George Duke – Guardian Of The Light

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Label:	Epic – EPC 25262, Epic – 25262
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country:	Europe
Released:	1983
Genre:	Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:	Funk, Disco, Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz

Tracklist

A1	Overture Piano – George Duke Trumpet – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey	1:37
A2	Light Guitar – Charles Fearing Programmed By [Vocoder] – Craig Harris (4) Vocals, Piano, Vocoder [Sennheiser], Synthesizer [Prophet V, Korg Poly Six] – George Duke	3:22
A3	Shane Guitar – Charles Fearing Programmed By [Vocoder] – Craig Harris (4) Vocals, Piano, Vocoder [Sennheiser], Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer [Prophet V] – George Duke	3:13
A4	Born To Love You Backing Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne, Lynn Davis, Portia Griffin Bass – Byron Miller Lead Vocals, Piano, Melodica, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – George Duke	3:10
A5	Silly Fightin' Backing Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne, Lynn Davis, Portia Griffin Lead Vocals, Piano, Backing Vocals – George Duke	5:07
A6	You (Are The Light) Bass – Byron Miller Flugelhorn – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey Vocals, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Piano – George Duke	4:15
A7	The War Fugue Interlude Synthesizer [Prophet V] – George Duke	1:12
B1	Reach Out Handclaps – Lynn Davis, Portia Griffin, Rachelle Fields Trumpet – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Prophet V], Handclaps – George Duke	4:57
B2	Give Me Your Love Backing Vocals – Lynn Davis, Patti Austin Lead Vocals, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer [Prophet V], Melodeon, Backing Vocals – George Duke	4:19
B3	Stand Electronic Drums [Linn-drum Machine], Synthesizer [Korg Poly Six, Mini-moog] – George Duke Vocals – Jeffrey Osborne	2:14
B4	Soon Tabla – Steve Forman Vocals – George Duke	2:43
B5	Celebrate Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer [Prophet V, Korg Poly Six, Mini-moog], Electronic Drums [Linn-drum Machine] – George Duke Guitar – Johnny McGhee	3:54
B6	Fly Away Concertmaster – Charles Veal* Timpani – Larry Bunker Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey Vocals [Yell "Uhey"] – Erik Zobler, George Duke Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer [Clavitar Solo, Prophet V], Vocoder [Roland] – George Duke	3:59

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Published By – Mycenae Music
Produced For – George Duke Enterprises
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Le Gonks West
Recorded At – The Complex
Mixed At – Fantasy Studios
Mixed At – Lion Share Recording Studios
Mastered At – Allen Zentz Mastering
Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem – 01-25262

Credits

Arranged By [Guitar] – Michael Sembello (tracks: B4)
Bass – Louis Johnson (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B2, B6)
Cello – Danny Rothermuller*, Dennis Karmazyn, Douglas Davis, Earl Madison, Jan Kelley, Julie Buffum*, Nils Oliver, Paula Hochhalter, Raymond Kelley*
Concertmaster – Paul Shure (tracks: A1, A2, A6, A7, B1, B4)
Conductor [Strings] – George Del Barrio (tracks: A1, A2, A6, A7, B1, B4)
Drums – John Robinson (2) (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B2), Leon Ndugu Chancler (tracks: A5, A6, B6)
Engineer [Additional Recording At The Complex] – Peter Chaiken* (tracks: B5)
Engineer [Assistant At Fantasy Studio "D"] – Danny Kopelson (tracks: A1 to B4, B6), Wally Buck (tracks: A1 to B4, B6)
Engineer [Assistant At Le Gonks West] – Nick Spigel
Engineer [Assistant At Lion's Share] – Steve Schmidt (tracks: B3)
Engineer [Assistant At Ocean Way] – Mark Ettel (tracks: A1 to A7, B1 to B4)
Engineer [Recording And Remix] – Tommy Vicari
Guitar – Louis Johnson (tracks: A5), Mike Sembello* (tracks: A1, A4, A6, B1, B2, B4)
Liner Notes – George Duke
Management – Herb Cohen Management
Mastered By – Brian Gardner
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6)
Technician [At Le Gonks West] – Brent Averill
Tenor Saxophone – Larry Williams (tracks: A1, A6, B1)
Trombone – Lew McCreary (tracks: A1, A6, B1)
Viola – Allan Harshman, Barbara Thomason, David Schwartz, Denyse Buffum, Myer Bello, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majenski*
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Bob Sanov, Bonnie Douglass*, Brenton Banks, Carol Shive, Charles Veal Jr., Dorothy Wade, Endre Granat, Franklin Foster*, Henry Ferber, Israel Baker, Karen Jones (2), Ken Yerke*, Marcia Van Dyke, Mari Botnick, Murray Adler, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Reginald Hill, Robert Sushel, Ron Folsom*, Sheldon Sanov, Sherrill Coltrin Baptist*
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By, Orchestrated By – George Duke

Notes

On back cover:
Produced, written, arranged and orchestrated by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises.
℗ 1983 CBS Inc. / © 1983 CBS Inc.
Made in Holland

On labels:
℗ 1983 CBS Inc.
Made in Holland

First cat# on back cover and inner sleeve
Second cat# on labels and spine
Printed inner sleeve with lyrics

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Label Code: LC 0199
Price Code (Boxed): CB 271
Price Code (Circled): 57
Other (US cat#, labels): (FE 38513)
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): EPC 25262-1 AL 38513
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): EPC 25262-2 BL 38513
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 1): 01-25262-1A-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 1): 01-25262-2B-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 2): NL 01-25262-1A-1 A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 2): NL 01-25262-2B-1 A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 3): NL 01-25262-2A-1 C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 3): NL 01-25262-2B-1 B

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Guardian Of The Light (LP, Album)	Epic	EPC 25262	UK	1983
Recently Edited	Guardian Of The Light (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Epic	25·3P-440	Japan	1983
Recently Edited	Guardian Of The Light (LP, Album, Gatefold )	Epic	FE 38513	US	1983
Recently Edited	Guardian Of The Light (LP, Album, Stereo)	Epic	FE 38513	Canada	1983
	Guardian Of The Light (LP, Album)	Epic	FE 38513	US	1983

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Reviews

Lekkere_Boterham Apr 17, 2022
What an incredible album and what a fantastic pressing! So much dynamics and surprises. Just perfect, of course not dead silent but good enough. I hope to find more gems like this