[TR24][OF] Lamont Dozier - Out Here On My Own - 1973/2014 (R&B, Pop, Soul)

Recorded, mixed and mastered at ABC Recording Studios, Inc. Los Angeles, California.

Some strong '70s R&B from the great songwriter Lamont Dozier. It was one of the better combinations of socio-political commentary and urgent soul vocals done in the period. The title cut, as well as the single "Fish Ain't Bitin" and "Out Here On My Own," were sizable hits.

A wonderful collection of tunes, Lamont’s debut album for ABC, a classic of 70s soul! The album has a quality that’s impossible to describe accurately – kind of a post-Motown full-on approach to soul that mixes strings, piano, and that wall of sound groove that was one of Dozier’s biggest contributions to the Motor City. The songwriting is impeccable – and nearly every track is an instant classic – with a depth of lyricism and vocal expression you’d be hard pressed to find from any of Dozier’s contemporaries.

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Personnel:
Arranged By – Gene Page, H.B. Barnum, Paul Riser
Bass – Ray Parker Jr., Ron Brown, Tony Newton
Cello – Christine Ermacoff, Douglas Davis, Gloria Strassner, Jesse Ehrlich, Joseph Ditullio
Drums – Ed Greene (2), Zachary Frazier, Zachary Slatter
French Horn – Art Maebe, Vincent DeRosa
Guitar – Greg Poree, Ray Parker Jr.
Harp – Gayle Levant, Stella Castellucci
Percussion – King Errisson
Piano – Ernest Vantrease
Producer, Piano – McKinley Jackson
Saxophone, Flute, Oboe – Anthony Ortega, Ernest Green, Ernie Watts, Fred Jackson, John DaVersa, John Kelson, Jules Jacob
Trombone – George Bohanon
Trumpet – Bud Brisbois, Oliver Mitchell, Oscar Brashear, Warren Roché
Viola – Allan Harshman, Harry Hyams, Milton Thomas, Philip Goldberg
Violin – Gerald Vinci, Harry Bluestone, Henry Ferber, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, Jack Shulman, James Getzoff, Jay Rosen, Leonard Malarsky, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Sidney Sharp, Spiro Stamos, Stanley Plummer, Tibor Zelig, Bill Kurasch
Vocals – Lamont Dozier
Voice – Carolyn Willis, Jesse Kirkland, Joseph Green, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters