Diana Ross: Upside Down; personnel...any flies on the wall?

[max cooper]

Man, is that track jammin! Anyone know who worked on it? I haven't been able to find the info. I'm curious who was on both sides of the glass.

Thanks!


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[max cooper]

answers own question: of course it was:

Personnel: Diana Ross (vocals); Niles Rodgers (guitar); Eddie Daniels (saxophone); Bob Milliken (trumpet); Meco Monardo (trombone); Raymond Jones, Andy Schwartz (keyboards); Bernard Edwards (bass); Tony Thompson (drums); Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin, Fonzi Thorton, Michelle Cobbs (background vocals); The Chic Strings


couldn't find the other info about it, tho.

[Meriphew]

That is a great song. thumbsup

[largeunit]

Produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards from Chic and most of the musicians are from Chic. Total Nile Rodgers guitar on that one.

[largeunit]

"The tale behind the making of the Diana album was a classic saga of the old meeting the new. Recording sessions took place at Nile and 'Nard's studio of choice, The Power Station in New York. It was the first time that the duo had worked with an established artist, and their speedy and benignly dictatorial working methods were alien to Ross. When Edwards, often seen as the 'bad cop' of the Chic producing partnership, suggested that she may have been singing 'underneath' one of the tracks, she stormed out of the studio, stating "Berry Gordy never said I sing flat!". She was not to return for several weeks.


Rodgers and Edwards were accused of trying to make their sound shine and Motown's first lady look poor by comparison, so Ross and long-time engineer Russ Terrana pulled the album and remixed it at the eleventh hour."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/classicpo...ss_diana.shtml

[joeq]

that deluxe edition looks interesting- it has both mixes.

[largeunit]

Originally Posted by joeq

that deluxe edition looks interesting- it has both mixes.

You can get the original mix on iTunes also...