Singer: Anita Baker
Title: Giving You The Best That I Got
Label: Elektra ‎– EKT 49, Elektra ‎– 960 827-1
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK & Europe
Date of released: 1988
Category: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Vocal
Size MP3 zip: 1373 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1367 mb
Rating: 4.9✭
Format: MP3 AC3 AHX MIDI AA ADX VOC VOX FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Priceless Written-By – Garry Glenn	4:47
A2	Lead Me Into Love Written-By – Larry Prentiss, Steve Lane	4:44
A3	Giving You The Best That I Got Written-By – Anita Baker, Randy Holland, Skip Scarborough	4:18
A4	Good Love Written-By – Gary Taylor	5:38
B1	Rules Written-By – Graham Lamb, Maggie Ryder, Phil Nicholl	3:50
B2	Good Enough Written-By – Anita Baker, James McBride	4:47
B3	Just Because Written-By – Alex Brown, Michael O'Hara, Sammy McKinney*	5:09
B4	You Belong To Me Written-By – Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle, Terry Britten	3:50

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
• Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
• Manufactured By – TELDEC Record Service GmbH
• Mixed At – Encore Studios
• Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Recorded At – Encore Studios
• Recorded At – Yamaha International Recording
• Recorded At – Sound Suite
• Recorded At – Hitsville
• Recorded At – TMF Studios
• Recorded At – Producers Workshop
• Recorded At – Gnome Studios
• Published By – Silver Sun Music
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music
• Published By – Creative Music Entertainment
• Published By – Bullsongs
• Published By – Melaimee Music
• Published By – All Baker's Music
• Published By – Alexscar Music
• Published By – Eyedot Music
• Published By – Morning Crew Music, Inc.
• Published By – Virgin Songs, Inc.
• Published By – Hobo Railways
• Published By – Maggie Ryder Music
• Published By – Jadel Publishing Inc.
• Published By – Cuddy Sounds
• Published By – O'Hara Music
• Published By – Texascity Music, Inc.
• Published By – Avid One Music
• Published By – Li'l Mama Music
• Published By – Music Corporation Of America, Inc.
• Published By – Good Single Ltd.
• Published By – Rondor Music
• Published By – Myake
• Published By – Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
• Published By – Quince Music

Credits

• Arranged By [Backing Vocals] – Alex Brown (tracks: B3), Anita Baker (tracks: B1), Perri Sisters* (tracks: A2), Valerie Pinkston Mayo* (tracks: A1, A3)
• Arranged By [Strings] – Michael J. Powell (tracks: B3), Paul Riser (tracks: A1, A2), Robbie Buchanan (tracks: B3)
• Art Direction – Carol Bobolts
• Backing Vocals – Alex Brown (tracks: A1, A3, B3), Angel Edwards (tracks: A1, A3), Anita Baker (tracks: A4, B1), Carl Carwell (tracks: A1, A3, B3), Fred White (tracks: B4), Laurie Perri* (tracks: B3), Lynne Fiddmont (tracks: B4), Marva King (tracks: B3), Perri Sisters (Laurie, Sharon, Darlene, Carol)* (tracks: A2), Roy Galloway (tracks: B4), Valerie Pinkston Mayo* (tracks: A1, A3)
• Bass – Nathan East (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3)
• Coordinator [Production] – Sephra Herman, Tweed And Tominaga
• Drums – Omar Hakim (tracks: A1 to A3, B2)
• Engineer [2nd] – Milton Chan
• Engineer [Additional] – Bruce Nazarian, Fred Law, Les Cooper , Tim Purvis
• Engineer [Engineered By] – Barney Perkins
• Executive-Producer – Anita Baker
• Guitar – Donny Lyle* (tracks: A4), Michael J. Powell (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B4), Paul Jackson Jr. (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B3)
• Keyboards – Gary Taylor (tracks: A4), Nell Walker (tracks: B4), Patrick Moten (tracks: B4), Peter Schwartz (tracks: B1), Robbie Buchanan (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B3), Sonny Burke (tracks: B4), Vernon Fails (tracks: A1 to A4, B2)
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2)
• Photography By – Adrian Buckmaster
• Piano – Bobby Lyle (tracks: A2), George Duke (tracks: A2)
• Piano [Acoustic] – Sir Gant* (tracks: A3, B2)
• Producer – Michael J. Powell
• Saxophone – Dave Boruff* (tracks: B4), Gerald Albright (tracks: B2)
• Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Joseph Vitarelli (tracks: A4)
• Synthesizer [Synclavier], Programmed By – Bruce Nazarian (tracks: B1)
• Synthesizer, Programmed By – David Boruff (tracks: A1, B4), Robbie Buchanan (tracks: A1, A2, B3, B4)
• Trumpet – Chuck Findley (tracks: B4)

Notes

Ⓟ & Ⓒ 1988 Elektra / Asylum Records for the US and WEA International for the world outside the US.
Elektra / Asylum Records, a division of Warner Communications Inc.

Recorded at:
Encore Studio, Yamaha International Recording, Sound Suite, Hitsville, TMF, Producers I & II, Gnome Studios.
Mixed at Encore Studio. Manufactured in Germany by TELDEC Record Service GmbH.

Paulinho Da Costa appears courtesy of Pablo Records.

Publishers by track:
A1) Ⓒ1988 Silver Sun Music / Warner Bros. Music, ASCAP
A2) Ⓒ1988 Creative Entertainment Music / Bullsongs, BMI / Melaimee Music, ASCAP
A3) Ⓒ1988 All Baker's Music / Alexscar Music, BMI / Eyedot Music, ASCAP
A4) Ⓒ1988 Morning Crew Music, Inc. / Virgin Songs, Inc., BMI
B1) Ⓒ1988 Hobo Railways Music Publishing Ltd. / Maggie Ryder Music, PRS
B2) Ⓒ1988 Jadel Publishing Inc. dba Cuddy Sounds, ASCAP / All Baker's Music, BMI
B3) Ⓒ1988 O'Hara Music / Texascity Music, Inc., BMI / Avid One Music, ASCAP / Lil Mama Music / Music Corporation of America, BMI
B4) Ⓒ1988 Good Single / Rondor Music / Myake / Warner Chappell Music / Quince, BMI
Warner logo embossed on the back cover.
The album has a color printed inner sleeve with all the sung-texts, artists line-up and credits-list.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 7559-60827-1 6
• Barcode (Scanned): 075596082716
• Label Code: LC 0192
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A [Stamped] variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 960827-1-A2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B [Stamped] variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 960827-1-B2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A [Stamped] variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 960827-1-A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B [Stamped] variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 960827-1-B
• Rights Society: GEMA / BIEM
• Other (Distribution Code): France: WE 381
• Other (Suffix catalog#): Ⓤ
• Other (Alternate catalog# for the UK): UK: EKT 49

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
60827-1, 9 60827-1	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra, Elektra	60827-1, 9 60827-1	US	1988
9 60827-4	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got ‎(Cass, Album)	Elektra	9 60827-4	Indonesia	1988
23P1-2275	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra	23P1-2275	Japan	1988
9 60827-1	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got ‎(LP, Album, TP)	Elektra	9 60827-1	Greece	1988
E1-60827, 9 E1-60827	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra, Elektra	E1-60827, 9 E1-60827	US	1988

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