1979 Lani Hall – Double Or Nothing

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Double or Nothing is the fourth album by Lani Hall.

Lani Hall (born November 6, 1945) is an American singer, lyricist, author, and the wife of Herb Alpert. From 1966 to 1971 she performed as lead vocalist for Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66. In 1972 she released her first solo album Sundown Lady, but she may be best known for her rendition of the theme song to the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again. In 1986 she was awarded her first Grammy Award for Es Fácil Amar as “Best Latin Pop Performance.” After that year she largely retired, resurfacing in 1998 with the solo album Brasil Nativo. She has the distinction of recording over 22 albums in three different languages and has released three albums, Anything Goes, I Feel You and Steppin’ Out, on which she performs alongside her husband Herb Alpert. She received her second Grammy Award in 2013 as producer for the album, Steppin’ Out.

Tracks

1  Nobody Gets This Close To Me (Steve Diamond) 4:13
2  Shot In The Dark (Bill Quateman) 3:32
3  Meni Devol (Hugo Fattoruso, Ruben Negre Rada) 4:57
4  To The Morning (Dan Fogelberg) 3:50
5  Sailing Without A Sail (Bill LaBounty, Roy Freeland) 3:10
6  Double Or Nothing (Allee Willis, Skip Scarborough) 4:47
7  Sunshine After The Rain (Ellie Greenwich) 4:34
8  To Know (Buzzy Feiten) 4:19
9  So Long (Lani Hall, Neil Larsen) 2:50
10  Magic Garden (Buzzy Feiten) 3:43

Media

Musicians

1 Nobody Gets This Close To Me

BassJerry Knight
DrumsLarry Tolbert
GuitarBuzzy Feiten
KeyboardsNeil Larsen
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker
PercussionLarry Tolbert
Background VocalsArnold McCuller
Background VocalsDavid Lasley


2 Shot In The Dark

BassJerry Knight
DrumsLarry Tolbert
GuitarBuzzy Feiten
KeyboardsNeil Larsen
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker
PercussionLarry Tolbert
Background VocalsBill Quateman


3 Meni Devol

BassChuck Domanico
DrumsPeter Donald
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker
PercussionAirto Moreira


4 To The Morning

BassChuck Domanico
DrumsPeter Donald
GuitarTim May
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker
Background VocalsBill Champlin
Background VocalsCarmen Twillie
Background VocalsNetty Gloud
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa


5 Sailing Without A Sail

BassChuck Domanico
DrumsPeter Donald
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker
Background VocalsBill Champlin
Background VocalsCarmen Twillie
Background VocalsNetty Gloud


6 Double Or Nothing

BassJerry Knight
DrumsLarry Tolbert
GuitarBuzzy Feiten
KeyboardsNeil Larsen
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker
PercussionLarry Tolbert
Background VocalsArnold McCuller
Background VocalsDavid Lasley


7 Sunshine After The Rain

BassChuck Domanico
DrumsPeter Donald
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker
SaxErnie Watts
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa
Background VocalsCarmen Twillie
Background VocalsNetty Gloud


8 To Know

BassChuck Domanico
DrumsPeter Donald
GuitarTim May
PianoMichel Colombier
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker


9 So Long

BassChuck Domanico
DrumsPeter Donald
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker


10 Magic Garden

BassJerry Knight
DrumsLarry Tolbert
GuitarBuzzy Feiten
KeyboardsNeil Larsen
SynthesizerMichael Boddicker
PercussionLarry Tolbert

Other Musicians

SaxLarry Williams
TromboneBill Reichenbach
TrumpetGary Grant
TrumpetJerry Hey

Liner Notes

Producer – Lani Hall
Producer – David Kershenbaum (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 10)
Producer – Herb Alpert (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)
Arranged By (Horns) – Buzzy Feiten (Tracks 10), Jerry Hey
Engineer – Don Hahn
Engineer – Mark Smith (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 10)
Engineer (Assistant) – Derek Du Nann
Engineer (Assistant A & M Studios) – Skip Cottrell (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 10)
Engineer (Assistant Sunset Sound) – Raffaello Mazza (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 10)
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman

Art Direction – Roland Young
Design – Amy Nagasawa
Photography By – Brian Hagiwara

Recorded At – A&M Studios
Recorded At – Britannia Studios
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Mastered At – A&M Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.