2477
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 1982
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Funk
A1 What's Going On
Arranged By – Ramsey Lewis, Tom Tom "84"*
Bass – Bill Dickens
Drums – Frank Donaldson
Grand Piano [Steinway], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Ramsey Lewis
Guitar, Sitar – Byron Gregory
Percussion – Geraldo De Oliveira, Tom Tom "84"*
Synthesizer – Tim Tobias
Vocals – Ellen Samuels*
Written-By – A. Cleveland*, M. Gaye*, R. Benson*
4:52
A2 Chance Encounter
Bass – Bill Dickens
Drums – Frank Donaldson
Grand Piano [Steinway] – Ramsey Lewis
Written-By – J. Mack*
4:49
A3 Up Where We Belong
Arranged By [Vocals] – Benny Diggs
Backing Vocals – Benny Diggs, Kevin Owens
Bass – Aaron Mills
Drums – Morris Jennings
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – T. C. Campbell*
Grand Piano [Steinway] – Ramsey Lewis
Guitar – Byron Gregory
Lead Vocals – Morris Gray, Pat Shannon*
Written-By – B. Sainte-Marie*, J. Nitzsche*, W. Jennings*
3:57
A4 Intimacy
Bass – Bill Dickens
Drums – Frank Donaldson
Grand Piano [Steinway] – Ramsey Lewis
Written-By – P. Imas*, P. Libman*
5:10
B1 A Special Place
Arranged By [Strings] – Tom Tom "84"*
Bass – Bill Dickens
Drums – Frank Donaldson
Engineer [Remix] – Scott Litt
Grand Piano [Steinway], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Ramsey Lewis
Percussion – Geraldo De Oliveira
Sitar – Byron Gregory
Synthesizer – Tim Tobias
Written-By – B. Dickens*
4:35
B2 Paradise
Bass – Bill Dickens
Drums – Frank Donaldson
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Robert Irving III
Grand Piano [Steinway] – Ramsey Lewis
Synthesizer – Tim Tobias
Written-By – R. Irving III*
5:08
B3 I Can't Wait
Bass – Bill Dickens
Drums – Frank Donaldson
Grand Piano [Steinway] – Ramsey Lewis
Guitar – Byron Gregory
Percussion – Geraldo De Oliveira
Synthesizer – Tim Tobias
Written-By – B. Dickens*, F. Donaldson*, R. Lewis*
3:53
B4 Just A Little Ditty
Bass – Bill Dickens
Drums – Frank Donaldson
Flugelhorn – Paul Serrano
Grand Piano [Steinway] – Ramsey Lewis
Guitar – Byron Gregory
Percussion – Geraldo De Oliveira
Written-By – B. Dickens*
3:06
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Manufactured By – CBS/Sony Inc.
Conductor – Tom Tom "84"* (tracks: B1)
Design – Karen Katz
Engineer [Recording, Remix] – Paul Serrano
Executive-Producer – George Butler
Photography By – Duane Michaels* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Producer, Arranged By – Ramsey Lewis (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Tom Tom "84"* (tracks: B1)
Aaron Mills and T.C. Campbell appear courtesy of Epic Records
Recorded at PS Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Voices recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York
B1 Remixed at Power Station, New York
℗ 1982 CBS Inc.