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

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-22 18:00 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
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 (bassist) (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. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1972)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 83), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 183) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (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)
4.32:59
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)
46:51
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 (Taiyō Music)
54:38
4Tuesday Heartbreak
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
alto saxophone [solo]:
David Sanborn
background vocals:
Shirley Brewer and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
recording of:
Tuesday Heartbreak
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music), Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
33:02
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)
3.54:57
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 (70s–90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.) (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 (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 74)
recording of:
Superstition
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music), Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
4.854:26
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)
53:34
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 (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s)
composer:
Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s) and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
43:26
9Lookin' for Another Pure Love
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
guest guitar:
Jeff Beck (English rock guitarist)
guitar:
Buzz Feiten
background vocals:
Shirley Brewer, Loris Harvin and Debra Wilson
recording of:
Lookin’ for Another Pure Love
lyricist:
Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s)
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
34:44
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 (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music), Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
3.754:51

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Japan
printed in:United States
photography:Robert Margouleff
recording engineer:Joan DeCola
Austin Godsey
mastering:George Marino (mastering engineer)
synthesizer [arp & moog synthesizers]:Stevie Wonder
manufactured by:Sanyo Japan (CD manufacturer)
distributed by:MCA Distributing, Inc.
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1972)
recorded at:Air Studios (Oxford Street, London. 1970–1991 recordings only) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Crystal Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mastered at:Master Cutting Room in New York, New York, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3537622 [info]