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Having a Party (Pointer Sisters album)

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Released
  
November 1977

Artist
  
The Pointer Sisters

Label
  
ABC Records

Having a Party(1977)
  
Energy(1978)

Release date
  
November 1977

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Recorded
  
The Village Recorder(Los Angeles, California)Wally Heider Studios(San Francisco, California)

Producer
  
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Funk

Similar
  
The Pointer Sisters albums, Rhythm and blues albums

Pointer sisters having a party


Having a Party is the fourth studio album by American family vocal group the Pointer Sisters, released in 1977 on the ABC/Blue Thumb label.

Contents

The pointer sisters having a party


History

It was a series of lasts for the group in many ways. With youngest member June out for a brief time, the remaining trio of Ruth, Anita and Bonnie recorded the set with June also appearing on the title track (a cover of Sam Cooke's hit). As it turned out, it would be the last album to feature Bonnie, the last album to feature David Rubinson as their producer and the last album the group recorded for Blue Thumb. Their next album would be on Planet Records, a year later, and would include the return of June Pointer, for a new chapter in the group's career.

Having a Party was remastered and issued on CD in 2006 by Hip-O Select.

Personnel

  • Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Bonnie Pointer – vocals
  • June Pointer – vocals on "Having a Party"
  • Sonny Burke, Stevie Wonder, Tom Salisbury – keyboards, synthesizers
  • James Gadson, Ed Greene, Gaylord Birch – drums
  • Louis Johnson, Chuck Domanico, James Jamerson, Willie Weeks, Gene Santini – bass
  • Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker, Jr., David T. Walker, Robert Bowles, Chris Michie – guitar
  • Ernie Watts – saxophone solos
  • Kenneth Nash – percussion
  • Andy Narell – steel drums

    • Production

  • David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. – producer
  • Fred Catero, David Rubinson, Tim Kramer – engineers
  • George Horn, Phil Brown – mastering engineers
  • Sonny Burke – arrangement, conductor
  • Earl Klasky – art direction
  • Dave Bhang – album design
  • Antonin Kratochvil – photography

    • Songs

    1Having a Party4:35
    2Don't It Drive You Crazy6:18
    3I Need a Man5:42

    References

    Having a Party (Pointer Sisters album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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