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Rose Royce The Very Best Of Rose Royce
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Rhythm & Blues
Soul
Funk
Disco

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Warner Archives, Rhino Records
tracks 11, 12 arranged by [horn arrangements] Bruce Miller
tracks 11 to 15 arranged by [string arrangements] Bruce Miller
art direction Hugh Brown
art direction Sevie Bates
tracks 16 bass Bryan Williams
tracks 16 bass Doug Grigsby
tracks 16 bass Doug Wimbish
bass Lequeint "Duke" Jobe
tracks 9, 10, 13 to 15 bass Mark Kenoly
tracks 11, 12 clavinet Walter Downing
tracks 15 co-producer Kenny Copeland
compilation producer, liner notes [producer's note] Barry "Rockbarry" Benson
tracks 1 to 15 congas Terral Santiel
coordinator [a&r editorial coordination] Shawn Amos
coordinator [project coordination] Jo Motta
tracks 11, 12 cowbell Jack Ashford
design Lisa Glines
tracks 9, 10 directed by [orchestral direction] Gene Page
tracks 1 to 8 directed by [orchestral direction] Paul Riser
tracks 16 drums Arthur Baker
drums Henry Garner
tracks 5 to 8 drums James Gadson
tracks 9, 10 drums Jimi Valdez
tracks 11, 12 electric piano [rhodes] Walter Downing
tracks 16 engineer Al Alberts, Jr.
tracks 1 to 4 engineer Baker Bigsby
tracks 16 engineer Bruce Weeden
tracks 1 to 4 engineer Cal Harris
tracks 1 to 4 engineer Clay McMurray
tracks 16 engineer David Sussman
tracks 16 engineer Jay Burnett
tracks 16 engineer Jim Campbell
tracks 16 engineer Joe Alexander
tracks 16 engineer John Ross
tracks 1 to 11, 13 to 15 engineer Leanard Jackson
tracks 16 engineer Mark Coffin
tracks 1 to 4, 11, 13 to 15 engineer Norman Whitfield
tracks 16 engineer Remo Leomporra
tracks 16 engineer Richard Welter
tracks 16 engineer Rob Paustian
tracks 5 to 8 engineer Steve Maslow
tracks 16 engineer Steve Peck
tracks 5 to 11, 13 to 15 engineer Steve Smith
tracks 16 flute Keith Dease
tracks 9, 10 guitar Cornelius Grant
tracks 13 to 15 guitar Earnest Reed
tracks 16 guitar Ira Siegel
tracks 11, 12 guitar Isy Martin
tracks 16 guitar Joe Fusco
tracks 1 to 12 guitar Kenji Brown
tracks 1 to 15 guitar Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson
tracks 16 guitar Randy Bowland
tracks 16 guitar Ron Jennings
tracks 16 guitar Rutherford Gay
tracks 11 to 15 guitar Trey Stone
tracks 13 to 15 guitar Walter McKinney
tracks 16 keyboards Andre Booth
tracks 16 keyboards Arthur Baker
tracks 1 to 4 keyboards Ben Wilber
tracks 16 keyboards Bryan Williams
tracks 16 keyboards Donald Robinson
tracks 16 keyboards Doug Grigsby
tracks 1 to 10 keyboards Mark Davis
tracks 5 to 15 keyboards Michael Nash
tracks 16 keyboards Nick Martinelli
tracks 16 keyboards Randy Cantor
tracks 16 keyboards Reggie Griffin
tracks 16 keyboards Richard Scher
tracks 16 keyboards Roman Johnson
tracks 1 to 4, 9, 10 keyboards Victor Nix
tracks 13 to 15 keyboards Walter Downing
tracks 1 to 12 lead vocals Gwen Dickey
tracks 5 to 12 lead vocals Kenji Brown
tracks 5 to 16 lead vocals Kenny Copeland
tracks 13 to 16 lead vocals Ricci Benson
legal [licensing] Wendi Cartwright
liner notes A. Scott Galloway
tracks 9, 10 organ Walter Downing
tracks 16 percussion Arthur Baker
tracks 16 percussion Daryl Burgee
tracks 16 percussion Henry Garner
tracks 9, 10, 13 to 15 percussion Jack Ashford
tracks 16 percussion Jim Salamone
tracks 16 percussion Pablo Batista
tracks 13 to 15 percussion Terral Santiel
photography by [cover photo] Hugh Brown
photography by [photos on page 19] Ian Dickson
photography by [photos on page 19] Max Redfern
photography by [photos on page 19] Roberta Parkin
tracks 5 to 8 piano Mark Davis
tracks 16 producer Bryan Williams
tracks 1 to 15 producer Norman Whitfield
tracks 16 producer Terry Price
producer [sound produced by] Bill Inglot
project manager [project assistance] Amy Utstein
project manager [project assistance] David McLees
project manager [project assistance] Quincy Newell
project manager [project assistance] Randy Perry
remastered by Dan Hersch
research [discographical annotation] Gary Peterson
research [editorial research] Daniel Goldmark
tracks 16 saxophone Bob Malach
tracks 13 to 15 saxophone Chris Powell
saxophone Michael Moore
supervised by [editorial supervision] Chi Carruthers
supervised by [editorial supervision] Sheryl Farber
tracks 5 to 8 synthesizer [arp] Mark Davis
tracks 5 to 8, 11, 12 tambourine Jack Ashford
trumpet Freddie Dunn
tracks 13 to 15 trumpet Kenneth Scott
trumpet Kenny Copeland
tracks 13 to 15 trumpet LaMorris Payne
tracks 5 to 8 vibraphone [vibes] Jack Ashford
tracks 5 to 15 vocals Henry Garner
tracks 5 to 15 vocals Lequeint "Duke" Jobe
tracks 13 to 15 vocals Michael Moore
tracks 7 written-by Billie Calvin
tracks 16 written-by Bryan Williams
tracks 3 written-by Freddie Dunn
tracks 3 written-by Gwen Dickey
tracks 3 written-by Henry Garner
tracks 3 written-by Kenji Brown
tracks 3, 15 written-by Kenny Copeland
tracks 3 written-by Lequeint "Duke" Jobe
tracks 13 written-by Mark Kenoly
tracks 15 written-by Marvin Smith
tracks 3 written-by Michael Moore
tracks 10, 11 written-by Miles Gregory
tracks 1 to 6, 8, 9, 12, 13 written-by Norman Whitfield
tracks 14 written-by Robert Daniels
tracks 5 written-by Spyder Turner
tracks 3 written-by Terral Santiel
tracks 16 written-by Terry Price
tracks 3 written-by Victor Nix
tracks 13 written-by Walter Downing
Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright (c) Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Rhino Entertainment Company
Copyright (c) Rhino Entertainment Company
Mastered At Digiprep
Recorded At The Sound Factory
Recorded At Sound Factory West
Recorded At Amigo Studios
Recorded At One Step Up Recording Studio
Recorded At Westlake Studios
Recorded At Fort Knox Recording Studio
Recorded At Alpha International Studios
Recorded At Kajem/Victory Studios — Victory East, Philadelphia, PA
Recorded At Wildcat Studios
Recorded At Shakedown Sound Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) MCA Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) Omni Records
Glass Mastered At WEA Mfg. Olyphant
Pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA
Tracks 1 to 4
From the album Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Car Wash MCA #6000 (9/76)
Recorded at The Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA

Tracks 5 to 8
From the album Rose Royce II / In Full Bloom Whitfield #3074 (7/29/77)
Recorded at Sound Factory West, Hollywood, CA; Amigo Recording Studio, North Hollywood, CA

Tracks 9, 10
From the album Rose Royce III / Strikes Again! Whitfield #3227 (8/11/78)
Recorded at Sound Factory West, Hollywood, CA; One Step Up, Los Angeles, CA; Westlake Studios, West Hollywood, CA; Fort Knox Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Track 11
From the album Rose Royce IV / Rainbow Connection Whitfield #3387 (8/17/79)
Recorded at Fort Knox Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Track 12
From the album Rose Royce Greatest Hits Whitfield #3457 (8/27/80)
Various engineers & recording studios

Tracks 13 to 15
From the album [m=139778] Whitfield #3512 (12/17/80)
Recorded at Fort Knox Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Track 16
From the album [m=153922] Omni/Atlantic #90557 (1/87)
Recorded at Alpha International Recording Studio, Philadelphia, PA; Kajem Recording Studio, Philadelphia, PA; Wild Cat Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Shakedown Sound, New York, NY

All original recordings ℗ 1977, 1978, 1979, & 1980 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Except tracks 1 to 4 ℗ 1976 MCA Records, courtesy of MCA Records.
Track 16 ℗ 1986 Omni Records, licensed from Jerry Greenberg

This compilation ℗ & © 2001 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company.

Printed in U.S.A.
Made in the U.S.A.
Barcode: 081227429423
Matrix / Runout: [WEA Mfg. Olyphant logo] Y16380 3 R2 74294-2 01 M1S10 CI
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L903
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U7D



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