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Proceed from this album will be donated to U.N.I.C.E.F.

Art Direction: TADANORI YOKOO



MUSIC OF LOVE ~ FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN ~
CD(JP) POLYDOR UICE-1002 ON NOV.8,2000
TRACK4: I LOVE YOU MORE 3:51 LYRICS
(STEVIE WONDER)
PRODUCER: NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN & STEVIE WONDER
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: GREG PHILLIGANES & DAVID FRAZER
STRING ARRANGEMENT & SESSION CONDUCTED BY: JERRY HEY
KIMBERLY BREWER (vo) STEVIE WONDER (vo, p & hca) NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN (ds, chimes, finger cymbals & sleigh bells) GREG PHILLIGANES (Triton Spanish g, "Sunshine Harpsichord", moog b & all syn) MICHAEL THOMPSON (perc, eg & ag) RODNEY "CORTADA" ALEJANDRO (wind chimes & seasonal sound effects) RALPH D. MORRISON III, TAMARA HATWAN, ROLAND KATO, KAREN JONES, VICTORIA MISKOLCZY, KATIA POPOV, AMY HERSHBERGER, JOSEFINA VERGARA, STEPHEN ERDODY & PAULA HOCHHALTER (strings)
Recorded at The Village Recorder For: Perfection Light Productions West Los Angeles, CA San Rafael, CA

PAVAROTTI & FRIENDS


Funds raised from this new concert and recording will build a children's village in Liberia, a country torn apart by a long, cruel and largely civil war.

Luciano Pavarotti

FOR THE CHILDREN OF LIBERIA
CD(DE) DECCA 460 600-2 IN 1998
Live from the Parco Novi Sad, Modena, 9 June 1998
PRODUCER: PHIL RAMONE
TRACK5: HIGHER GROUND 3:54
(STEVIE WONDER)
STEVIE WONDER (vo & k) STEVE GADD (ds) PINO PALLADINO (b) ROB MATHES (g) ROBBIE KONDOR (k) JILL DELL'ABATE, KAREN KAMON & CURTIS KING (bv)
TRACK17: PEACE WANTED JUST TO BE FREE 5:19 LYRICS
(STEVIE WONDER/MICHELE CENTONZE /JOVANOTTI, ARR. MICHELE CENTONZE)
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI (vo) STEVIE WONDER (vo & k) L'ORCHESTRA FILARMONICA DI TORINO (orchestra) MARCO BOEMI (conductor) STEVE GADD (ds) PINO PALLADINO (b) ROB MATHES (g) ROBBIE KONDOR (k) JILL DELL'ABATE, KAREN KAMON & CURTIS KING (bv)

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We create too much garbage, and we're running out of places to put it. Our water, air and land are polluted with dangerous chemicals. Trees are being cut down faster than they are being planted, and wild animals are losing their homes. All of these problems are man-made, and the solutions have to be man-made too. We have to take back our planet from the trash and pollution and make it a clean and healthy place for all of us to live.
The more people know about environmental problems, the easier it will be to fix them. There are many simple things we can do to stop hurting our planet. We need to reduce, reuse, recycle and buy recycled. Let's start the recycling evolution. Let's all work together to TAKE IT BACK!
JOLIE JONES (PROJECT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)
YAKETY YAK-TAKE IT BACK
CD-S(US) TAKE IT BACK FOUNDATION 7 86044-2 IN 1991
PRODUCER: STEWART LEVINE
ARRANGEMENTS: STEWART LEVINE
TRACK1: YAKETY YAK-TAKE IT BACK
TRACK2: YAKETY YAK-TAKE IT BACK (EXTENDED VERSION)
TRACK3: YAKETY YAK-TAKE IT BACK EDITED VERSION #1 (30 seconds)
TRACK4: YAKETY YAK-TAKE IT BACK EDITED VERSION #2 (30 seconds)
TRACK6: YAKETY YAK-TAKE IT BACK EDITED VERSION (15 seconds)
(JERRY LEIBER/MIKE STOLLER) Special lyrics by JERRY LEIBER (Original was 1958)
BUGS BUNNY, PAT BENATAR, NATALIE COLE, CHARLIE DANIELS, LITA FORD, DR.JOHN, QUINCY JONES, B.B.KING, QUEEN LATIFAH, KENNY LOGGINS, LEIBER&STOLLER, M.C.SKAT KAT, BETTE MIDLER, RANDY NEWMAN, TIBI, TONE LOC, OZZY OSBOURNE, BRENDA RUSSELL, AL B.SURE!, RICKY VAN SHELTON, BARRY WHITE, STEVIE WONDER & YEKETY YAK (vo) Q D III (ds prog) LARRY WILLIAMS (k) DR.JOHN (p)
RECORDED IN L.A. A&M STUDIO/CONWAY STUDIO/WILLY WORKS SOUND

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This album is compiled of tracks donated by all the artists involved. All net proceeds received in connection with the sale of this album shall be donated to the ROMANIAN ANGEL APPEAL - help them realise they are somebody's children.
NOBODY'S CHILD - ROMANIAN ANGEL APPEAL
CD(JP) WARNER BROS. WPCP-3639 ON AUG.30,1990
EXECUTIVE RODUCER: RICHARD DODD & NELSON WILBURY
TRACK9: FEEDING OFF THE LOVE OF THE LAND 5:53 LYRICS
(STEVIE WONDER)
STEVIE WONDER (p & vo) ROBERT MARGOULEF & MALCOLM CECIL (ENGINEERING) R.R.HARLAN (ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING)

MELBA MOORE

A donation will be made by Melba Moore to the United Negro College Fund, National Association for Sickle Cell Disease, Inc. and NAACP in honor of this recording.




LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING
CD-S(PR) CAPITOL DPRO-79895 IN 1990
TRACK1: 7" VERSION 5:32
TRACK2: LONG VERSION 6:39
TRACK3: LP VERSION 5:48
TRACK4: NARRATION (BY THE REV. JESSE JACKSON) 5:30
TRACK5: ACAPELLA (FEATURING MELBA MOORE) 1:55
TRACK6: INSTRUMENTAL 5:28
(J.W.JOHNSON/J.R.JOHNSON)
PRODUCER: BEBE WINANS
ARRANGEMENTS: BEBE WINANS & CEDRIC CALDWELL
ANDREW GOUCHE (b) MICHAEL WRIGHT (g) MARK HAMMOND (ds) RALPH LOFTON (p) GERALD ALBRIGHT (sax) CEDRIC CALDWELL (k) ROBBIE BUCHANAN (syn) RHETT LAWRENCE (fairlight prog) TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON (perc) DEBRA WINANS, ANGIE WINANS, SHERRI REYNOLDS, MARK KIBBE & BEBE WINANS (bv), MELBA MOORE, ANITA BAKER, BOBBY BROWN, KAREN CLARK, THE CLARK SISTERS, HOWARD HEWETT, FREDDIE JACKSON, STEPHANIE MILLS, JEFFREY OSBORNE, TAKE6, DIONNE WARWICK, STEVIE WONDER (& ?) (vo)

DIONNE & FRIENDS
Arista Records, the artists, the producers, the publishers and the respective unions are donating their profits from "That's What Friends Are For" to the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)
THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
12"(UK) ARIST 12638 IN 1985
SIDEA TRACK1: TAHT'S WHAT FRIEDNS ARE FOR LYRICS
SIDEB TRACK1: TAHT'S WHAT FRIEDNS ARE FOR (INSTRUMENTAL)
(CAROLE BAYER SAGER/BURT BACHARACH)
PRODUCER: BURT BACHARACH & CAROLE BAYER SAGER
ARRAGEMENTS: BURT BACHARACH & CAROLE BAYER SAGER
DIONNE WARWICK, ELTON JOHN, GLADYS KNIGHT & STEVIE WONDER (vo) STEVIE WONDER (hca)

UNITED SUPPORT OF ARTISTS FOR AFRICA



On January 28, forty-five artists got together to perform a miracle. They had heard the stories. They had listened to the reports. They had seen, some first hand, an unutterable tragedy - Africa, slowly dying of starvation.

What they refused to do was go on with their lives as if nothing could be done.

Harry Belafonte and Kenny Rogers got things moving. Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote the song. Quincy Jones produced it. And forty-five of the most powerful names in popular music left their egos at the studio door to record what may be the most important record in history. A single song has begun to awaken the conscience of the world.

The proceeds for this record (and related items) are being channelled directly to aid the victims of famine and disease in Africa through USA for AFRICA.









WE ARE THE WORLD
CD(DE) POLYGRAM 824 822-2 IN 1985
TRACK1: WE ARE THE WORLD 7:04 LYRICS
(MICHAEL JACKSON/LIONEL RICHIE)
PRODUCER: QUINCY JONES
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: TOM BAHLER
VOAL CHOIR ARRANGEMENTS: TOM BAHLER, QUINCY JONES & MICHAEL JACKSON
SOLO VOCAL CHOREOGRAPHY: QUINCY JONES & TOM BAHLER
SYN ARRANGEMENTS: DAVID PAICH, MICHAEL OMARTIAN, QUINCY JONES, JOHN BARNES, MICHAEL BODDICKER & IAN UNDERWOOD
RHYTHM ARRANGEMENTS: QUINCY JONES & JOHN BARNES
DAN AYKROYD, HARRY BELAFONTE, LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, KIM CARNES, RAY CHARLES, BOB DYLAN, SHEILA E., BOB GELDOF, HALL & OATES, JAMES INGRAM, JACKIE JACKSON, LA TOYA JACKSON, MARLON JACKSON, MICHAEL JACKSON, RANDY JACKSON, TITO JACKSON, AL JARREAU, WAYLON JENNINGS, BILLY JOEL, CYNDI LAUPER, HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS, KENNY LOGGINS, BETTE MIDLER, WILLIE NELSON, JEFFREY OSBORNE, STEVE PERRY, THE POINTER SISTERS, LIONEL RICHIE, SMOKEY ROBINSON, KENNY ROGERS, DIANA ROSS, PAUL SIMON, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, TINA TURNER, DIONNE WARWICK & STEVIE WONDER (vo)
MUSICIANS: TOM BAHLER. JOHN BARNES, MICHAEL BODDICKER, PAULINHO DA COSTA, HUMBERTO GATICA, LOUIS JOHNSON, MICHAEL MELVOIN, MICHALE OMARTIAN, DAVID PAICH, STEVE PORCARO, GREG PHILLINGANES, JOHN ROBINSON, MARCUS RYLES, IAN UNDERWOOD
CLAPPERS: JAMES INGRAM, CATHY WORTHINGTON, GREG PHILLINGANES, MARCEL EAST, KHALIQ GLOVER, ELAINE PHILLINGANES, KARLA PHILLINGANES, STEVE RAY & MARK ROSS