:: C R E D I T S ::
Producer: Herb Alpert
Engineers: Roger Roche, France; Larry Levine, U.S.A.
Re-mastered by: Bernie Grundman at A&M Recording Studios, Los
Angeles, June 1977
The pop orchestra section was recorded at Studio Europa Sonor, Paris, France.
The symphony at Wagram, Paris, France.
Additional musical sections recorded at A&M Recording Studios, U.S.A.
Cover painting: Jean-Michel Folon
LIST OF THE MUSICIANS
VIOLINS:
Michel Cron; Maurice Elkan; Jacques Ghestein; Jean Lelier; Jacques Charrier;
Jean Gaunet; Didier Saint Aulaire; Pierre Couzinier; Léon Locatelli; André Karten;
Roger Andre; Jacques Dabat; Lucien Perotin; Joss Sanchez; Gilbert Brel; Hervé Le Floch; René Mascort; Paulette Pinchinat; Pascal Tortelier; Jacques Prat;
Frédéric Geyre; Léon Bronschwak; Georges Guerin; Roger Berthier; Michel Ganot; Christian Gentis; Georges Ales; Michel Noel; Lionel Gali;
André Barthelemy; Daniel Martinez; Georges Balbon; Roger Savard; Raymond D'Asco; Maurice Garon; jean D'Agostino; Jacques Baume; Pierre Simon
VIOLAS:
Paul Hadjage; Stéphane Wiener; Michel Varron; René Brisset; Pierre Linares; Pierre
Ladhuie; Christian Dufour; Claude Naveau; Gérard Causse; Jean Mayor; Richard Postel
CELLOS:
Hubert Varron; Pierre Labadie; Jean Huchot; Manuel
Recassens; Robert Ben; Fernand Benedetti; Georges Raffault; Jean Lamy; Roland Pidaus
STRING BASS:
Yves Chabert; René Constant; Robert Andre; Jean-Pierre Logerot; Paul Amat; Willy Lockwood; Emmenon Barthelemy; Jacques Roliez
HARPS:
Bernard Galais; Jean-Claude Dubois; Madeleine
Pedon
PIANO:
Michel Colombier; Alfred Farrugia
OBOES:
Claude Maisonneuve; Michel Descarsin; Robert
Jeannoutot
FLUTES:
Yanet Puech; Robert Heriche; Marcel Dubois; Raymond Guiot
CLARINETS:
Guy Deplus; Jacques Millon; Guy Arnaud; Pierre Gossez
BASSOONS:
Jean-Pierre Laroque; Raymond Drotilez; Paul Hongne
TRUMPETS:
Pierre Thibaud; Roger Delmotte; André Garreau; Bernard Gabel; Fred Gerard
FRENCH HORNS:
Georges Barboteu; Jacky Magnardi; Daniel Dubar; Georges Durand; Gilbert Coursir;
André Carradot
TROMBONES:
Raymond Katarzynski; André Paquinet; Max Fouchet; Camille Verdier
TUBAS:
Elie Raynaud; Gerard Peresse
PERCUSSIONS:
Gerard Perotin; Guy Cipriani; Jean Garon; Vincent Geminiani; Marc Chantereau;
Jean Schultheis; Michel Lorin; Michel Zanlonghi
POP ORCHESTRA (France)
BRASS:
Maurice Thomas; Ivan Jullien; Henri Vanhaeke; Fernand Verstraete; Christian
Guizien; Charles Verstarete; André Paquinet, Camille Verdier; Benny Vasseur
WOODWINDS:
Raymond Guiot (flute); Michel Portal; Georges Grenu; Pierre Gossez; Jacques Noureddine
STRINGS TRIO:
Jean-Luc Ponty; Paul Hadjage; Jean-Charles Capon
ORGAN:
Eddie Louiss
GUITARS:
Raymond Gimenes; Tony Rallo
FENDER BASS:
Francis Darizcuren
DRUMS:
André Arpino
PERCUSSIONS:
Marc Chantereau; Bernard Lubat; Jean Schultheis; Michel Lorin
POP ORCHESTRA (U.S.A.)
SAX & WOODWINDS:
Tom Scott; Lanny Morgan; Don Menza; Pete Christleib
TRUMPETS:
Buddy Childers; Chuck Findley; Ollie Mitchell; Paul Hubinon
TROMBONES:
Kai Winding; Lou McCrary; Benny Powell; Ernie Tack; Bob Edmundson; Dick Hyde; Don Waldrop
ORCHESTRA MANAGERS:
Jean-Claude Dubois (Paris); Jules Chaikin (Los
Angeles)
BACKUP VOCALISTS:
Ronald Hicklin; Jerry Whitman; Lewis Morford; John Lehman; Venetta Fields; Clydie King; Sherlie Matthews;
Rita Coolidge; Carolyn Willis; Gwen Johnson; Lynette Robinson; Lorna Maxine Willard; Lisa Roberts;
Jean Sewell; Ginger Blake; Len Wyatt; Tyrone Scott; Sentell Willis, Jr.; Douglas Burnett Gibbs; Robert Zwirn;
George Bledsoe; Gerald Charles Garrett; Oren Waters; Thomas D. Kenny