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Lee Ritenour
First Course
1976 Vinyl
Fusion
Jazz-Rock
Epic
art direction
Ron Coro
baritone saxophone
Jerome Richardson
bass
Bill Dickinson
bass
Chuck Rainey
bass
Louis Johnson
clavinet
Dave Grusin
clavinet
Jerry Peters
clavinet
Larry Nash
clavinet
Michael Omartian
clavinet
Patrice Rushen
congas
Jerry Steinholtz
design
Mick Haggerty
design
Tommy Steele
drums
Ed Greene
drums
Harvey Mason
electric guitar, classical guitar, producer [associate]
Lee Ritenour
electric piano, organ
Dave Grusin
engineer
Al Schmitt
engineer [assistant]
Linda Tyler
executive-producer
Jerry Schoenbaum
keyboards
Jerry Peters
keyboards
Larry Nash
keyboards
Michael Omartian
keyboards
Patrice Rushen
lyricon
Tom Scott
mastered by
Doug Sax
percussion
Harvey Mason
percussion
Jerry Steinholtz
photography by [cover photos]
Sam Emerson
photography by [sleeve photo]
Fred Valentine
producer
Skip Drinkwater
synthesizer
Dave Grusin
synthesizer [programming]
Ian Underwood
tenor saxophone
Ernie Watts
tenor saxophone
Tom Scott
trombone
Frank Rosolino
trumpet
Chuck Findley
Recorded At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Mixed At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Manufactured By Epic Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) CBS Inc.
Produced for Zembu Productions, Inc.
Recorded and mixed at The Sound Labs, Hollywood, Calif.
October-December, 1975
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, Calif.
A1, A2, A4, A5 & B3 Published by Rit Of Habeaus Music, ASCAP
A3 Published by Ensign Music, BMI
B1 Published by Roaring Fork Music, BMI
B2 Published by Parnassis Music, ASCAP
B4 Published by Legiation Music Corp., BMI
© ℗ 1976 CBS Inc.
Printed in U.S.A. (Label)
Manufactured by Epic Records/CBS Inc. (Sleeve)
Matrix / Runout: PAL 33947 2E (Side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: PBL 33947 1E (Side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: TI (Side A & B Pressing Plant, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: TML-M (Side A & B Mastering Facility variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: B (Side A & B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 0 TI PBL 33947 2F TML-S (Side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 0 TI PBL 33947 1F TML-S (Side B, variant 2)
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