tracks

Main Title (Overture, Part One)
Overture (Part Two)
The Feeling That We Have
Can I Go On?
Glinda´s Theme
He´s The Wizard
Soon As I Get Home/Home
You Can´t Win
Ease On Down The Road #1
What Would I Do If I Could Feel?
Slide Some Oil To Me
Ease On Down The Road #2
(I´m A) Mean Ole Lion
Ease On Down The Road #3
Poppy Girls
Be A Lion
End Of The Yellow Brick Road
Emerald City Sequence
So You Wanted To See The Wizard
Is This What Feelings Gets? (Dorothy´s Theme)
Don´t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
A Brand New Day
Believe In Yourself (Dorothy)
The Good Witch Glinda
Believe In Yourself (Reprise)
Home

notes

European Release

Track-Time Durations printed on the Back-cover are not correct, it was mistakenly taken from the LP release.

Real Track-Time Durations are taken from PC.

Manufactured By: MFG BY UNIVERSAL (printed in the matrix)
Mastered At (IFPI L771): Matsushita Universal Pickneyville, USA

Disc rim text: ℗© 1997 MCA Records, Inc. MCAD2-11649
Booklet text: ℗© 1978 MCA Records, Inc. Universal City, CA 91608 -- U.S.A.

Standard 2CD Jewel-Case
28-Page Booklet

Nearly same release as Various - The Wiz (Original Soundtrack) except Matrix Runout Soundtrack of the movie "The Wiz" directed by Sidney Lumet (1978) and adapted from the L. Frank Baum book "The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz".

credits

Art Direction – Vartan (4)
Coordinator [Reissue Coordinator] – Andy McKaie, Laura Graven
Harmonica – Toots Thielemans
Producer – Quincy Jones
Recorded By, Post Production, Product Manager, Mixed By – Bruce Swedien
Remastered By – Erick Labson
Written-By – Charlie Smalls, Quincy Jones
Adapted By (Text) [From] – L. Frank Baum
Art Direction – George Osaki
Artwork – Vartan (4)
Banjo – Carmen Mastren
Bass – Anthony Jackson, Dave Moore (2), Homer Mensch, Jesse Teiko, John Beal, Milton Hinton, Ron Carter, Russ Savakas,
Bassoon – John Campo, Lorin Glickman, Ray Shanfeld, Wally Kane
Cello – Alan Shulman, Alla Goldberg, Anthony Sophos, Eugene Moye, Fred Slotkin, Janet Hamilton, Jesse Levy, Jon Abramowitz, Kermit Moore, Mary Green Jaccoma, Maurice Bialken, Richard Boch, Seymour Barab
Choir [Adult] – Adrienne Albert, Alfa K. Anderson, Annette Sanders, Bobby Floyd, Barbara Massey, Beurice Whitehead, Bill Marine, Billy Davis (5), Brenda White, Charles Collins, Christopher Dean (2), Chuck McGruder, Cissy Houston, Clare Janice Bathe, Claudia Ricks, Dannis Perren, David Lasley, Debbie McDuffie, Diva Gray, Eric Butler (2), Alfonso Thoroton, Frank Floyd, Fred Stark, Gordon Grody, Grady Tate, Gwen Guthrie, Helen Miles, Jake Holmes, Janet Wright, Janice Papolos, Janice Pendarvis, Jean Thomas, Jane McGruder, Jerry Keller, Joshie Armstead, Joey Ward, Cassie Cisyk, Kay Coleman, Kenny Williams, Kenny Karen, Lani Groves, Leon Pendarvis, Leslie Miller, Luther Vandross, Mabel Robinson (2), Maretha Stewart, Mariama Thomas, Melanie Moore, Melvin W. Edmondson, Mike Gray, Milt Grayson, Neil Raber, Patti Austin, Randy Peyton, Ray Simpson, Renel Stafford, Rhetta Hughes, Roberta Flack, Ronnie Dante, Ron Marshall, Steve Clayton, Steve Feldman (2), Susan Hamilton, Susan Stephenson, Tamy Smith, Ted Ross, Tom Bahler, Tony Wells (2), Ullanda McCullough, Vivian Cherry, William Eaton, Yvonne Lewis, Zachary Sanders
Choir [The Wiz Singers Children's Choir] – Antonia French, Arthur French, Bobby Floyd, Bryon Gray, Camille Farrell, Christine Langner, Claude Brooke, Craig Davis, David Reed (2), Dawn Walker, Debbie McDuffie, Duke Thorbs, Ermundo Russell, Frank Floyd, Gerrard Randall, Gwen Guthrie, Jenny Cooke, Jules S. Davis, Julio Herrara, Kim Magloire, Lani Groves, Martina Jones, Mary Lombardi, Mia Thomas, Mike Farrell (2), Molina Williams, Patti Austin, Petra Johnson, Sharon Davis, Susan Stephenson, T.J. Cooke, Tommy Malcolm, Ullanda McCullough, Vivian Cherry, William Walker (3)
Chorus Master [Coordinator] – Patti Austin
Composed By – Nickolas Ashford And Valerie Simpson, (tracks: 1-1F, 1-4, 2-2, 2-4C, 2-5, 2-11B), Charlie Smalls (tracks: 1-1A, 1-1C to 1-1E, 1-2A, 1-3, 1-6 to 1-11, 1-12 to 1-14, 2-1, 2-3, 2-4A, 2-6, 2-8B, 2-10, 2-11A), Quincy Jones (tracks: 1-1B, 1-1F, 1-2B, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6A, 1-11A, 1-15, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4B, 2-4C, 2-5, 2-7A, 2-7C, 2-8A, 2-9, 2-11B)
Conductor [Orchestra] – Bobby Tucker, Quincy Jones
Conductor [Orchestra], Orchestrated By – Robert Freedman,
Conductor, Arranged By [Adult & Childen Choir] – Tom Bahler
Coordinator [Reissue Coordinator] – Andy McKaie, Laura Graven
Copyist – Albert Schoonmaker, Gary Fry, Jerry Bass, Lou Savarese, Nat Brooks
Copyist [Supervisor], Music Librarian – Emile Charlap
Crew [Assistant To Quincy Jones] – Bruce Swedien, Jack Fitzstephens, Sy Johnson, Tom Bahler
Drums – Chris Parker (2), Grady Tate, Harvey Mason, Steve Gadd
Engineer [Assistant] – Ollie Cotton
Engineer [Recording] – Bruce Swedien
Engineer [Technical] – P. Larry Dahlstrom,
Engineer [Technician] – George Walker (2), Mitchell Plotkin, Peter Maiorino
English Horn – Joe Marangella
Film Director – Sidney Lumet
French Horn – Bob Carlisle, Brooks Tillotson, Don Corrado, Jim Buffington, Joe De Angelis, John Clark (2), Larry Wechsler, Maggie Reill, Peter Gordon (8), Ray Alonge, Sharon Moe, Tony Miranda
Guitar – Eric Gale, Hugh McCracken, Jeff Miranov, Steve Khan
Harmonica – Toots Thielemans
Harp – Gloria Agostini, Margaret Ross, Ruth Armato, Sally Foster
Keyboards – Ben Lanzarone, Bob James, Dave Grusin, David Foster, Derek Smith, Dick Hyman, Ernest Hayes, Frank Owens, Jerry Peters, Kenny Ascher, Leon Pendarvis, Pat Rebillot, Paul Griffin, Quincy Jones, Richard Tee, Rob Mounsey, Thom Bridwell, Warren Bernhardt
Liner Notes – Bruce Swedien, Quincy Jones, Sidney Lumet
Mastered By [Originally Mastered By] – Bernie Grundman
Music Director [Album Coordinator] – Peggy-Lipton Jones,
Music Librarian [Assistant] – Bill Waranoff, Gary Fry
Musical Assistance – Hal Levinson, Jeff Wolf, Marlayna Franklin, Ted Roberts
Musical Assistance [Apprentice] – Ray Hubley
Musical Assistance [Dance Arrangements] – Frank Owens, Quincy Jones
Orchestrated By – Bob Florence, Chris Boardman, Greg Mc Ritchie, Jerry Hey, Mendel Baylitz, Pete Meyers, Ralph Ferraro, Richard Hazard, Wayne Robinson
Orchestrated By [Coordinator] – Harry Lookofsky, Jerome Richardson, Ralph MacDonald, Sherry Kruger
Percussion – Art Jenkins, Bill Lavorgna, Bill Summers, Dave Carey, Dave Charles, Dave Friedman, George Devens, Grady Tate, Harvey Mason, Mel Lewis, Paulinho Da Costa, Phil Kraus, Ralph MacDonald, Steve Gadd, Steve Little, Susan Evans, Victoria Berd
Performer [Aunt Em] – Theresa Merrit (tracks: 1-3)
Performer [Dorothy] – Diana Ross (tracks: 1-4, 1-7, 1-9, 1-12, 1-14, 2-1, 2-5, 2-7C, 2-11A)
Performer [Evilene] – Mabel King (tracks: 2-6, 2-7C)
Performer [Glinda] – Lena Horne (tracks: 2-7C, 2-9, 2-10)
Performer [Lion] – Ted Ross (tracks: 1-13, 1-14, 2-1, 2-7C)
Performer [Miss One] – Thelma Carpenter (tracks: 1-6A)
Performer [Scarecrow] – Michael Jackson (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-14, 2-1, 2-7C, 2-9)
Performer [The Wiz / Herman Smith] – Richard Pryor (tracks: 2-3, 2-4, 2-7, 2-9)
Performer [Tinman] – Nipsey Russel, (tracks: 1-10, 1-11A, 1-12, 2-1, 2-7C)
Photography By – Berry Berenson, Bob Fletcher (2), Bob Greene (4), Karen Epstein, Lou Barrett, Muky, Tom Zimberoff
Producer, Adapted By, Score, Music Director – Quincy Jones
Remastered By – Erick Labson
Synthesizer [Polyphonic] – David Foster, Michael Boddicker
Technician [Technical Coordinator] – Aaron J. Baron,
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker (tracks: 1-9, 1-12, 1-14)
Trombone – Alan Raph, William Reichenbach, Charlie Small, Dave Taylor, Eddie Bert, George Flynn (2), Paul Faulise, Sonny Russo, Tony Studd, Urbie Green, Wayne Andre
Trumpet – Alan Rubin, Allen Dean, Bernie Glow, Burt Collins, Chuck Findley, Clark Terry, Daniel Cahn, Ernie Royal, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Joe Shepley, Joe Wilder, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marv Stamm, Mel Davis, Mike Lawrence, Randy Brecker, Ray Crisara, Tom Bahler
Tuba – Alan Ralph, Dave Bergeron, Don Butterfield, Howard Johnson (3), Tony Price (2)
Viola – Alfred Brown, Barbara Baird, David Sackson, Emmanuel Vardi, Harold Coletta, Harry Zaratzian, Julian Barber, Lamar Alsop, Linda Lawrence, Maxine Roach, Midhat Serbagi, Richard Maximoff, Seymour Berman, Susan Pray, Theodore Israel
Violin – Alphonse Schipani, Ann Barak, Arianna Bronne, Arnold Black, Arthur Bogin, Avram Weiss, Carmel Malin, David Sackson, Diana Halprin, Fred Buldrini, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Glickman, Harry Lookofsky, Harry Urbont, Irving Spice, Jean Ely, Joseph Malin, John Pintavalle, Joseph Rabushka, Kathryn Kienke, Leo Kahn, Lou Eley, Louann Montesi, Lou Gabowitz, Marvin Morgenstern, Matt Raimondi, Max Cahn, Max Ellen, Max Hollander, Mike Comins, Michael Spivakowsky, Michał Urbaniak, Noel De Costa, Ora Shiran, Paul Winter, Peter Dimitriades, Raoul Poliakin, Regis Iandiorio, Rick Henrickson, Richard Sortomme, Robert Rosek, Tony Posk
Woodwind – Art Kaplan, Charlie Russo, Danny Banks, Dave Tofani, Don Hammond, Eddy Daniels, Frank Wess, George Marge, George Young (2), Hank Freeman, Harvey Estrin, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion, John Campo, John Lissauer, Johnny Mince, Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams, Leon Cohen, Lew Delgatto, Lorin Glickman, Lou Marini, Michael Brecker, Pepper Adams, Phil Bodner, Ray Beckenstein, Ray Shanfeld, Romeo Penque, Ronnie Roseman, Sheldon Powell, Wally Kane, Walt Levinsky, Billy Slapin,

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Manufactured By – Universal
Glass Mastered At – Matsushita Universal Media Services
Remastered At – MCA Music Media Studios
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mastered At – A&M Records
Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.
Remastered At – MCA Music Media Studios
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC – DIDX-154163
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC – DIDX-154184
Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Published By – WB Music Corp.
Published By – Yellow Brick Road Music
Published By – Kidada Music, Inc.
Recorded At – A&M Studios
Mastered At – A&M Records

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