''Garden of Love Light'' is the debut solo album from R&B-soul-dance-pop songwriter/producer
Narada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden ( ; Michael Walden; born April 23, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He acquired the nickname Narada from Sri Chinmoy.
He began his career as a drummer, working primarily in the jazz ...
. It featured nine tracks, seven which Walden wrote alone. It was produced by
Tom Dowd
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. The single "Delightful" rose to number 81 on the R&B charts.Weather Report - Page 68 "His first album, Garden of Love Light, was released in 1976 and included the track ”Delightful”. The lone single released from the album, it charted at #81 on the R&B charts in the spring of 1977"
Track listing
*All songs written by Narada Michael Walden, except where noted.
#"White Night" (Walden, Raymond Gomez) 4:57
#"Garden of Love Light" 4:55
#"Delightful" 4:51
#"First Love" 5:52
#"Meditation" (lyrics from
Sri Chinmoy
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007), better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the West after moving to New York City in 1964.Mahavishnu John McLaughlin)
#"You Got the Soul" 3:22
#"Saint and the Rascal" 4:33
#"You Are-Love" (Walden, Cynthia Anderson) 3:12
Personnel
*Narada Michael Walden - drums (1-4,6-8), percussion, tympani (1), acoustic piano (2-4,7,9), Fender Rhodes bass (7), vocals (2,3,7,9)
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David Sancious
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- piano (7),
Fender Rhodes
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electric piano (3), Hammond B-3 (3,4), keyboards (1,6,8), Mini- Moog, electric
sitar
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Carlos Santana
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(4), Icarus Johnson (7),
Jeff Beck
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(8) - guitars
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Will Lee
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- bass (1-3,6-9), vocals (3)
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Sammy Figueroa
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Selected Discography
Michael Gibbs - arrangement and conducting of Perfection Light Symphony (1,4,5,9)
*Lois Colin (4,5,9) - harp
*Tammy Cynthia Weiss, Carol Shue, Stacy Johns (5) - strings
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Patti Scialfa
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- vocals (3,7)
* Jeff Beck - guitar (8)
Production
*Produced by
Tom Dowd
Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recordings ...
*Recorded and mixed by Dennis Mackay; additional recording by Jimmy Douglas
*Mixed at Trident Studios, London
*Mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios