DESCRIPTION:
Listening to Tom Jans' hard-to-find album "Champion" on my NAD record player.

Credits:

Produced by Don Grusin
Executive Producer: Toshi Endo
Engineers: Gary Skardina, Al Schmitt & Rick Ruggeri (A4 & B4), Steve Williams (Piano & Strings on B5), Don Murray (Over dub engineering)

Principal recording & mixing at Music Grinder Studio, L.A., Calif.
Additional recordings at Sound Lab, L.A., Calif., Group IV, Hollywood, Calif., and Yamaha Studio, Glendale, Calif.
Additional mixing at Cherokee Studio, Hollywood, Calif.
Album design & Art Direction: Taki Ono
Photography: Lisa Powers

Side A

1. When The Rebel Comes Home
Keyboards: Don Grusin
Bass Guitar: Lee Sklar
Drums: Carlos Vega
Guitars: Fred Tackett, Lee Ritenour
Percussions: Steve Forman
Background Vocals: Jeff Osborne, Richard Kerr, Kate Markovitz

2. There's A Champion On My Side
Keyboards: Don Grusin
Bass Guitar: Ken Wild
Drums: Carlos Vega
Guitars: Fred Tackett, Lee Ritenour
Sax: Ernie Watts

3. I Miss Your Harmony
Piano: Richard Kerr
Bass Guitar: Bob Glaub
Drums: Carlos Vega
Acoustic Guitar: Fred Tackett
Synthesizers: Don Grusin
Percussions: Steve Forman
Background Vocals: Jeff Osborne, Kate Markowitz

4. Chambers Of The Heart
Keyboards: Bill Payne
Bass Guitar: David Hungate
Acoustic Guitars: Fred Tackett, Tom Jans
Electric Guitar: Paul Barrere
Drums: Jeff Porcaro
Strings: Steve Porcaro
Percussions: Jeff Porcaro
Background Vocals: Valerie Carter
Concert Master: Sidney Sharp
Track recorded by Al Schmitt

5. Working Hot
Keyboards: Don Grusin
Bass Guitar: Carlos Vega
Guitar: Fred Tackett
Lead Guitar: Lee Ritenour
Background Vocals: Jeff Osborne, Kate Markowitz, Richard Kerr


Side B

1. Cool
Keyboards: Don Grusin
Bass Guitar: Ken Wild
Drums: Carlos Vega
Guitar: Fred Tackett
Sax: Ernie Watts
Background Vocals: Jeff Osborne, Kate Markowitz, Richard Kerr

2. Southern Belle
Keyboards: Don Grusin
Bass Guitar: Lee Sklar
Drums: Carlos Vega
Acoustic Guitars: Fred Tackett, Tom Jans
Slide Guitar: Fred Tackett
Percussions: Steve Forman
Background Vocals: Kate Markowitz, Tom Jans Crickets, Whippe will, Mourning Dove, The Ten Boys

3. Lost In Your Eyes
Bass Guitar: Ken Wild
Drums: Carlos Vega
Acoustic Guitar: Fred Tackett
Synthesizer: Don Grusin
Background Vocals: Tom Jans

4. Visions
Keyboards: Bill Payne
Bass Guitar: David Hungate
Drums: Jeff Porcaro
Acoustic Guitars: Fred Tackett, Tom Jans
Electric Guitars: Paul Barrere, Steve Lukather
Synthesizer: Steve Porcaro
Percussion: Victor Feldman
Background Vocals: Jeff Osborne, Richard Kerr, Kate Markowitz
Track recorded by Al Schmitt & Rick Ruggeri

5. Mother's Eyes
Keyboards: Don Grusin
Background Vocals: Kate Markowitz
Concert Master: Jerry Vinci
Acoustic Guitar: Lee Ritenour

All Lead Vocals by Tom Jans
Arrangements by Don Grusin
(A-4 arranged by Tom Jans & Bill Payne)


Disclaimer: I don not own the rights to this music. I own the album, and as it's almost impossible to find, I want to share it here.