1976 Peter Allen – Taught By Experts
Taught By Experts is the fourth studio album by Peter Allen, released in 1976. It spawned the hit “I Go to Rio”. The album featured such musicians as Thom Rotella, Jerome Richardson, Lesley Gore and Dusty Springfield.
Tracks
1 Puttin\’ Out Roots (Peter Allen) 3:34
2 She Loves To Hear The Music (Peter Allen; Carole Bayer Sager) 3:20
3 Back Doors Crying (Peter Allen; Carole Bayer Sager) 4:46
4 I Go To Rio (Peter Allen; Adrienne Anderson) 3:22
5 Planes (Peter Allen; Carole Bayer Sager) 3:06
6 Quiet Please, There\’s A Lady On Stage (Peter Allen; Carole Bayer Sager) 5:12
7 This Time Around (Peter Allen) 3:16
8 The More I See You (Mack Gordon; Harry Warren) 3:35
9 Harbour (Peter Allen) 3:38
10 (I\’ve Been) Taught By Experts (Peter Allen; Hal Hackady) 3:18
11 Six-Thirty Sunday Morning/New York, I Don\’t Know About You (Peter Allen) 5:06
Biography
Musicians
1 Puttin’ Out Roots
Bass | Charles Larkey |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Rick Littlefield |
Acoustic Guitar | Thom Rotella |
Banjo | Herb Pedersen |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Piano | John Jarvis |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
2 She Loves To Hear The Music
Bass | Charles Larkey |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Acoustic Guitar | Thom Rotella |
Piano | John Jarvis |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Percussion | Alan Estes |
Percussion | Barry Lazarowitz |
Background Vocals | Abigail Haness |
Background Vocals | Brenda Russell |
Background Vocals | Judy Elliot |
Background Vocals | Lesley Gore |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
3 Back Doors Crying
Bass | Charles Larkey |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Acoustic Guitar | Thom Rotella |
Fender Rhodes | Peter Allen |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Background Vocals | Brenda Russell |
Background Vocals | Dusty Springfield |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
4 I Go To Rio
Bass | Charles Larkey |
Drums | Jim Keltner |
Guitar | Rick Littlefield |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Fender Rhodes | John Jarvis |
Percussion | Alan Estes |
Percussion | Barry Lazarowitz |
Background Vocals | Christie Thompson |
Background Vocals | Gregory Connell |
Background Vocals | Jeanie Arnold Saviano |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
5 Planes
Bass | Chuck Domanico |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Percussion | Alan Estes |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
6 Quiet Please, There’s A Lady On Stage
Bass | Charles Larkey |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Acoustic Guitar | Thom Rotella |
Piano | Peter Allen |
French Horn | Henry Sigismonti |
Tuba | Tommy Johnson |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
7 This Time Around
Bass | Charles Larkey |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Acoustic Guitar | Rick Littlefield |
Acoustic Guitar | Thom Rotella |
Piano | John Jarvis |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
8 The More I See You
Bass | Charles Larkey |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Acoustic Guitar | Thom Rotella |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Trumpet | Herb Alpert |
Percussion | Alan Estes |
Percussion | Barry Lazarowitz |
Background Vocals | Abigail Haness |
Background Vocals | Brenda Russell |
Background Vocals | Judy Elliot |
Background Vocals | Lesley Gore |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
9 Harbour
Upright Bass | Chuck Domanico |
Drums | Jim Keltner |
Acoustic Guitar | Thom Rotella |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Accordion | Frank Marocco |
Percussion | Barry Lazarowitz |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
10 (I’ve Been) Taught By Experts
Upright Bass | Chuck Domanico |
Drums | Jim Gordon |
Guitar | Thom Rotella |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
11 Six-Thirty Sunday Morning/New York, I Don’t Know About You
Bass | Chuck Domanico |
Guitar | Thom Rotella |
Piano | Peter Allen |
Percussion | Alan Estes |
Vocals | Peter Allen |
Strings
Arco Bass – Buell Neidlinger, Catherine Gotthoffer
Cello – Frederick Seykora, Gloria Strassner, Jaqueline Lustgarten, Victor Sazer
Viola- Allan Harshman, Dan Neufeld, Robert Ostrowsky, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Albert Steinberg, Alfred Lustgarten, Bobby Bruce, George Kast, Gerald Vinci, Jacob Krachmalnick, Jerome Reisler, Joy Lyle, Leonard Atkins, Mari Tsumura, Marilyn Baker, Marvin Limonick, Robert Sushel, Shari Zippert, Shirley Cornell, Stanley Plummer, Thomas Buffum, Wilbert Nuttycombe
Liner Notes
Producer – Brooks Arthur
Arranged By – Peter Allen
Arranged By (Strings) – Roger Kellaway (Tracks 5, 6, 11)
Arranged By (Strings) – Bobby Rozario (Track 7)
Conductor – Roger Kellaway (Tracks 5, 6, 11)
Conductor – Bobby Rozario (Track 7)
Engineer – Brooks Arthur, Bob Merritt
Engineer – Deni King (Track 8)
Engineer (Assistant) – Nat Jeffrey
Grip (Key) – Gregory Connell
Contractor (Musical) – Charles Larkey
Contractor (Orchestra) – Al Lapin, Jules Chaikin
Coordinator (Production) – Ivy Skoff
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Art Direction – Roland Young
Photography – Norman Seeff
Mastered At A&M Records
Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At The Village Recorder
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