Singer: Jeffrey Osborne
Title: Jeffrey Osborne
Label: A&M Records ‎– SP-4896, A&M Records ‎– A&MSP3272
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, R
Country: US
Date of released: 1982
Category: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Funk, Soul, Ballad, Disco
Size MP3 zip: 1619 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1685 mb
Rating: 4.3✭
Format: MP3 DXD AHX AUD MMF ASF MP4 ADX FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	New Love Cowbell – Paulhino DaCosta*Tenor Saxophone, Soloist – Ernie WattsWritten-By – Geoffrey Leib	4:10
A2	Eenie Meenie Arranged By [Rhythm] – Mike Sembello*Piano, Soloist – George DukeWritten-By – Mike Sembello*, Raymond Pounds	4:23
A3	I Really Don't Need No Light Arranged By [Rhythm] – David "Hawk" WolinskiElectric Piano – Bobby LyleWritten-By – David James Wolinski*, Jeffrey Osborne	3:40
A4	On The Wings Of Love Written-By – Jeffrey Osborne, Peter Schless	4:00
A5	Ready For Your Love Arranged By [Rhythm] – Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey*Handclaps – George Duke, Sheila EscovedoOrgan – John BarnesSaxophone – Larry WilliamsWritten-By – Jeffrey Osborne, Ron Kersey	3:59
B1	Who You Talkin' To? Vocoder – George Duke, Jeffrey OsborneWritten-By – Jeffrey OsborneWritten-By, Bass, Guitar, Arranged By [Rhythm] – Tony Maiden	3:51
B2	You Were Made To Love Arranged By [Rhythm] – Len Ron HanksBells – George DukeWritten-By – Jeffrey Osborne, Len Ron Hanks	3:11
B3	Ain't Nothin' Missin' Guitar – Paul Jackson*Written-By – Geoffrey Leib, Jeffrey Osborne	4:09
B4	Baby Electric Piano – Ron KerseyWritten-By – Jamaal Franklin, Jeffrey Osborne	4:18
B5	Congratulations Flute, Piccolo Flute – Larry WilliamsOrchestrated By – Arif MardinWritten-By – Jeffrey Osborne, Richard Kerr	2:56

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Produced For – George Duke Enterprises
• Recorded At – Westlake Audio
• Recorded At – Le Gonks West
• Recorded At – A&M Studios
• Recorded At – George Massenburg Studios
• Recorded At – Fantasy Studios
• Mastered At – Europadisk
• Mastered At – A&M Studios
• Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis

Credits

• Arranged By [Horns] – George Duke (tracks: A5, B3, B5), Jeffrey Osborne (tracks: A5, B3), Jerry Hey (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3)
• Arranged By [Rhythm] – George Duke (tracks: A1, A4, B3, B5), Jeffrey Osborne (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B2 to B5)
• Arranged By [Strings] – George Del Barrio (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4)
• Arranged By [Vocals] – Jeffrey Osborne
• Art Direction – Chuck Beeson, Lynn Robb
• Backing Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne (tracks: A3, B1, B3, B4), Lynn Davis (tracks: A3, B3, B4)
• Bass – Abraham Laboriel (tracks: A4, B5), Larry Graham (tracks: B1, B4), Louis Jordan (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B2, B3)
• Concertmaster – Paul Shure (tracks: A2 to A4, B2, B4)
• Design – Lynn Robb
• Drums – Steve Ferrone
• Electric Piano – John Barnes (tracks: A2, B2)
• Engineer – Tommy Vicari
• Engineer [Assistant] – Bennie Faccone, Matt Forger, Nick Spigel, Robert Spano*, Wally Buck
• Engineer [Recording] – Tommy Vicari (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B2, B5)
• Engineer [Tracking] – Erik Zobler (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
• French Horn – Robert Martin* (tracks: A2, B5)
• Guitar – Charles Fearing (tracks: A3, A5), David T. Walker (tracks: B2, B4), Mike Sembello* (tracks: A1 to A4, B5)
• Handclaps – Jeffrey Osborne (tracks: A5, B1, B3), Paulinho DaCosta* (tracks: B1, B3), Tony Maiden (tracks: B1, B3)
• Lead Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3, B4)
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Mixed By – Tommy Vicari
• Percussion – Paulhino DaCosta* (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B1, B3)
• Photography By – Bobby Holland
• Piano – George Duke (tracks: A1, A4, B3, B5)
• Producer – George Duke
• Synthesizer – George Duke (tracks: A2, A3, B2)
• Tenor Saxophone – Larry Williams (tracks: A1, B1, B3)
• Trombone – Lou McCreary* (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3)
• Trumpet – Gary Grant (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3, B5), Jerry Hey (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3, B5)
• Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B2, B5)

Notes

RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis variant pressing: both runouts have "I" stamp and labels show "R" code, but Side A is pressed with stamper supplied from Europadisk.

Repressing with SP-4896 on labels, A&MSP3272 on adhesive sticker applied to spine.

George Duke appears courtesy of Epic Records
Ernie Watts courtesy of Qwest Records
Paulinho DaCosta courtesy of Pablo Records
Larry Graham & Tony Maiden courtesy of Warner Bros Records
Steve Ferrone courtesy of Arista Records

Produced for George Duke Enterprises
Recorded at Westlake Audio (tracks)
George Massenberg Studio (horns, vocals - A2, A4, B5),
Le Gonks West (keyboards, guitar, bass, vocal and percussion overdubs)
Fantasy Recording Studio "D" (Mixing).
Mixed to Mitsubishi two-channel digital
Mastered at A & M Recording Studios
Management: Jack Nelson & Associates
Make-up by Tara
Wardrobe by Jim Robinson, Nathan Block / Wilkes Bashford, San Francisco
Album cover photographed at the Sunar Showroom, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles
℗ © 1982 A&M Records Inc.

Printed in U.S.A.

There is an "R" printed on the labels

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Matrix side A, on label): SP-4896-A
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix side B, on label): SP-4896-B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): A&M SP04896A RE-1 EUR.2̶3 M1SF1SM2 A1B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped): (EDP) I
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): A&M SP04896 B RE-1 RCA-1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped): I A7C
• Barcode (Written): 0 7502-14896-1
• Other (Plant Code, Both Labels): R

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SP-4896	Jeffrey Osborne	Jeffrey Osborne ‎(LP, Album, R)	A&M Records	SP-4896	US	1982
SP-4896	Jeffrey Osborne	Jeffrey Osborne ‎(LP, Album, A)	A&M Records	SP-4896	US	1982
AMLS 64896	Jeffrey Osborne	Jeffrey Osborne ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	AMLS 64896	South Africa	1982
L 37947	Jeffrey Osborne	Jeffrey Osborne ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	L 37947	Australia	1982
D20Y4024	Jeffrey Osborne	Jeffrey Osborne ‎(CD, Album, RE)	A&M Records	D20Y4024	Japan	1989