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::  C R E D I T S  ::  

Producer: Herb Alpert
Engineers: Roger Roche, France; Larry Levine, U.S.A.
Re-mastered by: Bernie Grundman at A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, June 1977

The pop orchestra section was recorded at Studio Europa Sonor, Paris, France. 
The symphony at Wagram, Paris, France.
Additional musical sections recorded at A&M Recording Studios, U.S.A. 

Cover painting: Jean-Michel Folon

LIST OF THE MUSICIANS

VIOLINS:
Michel Cron; Maurice Elkan; Jacques Ghestein; Jean Lelier; Jacques Charrier; Jean Gaunet; Didier Saint Aulaire; Pierre Couzinier; Léon Locatelli; André Karten; Roger Andre; Jacques Dabat; Lucien Perotin; Joss Sanchez; Gilbert Brel; Hervé Le Floch; René Mascort; Paulette Pinchinat; Pascal Tortelier; Jacques Prat; Frédéric Geyre; Léon Bronschwak; Georges Guerin; Roger Berthier; Michel Ganot; Christian Gentis; Georges Ales; Michel Noel; Lionel Gali; André Barthelemy; Daniel Martinez; Georges Balbon; Roger Savard; Raymond D'Asco; Maurice Garon; jean D'Agostino; Jacques Baume; Pierre Simon

VIOLAS:
Paul Hadjage; Stéphane Wiener; Michel Varron; René Brisset; Pierre Linares; Pierre Ladhuie; Christian Dufour; Claude Naveau; Gérard Causse; Jean Mayor; Richard Postel 

CELLOS:
Hubert Varron; Pierre Labadie; Jean Huchot; Manuel Recassens; Robert Ben; Fernand Benedetti; Georges Raffault; Jean Lamy; Roland Pidaus 

STRING BASS:
Yves Chabert; René Constant; Robert Andre; Jean-Pierre Logerot; Paul Amat; Willy Lockwood; Emmenon Barthelemy; Jacques Roliez 

HARPS:
 Bernard Galais; Jean-Claude Dubois; Madeleine Pedon

PIANO:
Michel Colombier; Alfred Farrugia

OBOES:
Claude Maisonneuve; Michel Descarsin; Robert Jeannoutot 

FLUTES:
Yanet Puech; Robert Heriche; Marcel Dubois; Raymond Guiot 

CLARINETS:
Guy Deplus; Jacques Millon; Guy Arnaud; Pierre Gossez 

BASSOONS:
Jean-Pierre Laroque; Raymond Drotilez; Paul Hongne 

TRUMPETS:
Pierre Thibaud; Roger Delmotte; André Garreau; Bernard Gabel; Fred Gerard 

FRENCH HORNS:
Georges Barboteu; Jacky Magnardi; Daniel Dubar; Georges Durand; Gilbert Coursir; André Carradot 

TROMBONES:
Raymond Katarzynski; André Paquinet; Max Fouchet; Camille Verdier 

TUBAS:
Elie Raynaud; Gerard Peresse 

PERCUSSIONS:
Gerard Perotin; Guy Cipriani; Jean Garon; Vincent Geminiani; Marc Chantereau; Jean Schultheis; Michel Lorin; Michel Zanlonghi

POP ORCHESTRA (France) 

BRASS:
Maurice Thomas; Ivan Jullien; Henri Vanhaeke; Fernand Verstraete; Christian Guizien; Charles Verstarete; André Paquinet, Camille Verdier; Benny Vasseur 

WOODWINDS:
Raymond Guiot (flute); Michel Portal; Georges Grenu; Pierre Gossez; Jacques Noureddine 

STRINGS TRIO:
Jean-Luc Ponty; Paul Hadjage; Jean-Charles Capon 

ORGAN:
Eddie Louiss 

GUITARS:
Raymond Gimenes; Tony Rallo 

FENDER BASS:
Francis Darizcuren

DRUMS:
André Arpino 

PERCUSSIONS:
Marc Chantereau; Bernard Lubat; Jean Schultheis; Michel Lorin

POP ORCHESTRA (U.S.A.) 

SAX & WOODWINDS:
Tom Scott; Lanny Morgan; Don Menza; Pete Christleib 

TRUMPETS:
Buddy Childers; Chuck Findley; Ollie Mitchell; Paul Hubinon 

TROMBONES:
Kai Winding; Lou McCrary; Benny Powell; Ernie Tack; Bob Edmundson; Dick Hyde; Don Waldrop 

ORCHESTRA MANAGERS:
Jean-Claude Dubois (Paris); Jules Chaikin (Los Angeles)

BACKUP VOCALISTS:
Ronald Hicklin; Jerry Whitman; Lewis Morford; John Lehman; Venetta Fields; Clydie King; Sherlie Matthews; Rita Coolidge; Carolyn Willis; Gwen Johnson; Lynette Robinson; Lorna Maxine Willard; Lisa Roberts; Jean Sewell; Ginger Blake; Len Wyatt; Tyrone Scott; Sentell Willis, Jr.; Douglas Burnett Gibbs; Robert Zwirn; George Bledsoe; Gerald Charles Garrett; Oren Waters; Thomas D. Kenny 



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