''Hold Your Horses'' is a
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by American female vocal trio
First Choice.
It was released in 1979 on the
Gold Mind
Gold Mind Records was the record label of guitarist Norman Harris, distributed via Salsoul Records.
Many of the early Gold Mind tracks were amalgamated by DJ Walter Gibbons. These tracks date from the late 1970s; a couple of years later, Salsou ...
label.
History
The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 73 on the
Hot Soul Singles chart, and "Double Cross", which peaked at No. 60 on the same chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by
Big Break Records.
Track listing
Personnel
*Rochelle Fleming, Annette Guest, Debbie Martin – vocals
;Musicland Studios
*
Keith Forsey – percussion, drums
*Les Hurdle – bass
*Mats Björklund – guitar
*
Thor Baldursson
Thor Baldursson (born Þórir Baldursson in 1944) is an Icelandic composer, organist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with Giorgio Moroder, and records with Donna Summer, Grace Jones and Elton John. The 1978 Disco-funk track ...
– keyboards
*Larry Washington – congas
*
Tom Moulton
Thomas Jerome Moulton (, ; born November 29, 1940) is an American record producer. He experimented with remix in disco music and this led to its wide adoption as a standard practice in the industry. He also invented the breakdown section, and the ...
– tambourine
*
Munich Philharmonic
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– strings
*Don Renaldo – horns
*John Davis – saxophone solo on "Let Me Down Easy
;Sigma Sound Studios
*Keith Benson – drums
*Jimmy Williams – bass
*
Norman Harris,
Bobby Eli
Bobby Eli is an American musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia. He is a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio band MFSB.
Overview
A multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and arranger, Eli ...
,
T.J. Tindall Thomas Joshua Tindall (1950 – January 26, 2016) was an American guitarist. He was a member of MFSB and played on 38 gold and platinum funk and R&B records and more than 30 hits produced by Gamble and Huff in the 1970s and 1980s. Tindall is conside ...
– guitars
*Eugene "Lambchops" Curry – keyboards
*Larry Washington, James Walker – congas
*Don Renaldo – strings, horns
Charts
;Singles
References
External links
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1979 albums
First Choice (band) albums
Albums produced by Tom Moulton
Albums produced by Norman Harris
Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios
Gold Mind Records albums