Search and Nearness
recorded
between 21 October 1969
and October 1970
Atlantic album SD 8276;
released 1 March 1971
Produced by the Rascals in cooperation
with Arif Mardin
Engineers: Jack Adams, James Douglass, Ron Albert, Chuck Kirkpatrick,
and Don Casale
Right On
(by Felix Cavaliere)
recorded
7 July 1970
Felix:
electric piano through wah-wah (r), organ with pedals (l)
Gene: electric guitar (through wah-wah) (c & l)
Dino: drums (c)
Joe Newman: trumpet (r)
Joe Farell: saxophone (r)
Seldon Powell: saxophone(r)
Session player (or Gene?): harmonica (l)
Chuck
Rainey: bass (c)
Percussion:
cowbell (r)
Vocals: Felix & Eddie - lead (c)
I Believe
(by
Felix Cavaliere)
recorded
21 October 1969
Felix:
piano (r), organ (l)
Gene: electric guitar (l)
Dino: drums (l)
Session players: horns (trumpets, saxophones, trombones ?) (l)
Session player (or Gene?): harmonica (l)
Chuck
Rainey: bass (c)
Percussion: sleigh bells (c), temple block (c)
Vocals: Felix - lead (c); Eddie & Dave - backing (c); Cissy Houston
& Tosha Thomas - backing (c)
Other: mystery noises in the intro -
possibly a kalimba?
Thank You
Baby
(by Felix Cavaliere)
Felix:
two pianos (l & r), organ (l)
Gene: electric guitar (r) and second electric guitar on coda (l)
Dino: drums (c)
H. Cowart: bass (c)
Vocals: Felix - lead (c); Eddie & Dave - backing (r)
You Don't Know
(by
Gene Cornish)
recorded
19 January 1970
Felix:
piano (r)
Gene: two electric guitars (r & l); acoustic guitar on coda (l)
Dino: drums (c - echo in l)
Ron Blanco: bass (c)
Percussion: maracas (r), cowbell (l)
Vocals: Eddie - lead (c); Gene & Dave - backing (c)
Nama
(by
Dino Danelli)
Felix:
piano (c), organ (r)
Dino: drums (r)
Chuck Rainey: bass (c)
Joe Newman: trumpet
Joe Ferrell: saxophone
Seldon Powell: saxophone
Percussion:
maracas (l), claves (r), congas (r)
Session players: flutes (r)
Almost Home
(by
Felix Cavaliere)
recorded
24
to 28 February 1970
Felix: electric piano (r)
Gene: electric guitar (l), acoustic guitar (r)
Dino: drums (c)
Session players: stings (violins, violas, cellos) (l)
H.
Cowart:
bass (c)
Vocals:
Felix - lead (c); Eddie & Dave - backing (c)
Other: engine noises
The Letter
(by
Wayne Carson Thompson)
Felix: piano (r), organ (l)
Gene: electric guitar (r)
Dino: drums (c)
Session players: horns (trumpets, saxophones, trombones ?) (l & r)
Chuck
Rainey: bass (c)
Percussion: maracas (l)
Vocals:
Eddie - lead (c)
Other: "slithering" noises - possibly
percussion with echo (c to r)
Ready for Love
(by Felix Cavaliere)
recorded 19 January 1970
Felix:
pianos (r), organ (l)
Gene: electric guitar (l)
Dino: drums (c)
H. Cowart: bass (c)
Session
player: flute (r)
Percussion:
tambourine (l)
Vocals: Felix - lead (c); Eddie & Dave - backing (c to r); Eddie
& Dave - backing (l)
Other: handclaps (r)
Fortunes
(by Dino Danelli)
Felix:
electric piano (r), piano with liberal effects (l)
Gene: electric guitar (r)
Dino: drums (c)
Chuck Rainey: bass (c)
Percussion:
cowbell (l)
Vocals: Eddie - lead (c); Eddie & Dave - backing (l)
Glory Glory
(by Felix Cavaliere)
recorded
24 to 28 February 1970
Felix:
piano (l), organ (r)
Gene: electric guitar with wah-wah (r), electric guitar (l)
Dino: drums (c)
H. Cowart: bass (c)
Session
player: flute (r)
Percussion:
tambourine (r)
Vocals: Felix - lead (c); Eddie & Dave - backing (l); The Sweet
Inspirations (Sylvia Shemwell, Myrna Smith, Estelle Brown, Ann
Williams) - backing (r)
Other: handclaps (r)
