1980 High Inergy – Hold On
Hold On was the fifth album by High Inergy. Like their previous three albums, this one was a commercial and critical disappointment. It peaked at #70 on Billboard’s R&B Album charts and failed to make the Top 200 Pop Album charts. The album spawned one chart single, a cover of Bettye Swann’s #1 R&B hit, Make Me Yours, which Andrew Hamilton in his All Music Guide review described as “better-than-the-original.” Unfortunately, High Inergy’s version failed to achieve the chart success of the original, peaking at just #68.
Tracks
1 I Just Can’t Help Myself (Earl Branham; Floyd Bibbins; Norman Fowler; Randall Fowler) 4:29
2 Sweet Man (Angelo Bond; Berry Gordy; William Weatherspoon) 4:31
3 Make Me Yours (Bettye Champion) 3:33
4 Hold On To My Love (Bobby DeBarge; Bunny DeBarge) 5:03
5 If I Love You Tonight (Eddie Coleman; Gwen Gordy Fuqua; Gwendolyn Fuller) 4:53
5 Boomerang Love (Angelo Bond; William Weatherspoon) 3:29
6 I’m A Believer (Narada Michael Walden) 3:51
7 It Was You Babe (Angelo Bond; Barbara Mitchell; McKinley Jackson) 5:05
Biography
Other Musicians
2 Sweet Man
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Quentin Dennard |
| Guitar | Tim May |
| Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
| Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
| Guitar | Tony Drake |
| Keyboards | John Barnes |
| Percussion | Eddie Brown |
| Percussion | Bobbye Hall |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Percussion | Robert Zimmitti |
3 Make Me Yours
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Quentin Dennard |
| Guitar | Tim May |
| Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
| Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
| Guitar | Tony Drake |
| Keyboards | John Barnes |
| Percussion | Eddie Brown |
| Percussion | Bobbye Hall |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Percussion | Robert Zimmitti |
5 If I Love You Tonight
| Bass | Romeo Williams |
| Drums | Kenny Elliot |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Guitar | Greg Hargrove |
| Keyboards | Tennyson Stevens |
| Keyboards | Jimmy Stewart |
| Keyboards | Dale Powers |
5 Boomerang Love
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Quentin Dennard |
| Guitar | Tim May |
| Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
| Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
| Guitar | Tony Drake |
| Keyboards | John Barnes |
| Percussion | Eddie Brown |
| Percussion | Bobbye Hall |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Percussion | Robert Zimmitti |
6 I’m A Believer
| Bass | Randy Jackson |
| Drums | Narada Michael Walden |
| Guitar | Corrado Rustici |
| Keyboards | Frank Martin |
| Percussion | Vicki Randle |
| Sax | Larry Williams |
| Sax | Michael Brecker |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Trumpet | Randy Brecker |
7 It Was You Babe
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Quentin Dennard |
| Guitar | Tim May |
| Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
| Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
| Guitar | Tony Drake |
| Keyboards | John Barnes |
| Percussion | Eddie Brown |
| Percussion | Bobbye Hall |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Percussion | Robert Zimmitti |
Liner Notes
Producer – Bobby DeBarge (Track 4)
Producer – Eddie Coleman (Track 5)
Producer – Narada Michael Walden (Track 7 )
Co-producer – Gwen Gordy Fuqua (Track 5)
Producer (Executive) – Berry Gordy
Engineer – Barney Perkins, Lawrence Horn, Norm Graichen, Paul Ring, Rick Perrotta (Tracks 2, 3, 6, 8)
Engineer – Bob Robitaille, Lee Keifer (Track 5)
Engineer – Dick Hart, Jurgen Koppers, Tom Flye (Track 7)
Engineer – Les Cooper, Michael Schuman (Tracks 4)
Instrumentation By – Paul Riser (Tracks 2, 3)
Instrumentation By – Greg Mathieson (Tracks 4)
Instrumentation By – Gil Askey (Track 5)
Instrumentation By – McKinley Jackson (Tracks 6, 8)
Instrumentation By – Jerry Hey (Tracks 7)
Art Direction – Ginny Livingston, Johnny Lee
Photography – Ron Slenzak
Recorded At The Record Plant, LA, CA
Recorded At The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
Recorded At Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Recorded At Golden Sound Studio, Holywood, CA.
Recorded At Rusk Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Recorded At Evergreen Recording Studio, Burbank, CA
Recorded At Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA
Recorded At Rumbo Recorders, Caoga Park, CA
Phonographic Copyright Motown Record Corporation
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