A Sound Investment

Original Release Date:  March 1987

Track Listing

• 1. A Sound Investment
• 2. Comes Love
• 3. Blues for the Midgets
• 4. With Someone New
• 5. Maria Elena
• 6. Great Scott
• 7. A Smooth One
• 8. New Orleans [*]
• 9. The Claw

Credits

• William Eaton: Arranger
• Aretha Franklin: Piano, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Producer
• Gwen Guthrie: Vocals (Background)
• Donny Hathaway: Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
• John Bunch: Piano, ?
• Chris Flory: Guitar, ?
• Scott Hamilton: Sax (Tenor), Performer
• Bob James: Keyboards
• Flip Phillips: Sax (Tenor), Performer
• Chuck Rainey: Bass
• Ernie Royal: Trumpet
• Deodato: Arranger, Piano (Electric)
• Ralph MacDonald: Percussion
• Ron Albert: Engineer
• Kenneth Bichel: Synthesizer
• Margaret Branch: Vocals (Background)
• Cissy Houston: Vocals (Background)
• Ann S. Clark: Vocals (Background)
• Stanley Clarke: Bass
• Judy Clay: Vocals (Background)
• Cornell Dupree: Guitar
• Tom Dowd: Producer
• Phil Flanigan: Bass, ?
• Ira Gitler: Liner Notes
• Lewis Hahn: Engineer
• Bill Inglot: Remastering
• Hilary James: Organ
• Carl Jefferson: Producer
• Arif Mardin: Arranger, Producer, Remixing
• Rick Marotta: Drums
• Hugh McCracken: Guitar
• David McLees: Reissue Coordination
• Pancho Morales: Percussion
• Ted Myers: Project Assistant
• Gene Orloff: Concert Master
• Gene Paul: Engineer
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: Drums
• Phil Ramone: Engineer
• Chuck Riggs: Drums, ?
• Myrna Smith: Vocals (Background)
• Pat Smith: Vocals (Background)
• David Spinozza: Guitar
• Richard Tee: Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
• Ed Trabanco: Engineer
• Willie Weeks: Bass
• Jerry Wexler: Producer
• David Nathan: Liner Notes
• Michael Ochs: Photography
• Coco Shinomiya: Art Direction
• Patrick Milligan: Research
• Deidre Tuck: Vocals (Background)
• Howie Albert: Engineer