1989 June Pointer – June Pointer
June Pointer is the final studio album by June Pointer, released in 1989 on the Columbia label.
The album was Pointer’s second studio album without the Pointer Sisters and her only album with Columbia Records, featuring contribution from producers Narada Michael Walden, David Foster, Dann Huff, Renee Geyer, Jason Scheff, and Randy Waldman. Carol Bayer Sager served as an executive producer on the album. The album yielded a hit with “Tight on Time (I’ll Fit U In)”, which peaked at No. 35 as a dance hit on the Dance Club Songs as a Top 40. It also peaked at No. 70 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album also featured “Keeper of the Flame”, featuring backing vocals by Irene Cara. It also featured the Sager, Bruce Roberts and Burt Bacharach composition “Why Can’t We Be Together”.
Tracks
1 Tight On Time (I’ll Fit U In) (Dean Pitchford, Rhett Lawrence) 03:59
2 Parlez Moi D’amour (Let’s Talk About Love) (Narada Michael Walden) 04:38
3 Why Can’t We Be Together (Bruce Roberts, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager) 04:32
4 How Long (Don’t Make Me Wait) (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tom Keane) 04:20
5 Put Your Dreams Where Your Heart Is (Dorothy Sea Gazeley, Gerry Stober) 04:57
6 Keeper Of The Flame (Gordon Grody, Mary Lee Kortes) 04:49
7 Love Calling (Richard Feldman, Stan Lynch) 03:34
8 Fool For Love (Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers) 04:34
9 Live With Me (Dwania Kyles, Kashif, Ralph Schuckett) 05:34
10 Love On The Line (Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers) 05:10
Biography
Musicians
1 Tight On Time (I’ll Fit U In)
| Bass (synthesizer) | Rhett Lawrence |
| Drums (programming) | Rhett Lawrence |
| Keyboards | Rhett Lawrence |
| Synthesizer | Rhett Lawrence |
| Background Vocals | Dave Sholin |
| Background Vocals | Kimberly Brewer |
| Vocals | June Pointer |
2 Parlez Moi D’amour (Let’s Talk About Love)
| Electric Drums | Greg Gonaway |
| Drums (programming) | Narada Michael Walden |
| Guitar | Corrado Rustici |
| Keyboards | Preston Glass |
| Keyboards | Walter Afanasieff |
| Synthesizer | Walter Afanasieff |
| Cymbal | Greg Gonaway |
| Background Vocals | Kitty Beethoven |
3 Why Can’t We Be Together
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
| Guitar | Dann Huff |
| Keyboards | Randy Kerber |
| Synthesizer | Randy Kerber |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Percussion | Lenny Castro |
| Vocals | Phil Perry |
| Vocals | June Pointer |
4 How Long (Don’t Make Me Wait)
| Drums | John M Keane |
| Electric Drums | Rhett Lawrence |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Keyboards | Tom Keane |
| Programming | Rhett Lawrence |
| Programming | Rick Bowen |
| Sax | Dan Higgins |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Percussion | John M Keane |
| Background Vocals | David Foster |
| Background Vocals | Ruth Pointer |
| Vocals | June Pointer |
5 Put Your Dreams Where Your Heart Is
| Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | Tom Keane |
| Synthesizer | Tom Keane |
| Programming | Rhett Lawrence |
| Programming | Michael Boddicker |
| Background Vocals | Jason Scheff |
| Background Vocals | Tom Keane |
| Vocals | June Pointer |
6 Keeper Of The Flame
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | Randy Waldman |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Background Vocals | David Lasley |
| Background Vocals | Gordon Grody |
| Background Vocals | Irene Cara |
| Background Vocals | Mary Lee Kortes |
| Vocals | June Pointer |
7 Love Calling
| Bass (synthesizer) | Tom Keane |
| Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
| Electric Drums | John M Keane |
| Electric Drums | Rhett Lawrence |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Synthesizer | Tom Keane |
| Background Vocals | Renee Geyer |
| Vocals | June Pointer |
8 Fool For Love
| Guitar | Ira Siegel |
| Keyboards | Carl Sturken |
| All Instruments | Kashif |
| Background Vocals | Audrey Wheeler |
| Background Vocals | Cindy Mizelle |
| Background Vocals | Evan Rogers |
| Background Vocals | Sandra St Victor |
| Vocals | June Pointer |
9 Live With Me
| Guitar | Dann Huff |
| Keyboards | Larry Williams |
| All Instruments | Kashif |
| Background Vocals | Ruth Pointer |
| Vocals | June Pointer |
10 Love On The Line
| Guitar | Carl Sturken |
| Keyboards | Carl Sturken |
| Keyboards | Greg Mangiafico |
| All Instruments | Kashif |
| Background Vocals | Audrey Wheeler |
| Background Vocals | Cindy Mizelle |
| Background Vocals | Evan Rogers |
| Background Vocals | Kashif |
| Background Vocals | Sandra St Victor |
| Vocals | June Pointer |
Liner Notes
Producer – Rhett Lawrence (Track 1)
Producer – Narada Michael Walden (Track 2)
Producer – Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager (Track 3)
Producer – David Foster (Track 4)
Producer – Humberto Gatica (Tracks 5, 7 )
Producer – Phil Ramone (Track 6)
Producer – Kashif (Tracks 8, 10)
Producer (Executive) – Carole Bayer Sager
Arranged By – Rhett Lawrence (Track 1)
Arranged By (Horns) – David Foster, Jerry Hey (Track 4)
Arranged By – Randy Waldman (Track 6)
Arranged By – Kashif (Track 8)
Coordinator – Frank DeCaro (Track 3)
Coordinator – Chris Earthy (Track 4)
Coordinator- Angela Bland (Track 5)
Coordinator- Susanne Marie Edgren (Track 6)
Coordinator – Adrian Salley, Russell Sidelsky (Tracks 8, 10)
Engineer – Daren Klein, Doug Scharf, Gary Wagner (Track 6)
Engineer (Additional) – Jessie Kanner, Larry Ferguson (Track 9)
Engineer (Recording, Mixing) – Mick Guzauski (Track 3)
Engineer (Final Mix) – Mick Guzauski (Track 6)
Engineer (Assistant) – Donnell Sullivan (Track 1)
Engineer (Assistant) – Dana Jon Chappelle, Gordon Lyon, Mark Hagen (Track 2)
Engineer (Vocals) – Matt Forger (Track 2)
Engineer (Additional Recording) – Jeffrey Woodruff (Track 3)
Engineer (Additional Recording) – Rhett Lawrence (Track 5)
Engineer (Additional Recording) – Rhett Lawrence (Track 7)
Engineer (Assistant) – Jessie Kanner, Ray Pyle, Sylvia Massy (Track 9)
Engineer (Assistant) – Ernie Perez, Frank Noguras, Quintin Kettere (Track 10)
Engineer (Assistant Mixing) – Marnie Riley, Richard McKernan (Track 3)
Engineer (Assistant Mixing) – Mauricio Guerrero, Ray Pyle (Track 5)
Engineer (Assistant Mixing) – Marnie Riley, Clark Germain (Track 6)
Engineer (Assistant Mixing) – Mauricio Guerrero, Ray Pyle (Track 7)
Engineer (Assistant Recording) – Clark Germain (Track 3)
Engineer (Assistant Recording) – Mauricio Guerrero, Rhett Lawrence, Karl Gruenewald, Laura Livingston, Mauricio Guerrero, Ray Pyle (Tracks 5, 7)
Engineer (Assistant Additional Recording) – David Reitzas (Tracks 3, 4)
Mixed By – David Frazer (Track 2)
Recorded By – Jon Gass, Rhett Lawrence (Track 1)
Recorded By – David Frazer (Track 2)
Recorded By – Jeffrey Woodruff (Track 4)
Recorded By – Humberto Gatica (Tracks 5, 7)
Recorded By – Bob Brockman, Kurt Upper (Tracks 8, 10)
Art Direction – David Coleman (5), Nancy Donald
Photography – Randee St. Nicholas
Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mixed At Elumba Studios
Mixed At Tarpan Studios
Mixed At Westlake Studios
Mixed At Conway Studios
Mixed At Lion Share Recording Studios
Mixed At Marathon Studios
Recorded At Oakshire Recorders
Recorded At Tarpan Studios
Recorded At Westlake Studios
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Chartmaker Studios
Recorded At Rhett Lawrence Studios
Recorded At Lion Share Recording Studios
Recorded At Zebra Studio
Recorded At Conway Studios
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Marathon Studios
Recorded At Ground Control Studios
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