Herbie HancockSunlight

Label:

CBS – CBS 82240

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Disco

Tracklist

A1 I Thought It Was You
BassByron Miller
CongasRaul Rekow
GuitarRay Parker Jr*
Music ByMelvin Ragin
Words ByJeffrey Cohen
8:54
A2 Come Running To Me
BassPaul Jackson (2)
CongasRaul Rekow
DrumsJames Levi
Music ByHerbie Hancock
PercussionBill Summers
TablaBaba Duru
Words ByAllee Willis
8:23
B1 Sunlight
BassPaul Jackson (2)
DrumsJames Levi
GuitarRay Parker Jr*
Music ByHerbie Hancock
PercussionBill Summers
Soprano SaxophoneBennie Maupin
Words ByHerbie Hancock
7:09
B2 No Means Yes
BassPaul Jackson (2)
CongasRaul Rekow
DrumsHarvey Mason
PercussionBill Summers
Written-ByHerbie Hancock
6:18
B3 Good Question
BassJaco Pastorius
CongasRaul Rekow
DrumsTony Williams*
PercussionBill Summers
Synthesizer [Additional]Patrick Gleeson
Written-ByHerbie Hancock
8:31

Companies, etc.

  • Licensed ToCBS Records
  • Published ByPanache Music Ltd.
  • Published ByWah Watson Music
  • Published ByRondor Music (London) Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗CBS Inc.
  • Copyright ©CBS Inc.
  • Printed ByShorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.
  • Pressed ByCBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
  • Recorded AtThe Automatt
  • Mastered AtThe Automatt
  • Recorded AtThe Village Recorder
  • Recorded AtDifferent Fur Studios

Credits

  • BrassRobert O'Bryant, Sr. (tracks: A1 to B1)
  • DesignTommy Steele (2)
  • Engineer [Assistant, The Automatt]Chris Minto
  • Engineer [Assistant, The Village Recorder]Terry Becker
  • Engineer [Different Fur Trading Co.]Steve Mantoani
  • Engineer [Recording]Fred Catero
  • Mastered ByPhil Brown
  • Photography ByKaz Tsuruta
  • StringsTerry Adams* (tracks: A1 to B1)
  • Synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic, Obie I, Yamaha -30, Arp 2600, Mini Moog, Arp String Ensemble, Yamaha Polyphonic And Sequential Circuits Prophet Synthesizer, Arp Odyssey, Poly Moog, Micro Moog, E Mu Polyphonic], Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet [Hohner D6], Vocals, Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Strings, Brass, Woodwind], Vocoder [Sennheiser VSM 201]Herbie Hancock
  • WoodwindJack Nimitz (tracks: A1 to B1)

Notes

All vocals and background vocals realized through the use of the Sennheiser Vocoder VSM 201.

Recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco, CA, through august 1977 to may 1978. Mastered at The Automatt.
Brass recorded at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA.
Additional synthesizers recorded at Different Fur Trading Co., San Francisco, CA.

Harvey Mason, Paul Jackson and Ray Parker Jr. appear courtesy of Arista Records.
Bill Summers appears courtesy of Prestige Records.

Made in England.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (A-side label): CBS 82240 A˚
  • Matrix / Runout (B-side label): CBS 82240 B˚
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, A-side, etched): CBS.S. 82240.A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, B-side, etched): CBS.S. 82240.B1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runouts, stamped, A-side): B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runouts, stamped, B-side): C
  • Rights Society: MS/BIEM
  • Label Code: LC 0149

Other Versions (5 of 38)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Sunlight (LP, Album, Stereo) Columbia PC 34907, 34907 Canada 1978
Sunlight (LP, Album) CBS CBS 82240, S CBS 82240 UK 1978
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Sunlight (LP, Album, Pitman Pressing) Columbia JC 34907 US 1978
Sunlight (LP, Album) CBS CBS 82240, 82240 Europe 1978
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Sunlight (LP, Advance, Album, Promo) Columbia JC 34907 US 1978

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