Talking Book

~ Release by Stevie Wonder (see all versions of this release, 25 available)

Annotation

Album originally released in 1972.
Recorded at Air Studios, London, Electric Lady Studios, New York, Crystal Studios, Los Angeles, Record Plant, Los Angeles.
Mastered at The Cutting Room, New York.

℗ 1972 Motown Record Company L.P.
© 1972 Motown Record Company L.P.
CD: Made in Japan by Sanyo.
Art: Printed in U.S.A.
In older style smooth-sided case.

Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): TCD06151 510016
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): TCD06151 60213K MANUFACTURED BY SANYO JAPAN
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): TCD06151 510016 MANUFACTURED BY SANYO JAPAN

Tracklist

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1You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Moog programming and associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
engineer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass guitar:
Scott Edwards (in 1972)
congas:
Daniel Ben Zebulon (in 1972)
background vocals:
Gloria Barley (in 1972), Jim Gilstrap (in 1972) and Lani Groves (in 1972)
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1972)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1972)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 83), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 183) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 281)
recording of:
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:59
2Maybe Your Baby
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
guitar:
Ray Parker Jr.
recording of:
Maybe Your Baby
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
6:51
3You and I
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
You and I
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Arabella Éditions Musicales SARL, Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
sub-publisher:
大洋音楽
4:38
4Tuesday Heartbreak
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
alto saxophone [solo]:
David Sanborn
background vocals:
Shirley Brewer and Deniece Williams
recording of:
Tuesday Heartbreak
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., 大洋音楽, Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
3:02
5You've Got It Bad Girl
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
congas:
Daniel Ben Zebulon
background vocals:
Jim Gilstrap and Lani Groves
recording of:
You’ve Got It Bad Girl
lyricist:
Yvonne Wright
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
4:57
6Superstition
recording engineer:
Joan DeCola and Austin Godsey
Moog programming:
Malcolm Cecil (in 1972) and Robert Margouleff (in 1972)
associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
mixer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
clavinet, drums (drum set) and Moog:
Stevie Wonder (in 1972)
saxophone:
Trevor Lawrence (in 1972)
trumpet:
Steve Madaio (in 1972)
recorded at:
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (in 1972)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 12) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 74)
recording of:
Superstition
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, 大洋音楽, Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
4:26
7Big Brother
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Big Brother
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
3:34
8Blame It on the Sun
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
background vocals:
Jim Gilstrap and Lani Groves
recording of:
Blame It On the Sun
lyricist:
Syreeta
composer:
Syreeta and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
3:26
9Lookin' for Another Pure Love
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
guest guitar:
Jeff Beck
guitar:
Buzz Feiten
background vocals:
Shirley Brewer, Loris Harvin and Debra Wilson
recording of:
Lookin’ for Another Pure Love
lyricist:
Syreeta
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
4:44
10I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
writer:
Stevie Wonder (in 1972) and Yvonne Wright (in 1972)
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., EMI Music, 大洋音楽, Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
4:51

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