SMOKEY ROBINSON – BEING WITH YOU LP – MINT SEALED SOUL ORIG

Smokey Robinson – Being With You
(Motown Records  1981  5349ML  US Pressing)

Sleeve in MINT condition
 – import cut on left

Vinyl in MINT condition

SEALED – MINT CONDITION
ORIGINAL PRESSING

Being with You is a 1981 album by Smokey Robinson. It’s one of the few Smokey Robinson solo albums that have been released in the CD format. It features the Billboard Top 10 title track “Being with You”, which just missed the #1 Pop position, peaking at #2, making it Robinson’s highest-charting solo hit after leaving The Miracles. His first wife, fellow Miracles member Claudette Robinson, contributed background vocals to this album. This album has been Certified Gold by the RIAA. [1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Smokey Robinson; except where indicated

1. “Being with You”
2. “Food For Thought”
3. “If You Wanna Make Love (Come ‘Round Here)”
4. “Who’s Sad” (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo)
5. “Can’t Fight Love” (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo)
6. “You Are Forever”
7. “As You Do” (Peter Kingsbery)
8. “I Hear The Children Singing” (Forest Hairston)

Personnel

• Vocals – Smokey Robinson
• Art Direction – Johnny Lee
• Artwork Design – Ginny Livingston
• Backing Vocals – Claudette Robinson, Ivory Davis, Julia Waters Tillman, Maxine Waters Willard, Patricia Henley, Robert John, Smokey Robinson
• Bass – Scott Edwards
• Drums – Ed Greene
• Engineer – Howard Lee Wolen
• Keyboards – Bill Cuomo
• Mastering – John Lemay
• Photography – Gary Heery
• Producer – George Tobin (Tracks 1-6, 8)
• Associate Producer – Mike Piccirillo for George Tobin Productions, Inc. (Tracks 1-6, 8)
• Producer – Smokey Robinson and Michael Lizzio (Track 7)