The Inside Story (album)

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Released May, 1979 (US) (LP) Artist Robben Ford Label Elektra Records Genre Jazz		Length 43:32 Release date May 1979 Producer Steve Cropper

Recorded Cherokee Recording Studios, February 1979, United States Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford Live(1976) The Inside Story(1979) The Inside Story(1979) Love's a Heartache(1983) Similar Discovering the Blues, Schizophonic, Tiger Walk, Talk to Your Daughter, Blues Connotation

The Inside Story is a 1979 studio album by Robben Ford. This Robben Ford solo album can be regarded as the start of the Jazz fusion band the Yellowjackets.

Track listing

All songs written by Robben Ford unless otherwise noted.

"Magic Sam" – 5:53 instrumental
"For the One I Love" – 4:22 instrumental
"North Carolina" – 4:38 vocal
"There's No One Else" (Ford, Russell Ferrante) – 6:52 instrumental
"The Inside Story" (Ford, Russell Ferrante) – 5:30 instrumental
"Need Somebody" (Gordon Edwards, Richard Tee) – 5:21 vocal
"Far Away" – 5:40 instrumental
"Tee Time for Eric" – 5:09 instrumental

Personnel

Robben Ford - Guitar, Electric Piano, Vocals

Russell Ferrante - Moog Synthesizer, Arp Odyssey, Synthesizer Programming

Steve Perry AKA/ Stephen Sea - Synthesizer Programming, Roland

Jimmy Haslip - Bass

Ricky Lawson - Percussion, Drums

Starz Vander Lockett - Percussion

Tommy Vig - Percussion

Mark Ford - Harmonica

Alan Rubin - Trumpet

Tom "Bones" Malone - Trombone, Horn, Baritone Saxophone

Lou Marini - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Horn Arrangements

Production

Steve Cropper - Producer, Mixing

Bruce Robb - Engineer, Mixing

Bernie Grundman - Mastering

Ron Coro - Art Direction

Johnny Lee - Art Direction, Design

Gary Heery - Photography

Robben Ford - Liner Notes

Releases

1979 LP Elektra 169

1998 CD Wea International 61021

2004 CD Elektra 5702

2006 CD Wounded Bird 169

Songs

1Magic Sam5:54
2For the One I Love4:23
3North Carolina4:39

References

The Inside Story (album) Wikipedia

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