Earl Klugh / Crazy For You [Liberty / LT-51113]

■オリジナル／US盤／シュリンク付。
■盤質：B／薄い擦れ程度で致命的な深いキズ無し。
■ジャケット：B／抜け裂け割れ等無く良好品。

アコギの貴公子と呼ばれたアールクルーが名門レーベル「Liberty」に残した1983年盤。スムースジャズの先駆けのような作品。ギターに、レイパーカーJr、フィルアップチャーチ、ハイラムブロック、ベースにネイザンイースト、アレンジャーに、クレアフィッシャー、デイブマシューズ、ジョニーマンデル等が参加。A3「Twinkle」はMAC MILLERネタ。

A1 I'm Ready For Your Love
A2 Soft Stuff (And Other Sweet Delights)
A3 Twinkle
A4 Broadway Ramble
B1 Calypso Getaway
B2 The Rainmaker
B3 Balladina
B4 Crazy For You

Guitar – Earl Klugh
Guitar – Ray Parker Jr.
Guitar – Phil Upchurch
Guitar – Hiram Bullock
Guitar – Donald Griffin
Guitar – Parry Hughes
Bass – Charles Meeks (tracks: B3, B4), Gary King (tracks: B2), Louis Johnson (tracks: A3), Nathan East (tracks: A2, B1)
Drums – Brian Brake (tracks: B2), Gene Dunlap (tracks: A4), James Bradley Jr. (tracks: B3, B4), Raymond Pounds (tracks: A3), Ricky Lawson (tracks: A2, B1)
Piano – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: A3), Onaje Allan Gumbs (tracks: B2), Ronnie Foster (tracks: A2, B1, B3, B4), Silvester Rivers (tracks: A1)
Percussion – Manola Badbena (tracks: B2), Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Sammy Figueroa (tracks: B2)
Soloist, Saxophone – George Young

Arranged By – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: A3), Ray Parker Jr. (tracks: A1), The Band (tracks: A3)
Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – Clair Fischer (tracks: B3, B4), Johnny Mandel (tracks: B1), Patrick Williams (tracks: A2)
Arranged By [Orchstra, Rhythm] – Dave Matthews (tracks: B2)
Arranged By [Rhyhtm] – Earl Klugh (tracks: A2, B1, B3), Phil Upchurch (tracks: A2), Roland Wilson (tracks: A2), Ronnie Foster (tracks: B3)
Arranged By [Synthesizer] – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: A1)

Engineer – Don Hahn, Michael Brauer
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig