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A1	All Time Lover Written-By – David Porter, Donald O'Conner	4:36
A2	In The Middle Of The Night Written-By – Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel	4:18
A3	Close Company Written-By – David Porter, Donald O'Conner	4:46
A4	Pretty Eyes Written-By – Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel	4:22
A5	When We Were Young Written-By – Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel	3:35
B1	Ready Or Not? Written-By – Jeffrey Pescetto*	4:30
B2	Forever I Do (The Wedding Song) Written-By – Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel	4:45
B3	The Lady In My Life Written-By – Rod Temperton	4:45
B4	Say It Again Written-By – Walter "Bunny" Sigler*, Carol Davis	3:38
B5	Sunshine (When Are You Coming My Way) Written-By – Jean Albert Renaud	4:45

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Ardent Studios
• Recorded At – The Complex
• Recorded At – Kajem/Victory Studios — Kajem West, Gladwyne, PA
• Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios
• Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By – David Porter (tracks: A1, A3), Dexter Wansel (tracks: A4), Donald O'Conner (tracks: A1, A3), John Faith* (tracks: A2, B3), Joe Mele* (tracks: A5), Norman Harris (tracks: B4)
• Arranged By [Backing Vocals] – David Porter (tracks: A1, A3), Donald O'Conner (tracks: A1, A3), Wanda Vaughn (tracks: A1, A3)
• Arranged By [Co-arranger Of Backing Vocals] – Judi Jones* (tracks: A2, B1), Tanya Boyd (tracks: A2)
• Backing Vocals – Barbara Ingram (tracks: B4), BeLoyd Taylor (tracks: A1, A3), Walter "Bunny" Sigler* (tracks: B4), Carla Benson (tracks: B4), Cynthia Biggs (tracks: A4, B1, B5), Dexter Wansel (tracks: A4), Evette Benton (tracks: B4), Josie James (tracks: A1, A3), Judi Jones* (tracks: A5, B1), Marti McCall (tracks: A1, A3), Michael Robinson (tracks: A1, A3), Sasss (tracks: A4), Tanya Boyd (tracks: A5, B1), The Jones Girls (tracks: A2, B2, B3, B5), Wanda Vaughn (tracks: A1, A3)
• Bass – Douglas Wimbish* (tracks: B4), James Williams* (tracks: A2, B1), Ray Griffin (tracks: A3), Rodney Burton (tracks: B2), Steve Green (tracks: A4, A5, B3, B5)
• Drums – Clifford "Pete" Rudd (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B1, B3, B5), Darryl Brown (tracks: B2), Keith LeBlanc (tracks: B4), Michael Beard (tracks: A1, A3)
• Drums [Simmons] – Clifford "Pete" Rudd (tracks: B1)
• Drums, Synthesizer [Syn Drums] – Michael Beard (tracks: A1, A3)
• Engineer – Arthur Stoppe (tracks: A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5), Gene Leone (tracks: A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5), Joe Hardy (tracks: A1, A3), Joe Tarsia (tracks: A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5), Michael Tarsia (tracks: A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5), Mick Guzauski (tracks: A1, A3), Mitchell Goldfarb* (tracks: B2), Robert Jackson (tracks: A1, A3)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Barry Craig (tracks: A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5), Chris Pukay (tracks: A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5), Glenn McKee (tracks: A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5), Joe Hauserman (tracks: B2), Murray Deorkin* (tracks: A1, A3), Scott MacMinn* (tracks: A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5)
• Engineer [Remix] – Joe Tarsia (tracks: A4)
• Executive Producer – Dexter Wansel
• Guitar – David Williams (tracks: A1), Dennis Harris (tracks: A2, B1, B3, B5), James Herb Smith* (tracks: A5, B3, B5), Marc Rubin (tracks: A4), Roy R. Smith (tracks: A2, A4), Skip McDonald (tracks: B4)
• Guitar [Solo] – Joe "Northeast" Fusco* (tracks: B5), Roy R. Smith (tracks: B1)
• Keyboards – Walter "Bunny" Sigler* (tracks: B4), Dexter Wansel (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B3, B4), James "Jimmy" Sigler* (tracks: B4), Lester Snell (tracks: A3)
• Lead Vocals – Judi Jones* (tracks: B2), Lou Rawls
• Marimba – Mark Dauberman (tracks: A2, A4)
• Mixed By – Mick Guzauski (tracks: A1, A3)
• Percussion – Clifford "Pete" Rudd (tracks: A4), Darryl Brown (tracks: B1), Jean Albert Renaud (tracks: A4), Leonard "Dr. Gibbs" Gibbs* (tracks: B1), Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1, A3)
• Photography – Greg Gorman
• Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Dexter Wansel (tracks: A5, B2, B5)
• Producer – Walter "Bunny" Sigler* (tracks: B4), Cynthia Biggs (tracks: A2), David Porter (tracks: A1, A3), Dexter Wansel (tracks: A2, A4 to B2, B5), Donald O'Conner (tracks: A1, A3), John Faith* (tracks: B3)
• Programmed By [Fairlight] – Sanford Ponder (tracks: B2)
• Saxophone – Robert Malach* (tracks: A2, A4)
• Saxophone [Solo] – Robert Malach* (tracks: A5)
• Strings, Horns – Don Renaldo And His Strings And Horns* (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B3, B4)
• Synthesizer – Bill Meyers (tracks: A1), Daniel Desouza (tracks: A1, A3), Donald O'Conner (tracks: A1, A3), Robbie Buchanan (tracks: A1, A3)
• Synthesizer [Fairlight] – Dexter Wansel (tracks: B2, B5)
• Synthesizer [Ppg, Wave, Yamaha Dx 7] – Dexter Wansel (tracks: B1)
• Synthesizer [Syn Drums] – Michael Beard (tracks: A1, A3)
• Synthesizer, Percussion – Dexter Wansel (tracks: A2, A4)
• Wind Chimes – Cynthia Biggs (tracks: B4)

Notes

Lyrics on inner sleeve
A1, A3 Recorded at Ardent Recording Studios, Nashville, TN & The Complex, Los Angeles, CA
B2 Recorded at Kajem Recording Studio, Gladwyne
A2, A4 to B1, B3 to B5 Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia
Mastered at Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs, Philadelphia, except A1, A3
(C)(P) 1984 CBS Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
• Label Code: LC 0199
• Other (Price Code): CB 281

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FE 39403	Lou Rawls	Close Company ‎(LP, Album)	Epic	FE 39403	US	1984
EPC 26127	Lou Rawls	Close Company ‎(LP)	Epic	EPC 26127	Greece	1984
LNS-17461	Lou Rawls	Close Company ‎(LP, Album)	Epic	LNS-17461	Mexico	1984
144.831	Lou Rawls	Close Company ‎(LP)	Epic	144.831	Brazil	1984
FE 39403	Lou Rawls	Close Company ‎(LP)	Epic	FE 39403	Canada	1984