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JOE ROBERTS – LOOKING FOR THE HERE AND NOW LP – Nr MINT 1994 FUNK SOUL

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Joe Roberts – Looking For The Here And Now
(FFRR Records  1994  8283561)
Matrix No’s: A3/B3

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Joe Roberts is an English soul/dance singer, active in the 1990s.

Prior to Roberts starting to record with business and life-partner Melanie Williams, he also had solo hits with “Lover”, “Back in My Life” and “Adore”, originally by Prince on his Sign “☮” the Times album. Together with Williams, Roberts covered “You Are Everything”, previously recorded by the Stylistics and later covered by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye.

The 1995 single “Happy Days” with Sweet Mercy performed well on the UK Dance Chart, peaking at No. 8.

“Looking For The Here And Now” is the debut album by Joe Roberts. It was released on FFRR Records in 1994.

Track listing

A1 Back In My Life

Backing Vocals – Carol Kenyon
Drum Programming, Programmed By [Keyboards] – Randy Hope-Taylor
Guitar – Tim Cansfield
Organ [Hammond] – Joe Roberts
Piano [Wurlitzer], Drum Programming, Programmed By [Keyboards] – Dave Franks
Producer [Original Production] – Martyn Ware
Remix, Producer [Additional Production], Engineer [Recording] – Keith “KC” Cohen
Saxophone [Tenor] – Steve Gregory
Trombone – Neil Sidwell
Trumpet – Paul Spong, Simon Gardner
3:54
A2 Lover

Cello – Anthony Pleeth, Helen Lwibaum, Martin Robinson, Paul Kegg
Guitar – Robin Goodfellow
Harp – Jean Price
Horns – Andrew Widyer, Derek Taylor
Leader [Musical Director] – Nick Ingman
Mixed By, Guitar – Keith “KC” Cohen*
Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Joe Roberts
Recorded By [Vocal Intro, Strings, French Horn & Harp Originally Recorded By] – Martyn Ware
Synthesizer – Pete Beckman
Violin – Belinda Bunt, Ben Cruft, Dave McLeod, Dave Woodcock, Gavyn Wright, Mark Bessors, Roy Gillard, Will Gibson
5:20
A3 Come Together

Backing Vocals – Jimi Goodwin
4:56
A4 Adore

Backing Vocals – Anna Ross, Paul Lewis, Richard Collins
Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Mel Wesson
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Mark Stent
Saxophone – Chris Davies
Trumpet – Andy Thirkell
5:29
A5 I Miss You

Keyboards, Arranged By [Strings], Orchestrated By – Steve Boyce Buckley
Percussion – Paul Cook
3:50
B1 Real Stuff

Backing Vocals – Andy Caine
Drums – Chuck Sabo
Mixed By – Julian Mendelsohn
3:56
B2 Innocence

Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Joe Roberts
Grand Piano – Pete Wingfield
Synthesizer – Robin Goodfellow
5:08
B3 Water

Engineer [Recording] – Tim Oliver
Mixed By – Robin Goodfellow
Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Joe Roberts
Programmed By [Additional] – Eric Gooden
4:56
B4 Let The Love Come On

Engineer [Recording] – Andy Lee
Voice [All Voices] – Joe Roberts
3:06
B5 Love Is Energy

Drums – Phil Kirby
Producer, Mixed By, Recorded By, Guitar, Backing Vocals – Martyn Ware
6:04
B6 Be Free

Backing Vocals – Robin Goodfellow
Bass – Sylvan Richardson
Cymbal – Steve Gibson
Guitar – Dave Hulsten
Keyboards [Various] – Eric Gooden
5:41
  • Backing VocalsGill Jackson (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 10), Joe Roberts (tracks: 3, 10, 11), Melanie Williams (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 10), Yvonne Shelton(tracks: 2, 7, 8)
  • BassPaddy Stear (tracks: 2, 3, 6 to 8)
  • Drum Programming, Programmed By [Keyboards]Robin Goodfellow (tracks: 2, 6, 11)
  • DrumsGeoff Dugmore (tracks: 3, 8)
  • Electric PianoJoe Roberts (tracks: 4, 7, 9)
  • Engineer [Recording]Graham Bonnet* (tracks: 1, 2), Neil McLellan (tracks: 4, 5), Nick Garside (tracks: 3, 11), Tim Russell (tracks: 2, 3, 6 to 8, 11)
  • Grand PianoJoe Roberts (tracks: 2, 8, 10)
  • GuitarGreg Lester (tracks: 1, 4), Jimi Goodwin (tracks: 1 to 3, 6 to 10)
  • KeyboardsJoe Roberts (tracks: 2, 11), Pete Whitfield (tracks: 3, 5 to 7), Pete Beckman (tracks: 6, 8)
  • Mixed ByEric Gooden (tracks: 5, 9), Joe Roberts (tracks: 5, 9), Tim Hunt (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 11)
  • OrganJoe Roberts (tracks: 3, 4, 7)
  • PaintingHelen Colledge
  • PercussionJeff Scantlebury (tracks: 6, 7)
  • Photography ByPaul Cox
  • Photography By [Sofa Portrait]Richard Law
  • PianoJoe Roberts (tracks: 3, 5)
  • ProducerEric Gooden (tracks: 2 to 9, 11), Robin Goodfellow (tracks: 2, 3, 6 to 8, 11)
  • Programmed By [Keyboards], Drum ProgrammingEric Gooden (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11), Joe Roberts (tracks: 1 to 3, 9 to 11)
  • Sleeve [Design]Andrew Biscomb, Peter Barrett
  • VocalsJoe Roberts
Weight 1.00000000 kg

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