Just an Old Fashioned Love Song

by Paul Williams

Overview

Here Williams came into his own, writing the bulk of his material single-handedly. Just an Old Fashioned Love Song boasts "We've Only Just Begun" -- one of his signature compositions -- and finds him in wistful, melancholic form. The uncluttered arrangements, and the fact that Williams has learned to use his voice for emotional effect, make his second album a comparative success. While it's not really right to assess him in singer/songwriterly terms (he never played piano, guitar, or indeed any instrument, and is more accurately termed an easy listening tunesmith), Just an Old Fashioned Love Song is a worthy addition to the genre. "Waking Up Alone," "A Perfect Love," and "Gone Forever" form a touching triptych of moving, and surprisingly subtle, love-gone-wrong songs. Each adequately displays Williams' growth as both a performer and composer. ~ Charles Donovan

Product Details

Release Date:	05/27/2014
Label:	East Central One
UPC:	5060051331039
Rank:	43903

Tracks

1. Waking Up Alone
2. I Never Had It So Good
3. We've Only Just Begun
4. That's Enough For Me
5. A Perfect Love
6. An Old Fashioned Love Song
7. Let Me Be the One
8. Simple Man
9. When I Was All Alone
10. My Love and I
11. Gone Forever

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Paul Williams   Primary Artist,Vocals
Russ Kunkel   Tambourine,Drums,Congas
Gene Cipriano   Oboe,Woodwind,Sax (Tenor)
Joe Mondragon   Bass,String Bass
David Spinozza   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Leland Sklar   Bass
Rick Marotta   Drums
Bobbye Hall   Percussion
Michael Utley   Organ
Dick Hyde   Tuba
Paul Shure   Violin
Charles Larkey   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Craig Doerge   Piano,Tack Piano,Piano (Electric)
Jack Conrad   Bass
Tom Scott   Flute,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Marvin Limonick   Violin
Daffy Jackson   Kazoo
Teddy Boy Friesen   Kazoo
Milt Thomas   Viola
Al Aarons   Trumpet
The Hobbit   Kazoo
Bob Brookmeyer   Trombone
Edgar Lustgarten   Cello

Technical Credits

Graham Nash   Lyricist,Composer
David Spinozza   Arranger
John Haeny   Mixing Engineer
Robert Appere   Engineer
Norm Kinney   Engineer
Bruce Botnick   Engineer
Tommy Vicari   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Hank Cicalo   Engineer
Paul Williams   Composer,Lyricist
Dick Bogert   Engineer
Tom Scott   Arranger
Jim McCrary   Photography
Roger Nichols   Composer,Art Direction
Michael Jackson   Producer
Chuck Beeson   Design
Junie Huemmer   Design
Paul Hamilton Williams   Composer