[TR24][OF] Lamont Dozier - Black Bach - 1974/2014 (R&B, Pop, Soul)

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

American singer-songwriter Lamont Dozier's mid-70s release, Black Bach, is his soulful interpretation of songs based upon baroque stylings. The groove is undeniable, and mixed with strings it brings the record to a new level never before demonstrated by Dozier.

A well-sung but uneven album from legendary songwriter Lamont Dozier. Dozier didn't get his momentum going as a solo act until the next album. This was his introductory vehicle, and it served to let him work out the kinks. Everything except the lyrics was first-rate; his vocals, the production, and the arrangements worked, and Dozier sounded convincing on the uptempo tunes and compelling on the ballads.

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Personnel:
Arranged By, Orchestrated By – Gene Page, McKinley Jackson, Paul Riser
Banjo, Soloist – Herb Pederson (tracks: 4)
Bass – Ronald Brown, Scott Edwards (2)
Design [Reissue] – Dave Black (3)
Drums – Ed Greene (2)
Electric Piano, Soloist – Sonny Burkes (tracks: 2)
Fiddle, Soloist – Byron Berline (tracks: 4)
Guitar – Dean Parker, Greg Poree, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, Ray Parker, Jr, Rick Stauvinski
Harmonica, Soloist – Ben Benay (tracks: 3)
Percussion – Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Leslie Bass
Piano – Ernest Vantrease, McKinley Jackson, Sonny Burkes, Sylvester Rivers
Steel Guitar, Soloist – Orville Rhodes (tracks: 4)
Synthesizer [Arp 2600] – Clark E. Spangler
Tenor Saxophone, Soloist – Ernie Watts (tracks: 8)
Violin [Electric Violin], Soloist – Carol Stallings (tracks: 1)
Vocals – Darlene Love, Edna Wright, Jessie Amith, Julia Jillman, Luther Waters, Marti McCall, Maxine Willard, Myrna Matthews, Oren Waters, Patricia Hodges
Written-By – F Gorman (tracks: 6), J Bradford (tracks: 6), Lamont Dozier (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9), McKinley Jackson (tracks: 2, 8)