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Four Tops The Show Must Go On
1977 Vinyl Terre Haute
Soul
Disco

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ABC Records, ABC Records
arranged by [arrangers] Gil Askey
arranged by [arrangers] Jerry Peters
arranged by [arrangers] Johnny Allen
arranged by [arrangers] Lawrence Payton
arranged by [rhythm arrangements] Greg Coles
arranged by [rhythm arrangements] Lawrence Payton
arranged by [rhythm arrangements] Sharon Ridley
art direction [art direction by] Frank Mulvey
bass Greg Coles
bass Scott Edwards
coordinator [album coordinator] Fred Bridges
design [design by] Philip Chiang
drums Dave Penney
drums James Gadson
drums Uriel Jones
engineer [engineers] Barney Perkins
engineer [engineers] Bob Dennis
engineer [engineers] Jim Vitti
engineer [engineers] Pete Bishop
guitar [guitars] Charles Fearing
guitar [guitars] Greg Poree
guitar [guitars] Joe Guastella
guitar [guitars] Joe Smith
guitar [guitars] Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson
guitar [guitars] Ray Parker Jr.
guitar [guitars] Robert White
guitar [guitars] Thom Rotella
horns George Bohannon & The Cats
horns John Trudell & Company
keyboards Earl Van Dyke
keyboards Jerry Peters
keyboards Lawrence Payton
keyboards McKinley Jackson
keyboards Robert Budson
keyboards Ronald Coleman
keyboards Sharon Ridley
percussion Lorenzo Brown
percussion Paulinho Da Costa
performer [the four tops] Abdul Fakir
performer [the four tops] Lawrence Payton
performer [the four tops] Levi Stubbs, Jr.
performer [the four tops] Renaldo Benson
photography by Anthony Lowe
producer [produced by] Lawrence Payton
strings Charles Veal Jr.
strings Sidney Sharp
synthesizer, strings, clavinet [synthesizers/ string ensemble/ clavinet and everything else] Michael Boddicker
synthesizer, strings, clavinet [synthesizers/ string ensemble/ clavinet and everything else] Ronnie McNeir
vocals Abdul Fakir
vocals C.P. Spencer
vocals Carolyn Franklin
vocals Lawrence Payton
vocals Levi Stubbs, Jr.
vocals Renaldo Benson
Phonographic Copyright (p) ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) ABC Records, Inc.
Published By ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
Published By Rall Music Publishing Co.
Published By Stephen Bishop Music Pub Co.
Published By Audience Involvement Publishing
Published By Oval Music Publishing Co.
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Printed By Queens Litho
Recorded At ABC Recording Studios
Recorded At Pro Sound Studios
Recorded At United Sound Systems
Engineered At ABC Recording Studios
Engineered At Pro Sound Studios
Engineered At United Sound Systems
Printed on backcover:
Engineers: Barney Perkins - ABC Records, Los Angeles/ Bob Dennis - Pro Sound, Detroit/ Pete Bishop - United Sound, Detroit/ Jim Vitti - United Sound, Detroit

Special thanks to McKinley Jackson

Recorded at: ABC Studios - Los Angeles, California/ Pro Sound Studios - Detroit, Michigan/ United Sound Systems/Detroit, Michigan

Vocals: [...] Thanks most of all to him!

Ronnie McNeir appears through courtesy of Motown Record Corporation; Melvin Wha Wha Watson appears through courtesy of Columbia Records; George Bohanon appears through courtesy of A&M/Horizon Records; Charles Veal, Jr. appears through courtesy of Char-Beau Productions; Paulinho DaCosta appears through courtesy of Pablo Records

℗ 1977 ABC Records, Inc. © 1977 ABC Records, Inc.
Los Angeles, Calif. 90048, New York, N.Y. 10019
Printed in U.S.A.

Printed on label:
Publisher: ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc./Rall Music Publishing Co. (BMI) except
A3: Bishop Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
B1: Audience Involvement Publishing BMI)
B4: ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc./Oval Music Publishing Co. (BMI)

℗ 1977 ABC Records, Inc.
Rights Society: BMI (Publisher)
Matrix / Runout: AB-1014-A (Label side A)
Matrix / Runout: AB-1014-B (Label side B)
Matrix / Runout: AB-1014-A-RE-1 (Runout side A, etched, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: AB-1014-B-RE-1 (Runout side B, etched, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: AB-1014-A-RE-1 ➄ A (Runout side A, etched, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: AB-1014-B-RE-1 ➅ (Runout side B, etched, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: AB-1014-A-RE-1 ③ V T1 (Runout side A, etched, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: AB-1014-B-RE-1 ➃ D T1 (Runout side B, etched, variant 3)



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