Phyllis Hyman [Bonus Tracks]

by Phyllis Hyman

Overview

This 1977 set is the debut from one of music's most emotional and beloved singers. Her career got a jump-start from her work on Norman Connors's 1976 album You Are My Starship, where Hyman gave a melancholy and skilled reading of the Stylistics' hit "Betcha by Golly Wow." That album set the standard for Hyman's career and features a classy, mellow R&B sound made with esteemed jazz/R&B players. But among her late-'70s and early-'80s output, Phyllis Hyman is, curiously, one of her most forgotten efforts, though it included many songs she would be later be identified with. Skip Scarborough's "No One Can Love You More" is indicative of her plentiful sensual charm and her rich vocal timbre. Although Hyman's vocal prowess is well-known, this set also shows that she was gifted with an uncommon maturity. Hyman was only in her mid-twenties when this was recorded, and her self-possession enabled her to glide through the majority of the material here. Hyman's version of Thom Bell and Linda Creed's "I Don't Want to Lose You" (originally recorded by the Spinners) is even more of a tearjerker. From singing the chorus in the intro to a Sarah Vaughan-like scat in the middle, the song was hers. Her debut also displays her skill: the blessing and the curse of making half-baked material interesting. On "Beautiful Man of Mine" and Hubert Eaves' "Children of the World," her vocals are undoubtedly the best thing about the tracks. Phyllis Hyman veers from instant melodic classics to unformed ideas, a mix that prevents it from being essential. [A 2015 re-release included bonus tracks. ~ Jason Elias

Product Details

Release Date:	09/01/2017
Label:	Funky Town Grooves
UPC:	0810736021558

Tracks

1. Loving You-Losing You
2. No One Can Love You More
3. One Thing On My Mind
4. I Don't Want To Lose You
5. Deliver the Love
6. Was Yesterday Such a Long Time Ago
7. The Night Bird Gets the Love
8. Beautiful Man of Mine
9. Children of the World
10. Betcha By Golly Wow
11. Loving You-Losing You [7" Version]
12. No One Can Love You [7" Version]
13. Baby (I'm Gonna Love You) [7" Version]
14. Do Me [7" Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Phyllis Hyman   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Norman Connors   Primary Artist
Janice Robinson   Trombone
Ann Esther Davis   Vocals (Background)
Sidney Muldrow   French Horn
The String Reunion   Strings
Maxine Anderson   Vocals (Background)
Charles Veal   String Conductor
Billy Harner   Vocals (Background)
Sandy Torano   Guitar
John Davis   Keyboards
Jerry Steinholtz   Percussion
Steve Jordan   Drums
Larry Alexander   Vocals (Background)
Nathaniel Watts   Bass
Bill Lowe   Trombone
Gregg Williams   French Horn
Skip Scarborough   Keyboards
Andy Newmark   Drums
Scott Edwards   Bass
Larry Washington   Percussion
Charles Collins   Drums
Greg Poree   Guitar
Charles Sullivan   Trumpet
Hubert Eaves III   Piano,Moog Bass,Arp String Ensemble
Richard Rome   Keyboards
Onaje Allan Gumbs   Piano,Conductor,Fender Rhodes
Dennis Harris   Guitar
Reggie Lucas   Guitar
Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman   Bass
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Timpani
Hiram Bullock   Guitar
Kiane Zawadi   Trombone
Carla Benson   Vocals (Background)
Gary Bartz   Sax (Tenor)
Cecil Bridgewater   Trumpet
Raymond Lee Pounds   Drums
Victor Lewis   Drums
John Lehman   Vocals (Background)
Jerry Peters   Keyboards
Jim Gilstrap   Vocals (Background)
Anthony Jackson   Bass
Virgil Jones   Trumpet
Will Lee   Bass
Evette Benton   Vocals (Background)
Barbara Ingram   Vocals (Background)
John Rowin   Guitar
Errol Crusher Bennett   Percussion
Craig Snyder   Guitar

Technical Credits

Fred Torchio   Engineer
Richard Germinaro   Composer,Composer
Henry Towns   Reissue Coordinator
Alex Henderson   Research,Liner Notes
Don Renaldo   String Arrangements
Sandy Torano   Producer
Mort Goode   Composer
John Davis   Arranger,Producer
Ausar Sahw   Composer
Roger Williams   Package Design
Tony Calvert   Reissue Producer
Larry Alexander   Composer,Producer,Composer
Randy Mahon   Interview Coordinator
Sean Brennan   Mastering
Buddy Scott   Composer
Craig Turnbull   Release Coordinator
Ausar Sahu   Composer
Milt Sincott   Art Direction
Muhyi Shakoor   Composer
Matt Murphy   Production Manager
Skip Scarborough   Composer
Andy Newmark   Assistant Engineer
Clarence Carter   Composer
F. Byron Clark   Engineer
Evie Sands   Composer
Leroy Bell   Composer
Hubert Eaves III   Arranger,Composer
Mark Wilder   Transfers
Rachim Ausur Sahu   Composer
Onaje Allan Gumbs   Arranger,Composer
Thom Bell   Composer
H. Eaves   Composer
Hiram Bullock   Composer
Bobby Scott   Composer
Ken Present   Engineer
Lewis Merenstein   Executive Producer
Linda Creed   Composer
Jerry Peters   Arranger,Producer
Joel Brodsky   Photography