1975 Roberta Flack – Feel Like Makin’ Love

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Released in 1975, Feel Like Makin’ Love is Roberta Flack‘s fifth solo album and sixth overall, when counting her duet album with Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway from 1972. It was the first album produced by Flack herself, under the pseudonym Rubina Flake.

The album’s title cut had been issued as a single in June 1974 affording Flack her third #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, after which success Atlantic Records signed Flack to a new five year contract – reportedly the most lucrative ever signed by a female recording artist. The Feel Like Makin’ Love album had reportedly by September 1974 already accrued enough advance orders from retail outlets to guarantee gold status upon the album’s release, which was expected in November 1974.

Tracks

1  Feelin’ That Glow (Bob Fusco; Eugene McDaniels; Leon Pendarvis; Maurice McKinley; Charlotte Laws) 05:47
2  I Wanted It Too (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) 02:49
3  I Can See The Sun In Late December (Stevie Wonder) 12:47
4  Some Gospel According To Matthew (Stuart Scharf) 02:37
5  Feel Like Makin’ Love (Eugene McDaniels) 02:55
6  Mr. Magic (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) 03:58
7  Early Ev’ry Midnite (Eugene McDaniels; Leon Pendarvis) 05:54
8  Old Heartbreak Top Ten (Eugene McDaniels) 04:21
9  She’s Not Blind (Stuart Scharf) 05:24

Musicians

BassAnthony Jackson
BassGary King
DrumsAlphonse Mouzon
DrumsIdris Muhammad
DrumsRon Zito
GuitarDavid Spinozza
GuitarHugh McCracken
GuitarKeith Loving
GuitarRichard Resnicoff
Acoustic GuitarDavid Spinozza
Acoustic GuitarHugh McCracken
Acoustic GuitarKeith Loving
Acoustic GuitarRichard Resnicoff
KeyboardsBob James
KeyboardsHarry Whitaker
KeyboardsLeon Pendarvis
KeyboardsRichard Tee
KeyboardsRubina Flake
FluteJames Vass
OboeJoe Farrell
OboeKaren Sargent
Thumb PianoArthur Jenkins
TimpaniPhil Kraus
VibraphoneDavid Carey
PercussionRalph MacDonald
Background VocalsBetty Buckley
Background VocalsBob Dorough
Background VocalsDeniece Williams
Background VocalsJanice Gadsden
Background VocalsJo Armstead
Background VocalsLani Groves
Background VocalsLesley Miller
Background VocalsMaeretha Stewart
Background VocalsPatti Austin
Background VocalsRhetta Hughes
Background VocalsRubina Flake
Background VocalsWilliam Eaton
Background VocalsWilliam Salter
VocalsRoberta Flack

Liner Notes

Producer – Rubina Flake
Co-producer – Antisia Music, Eugene McDaniels, Scharf/Dorough
Producer (Associate) – Leon Pendarvis
Producer (Vocals) – Frederick Wilkerson
Arranged By – Leon Pendarvis (Tracks 1, 5, 7, 8)
Arranged By – Antisia Music (Track 2)
Arranged By – Harry Whitaker, Rubina Flake (Track 3)
Arranged By – Stuart Scharf (Tracks 4, 9)
Arranged By – Rubina Flake (Track 5)
Coordinator – Louise Fleming
Engineer – Harry Yarmark, Jim McCurdy, Stephen Schaeffer
Engineer (Assistant – John Struthers
Engineer (Remix) – Jim McCurdy

Artwork – Lou Stovall
Design – Lou Stovall, Rubina Flake

Recorded At The Hit Factory, New York
Recorded At Bell Sound Studios, New York
Recorded At Soundtek Recording Studio, New York
Remix At The Hit Factory, New York
Phonographic Copyright Atlantic Recording Corp
Copyright Atlantic Recording Corp