''In the Nick of Time'' was the second album by Nicolette Larson. It features a duet with Michael McDonald, keyboards from Bill Payne, backing vocals from Bobby LaKind and

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on guitar and other collaborators. Larson had a minor hit with her McDonald duet, "Let Me Go, Love".

Track listing

#"Dancin' Jones" ( Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, John Sembello, Ralph Dino) - 3:18 #"Just in the Nick of Time" ( Nicolette Larson,

Ted Templeman Edward John "Ted" Templeman (born October 24, 1942) is an American record producer. Among the acts he has a long relationship with are the rock bands Van Halen and the Doobie Brothers and the singer Van Morrison; he produced multiple criticall ...

Lauren Wood Lauren Wood (born Ilene Rappaport in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), also known as Chunky, is an American singer-songwriter, voice-over artist, and producer. Her 1989 single "Fallen" was used in the 1990 movie ''Pretty Woman'', even though it was rec ...

) - 3:24 #"Let Me Go, Love" ( Michael McDonald, B.J. Cook Foster) - 3:49 #"Rio de Janeiro Blue" (Richard Torrance, John Haeny) - 3:50 #"Breaking Too Many Hearts" (Lauren Wood) - 3:33 #" Back in My Arms" (

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Eddie Holland Edward Holland Jr. (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Holland was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Although he was an early Motown artist who recorded minor hit singles such as "Jamie", he ...

Lamont Dozier Lamont Herbert Dozier (; June 16, 1941 – August 8, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit, Michigan. He co-wrote and produced 14 US ''Billboard'' number-one hits and four number ones in the UK. Career Doz ...

) - 3:51 #"Fallen" (Lauren Wood) - 3:23 #"Daddy" (

Bobby Troup Robert William Troup Jr. (October 18, 1918 – February 7, 1999) was an American actor, jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. He wrote the song " Route 66" and acted in the role of Dr. Joe Early with his wife Julie London in the television prog ...

) - 3:23 #"Isn't It Always Love" (

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) - 3:06 #"Trouble" (

Lowell George Lowell Thomas George (April 13, 1945 – June 29, 1979) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, who was the primary guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and founder/leader for the rock band Little Feat. Ear ...

) - 2:31

Charts

Personnel

*Nicolette Larson -

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

(tracks 1-9) *

Bob Glaub Bob Glaub (born May 10, 1952)Hageman, William (April 29, 2005)."The aces of bass: Five giants of an overshadowed instrument", Knight Ridder Tribune News Service. is an American bass player and session musician. He has played with such artists an ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

(tracks 1-9) *

Rick Shlosser Rick Shlosser is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He has been a member of Van Morrison's band and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He's also been a varied sessions drummer. Discography 1970s * Andy Pratt - ''Records Are Like Life'' (1 ...

– drums (tracks 1-9) * Bill Payne -

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(tracks 2-5, 9) *

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(tracks 1-9), keyboards (track 6), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8) * Bobby LaKind - congas (tracks 1-9), backing vocals (track 6)

Additional musicians

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(tracks 1, 4) *

– guitar solo (track 2) * Michael McDonald - lead vocals (track 3) *Jerry Haye, Ben Coli - flugelhorns (track 4) *

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solo (tracks 5, 6) *Lee Thornburg -

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solo (track 8) *

Van Dyke Parks Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is best known for his 1967 album ''Song Cycle'' and for his collaborations with ...

- keyboards (track 10) * Tom Johnston - backing vocals (track 1) *

– backing vocals (tracks 5, 6) *

Jimmie Haskell Jimmie Haskell (born Sheridan Pearlman, November 7, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer and arranger for motion pictures and a wide variety of popular artists, including Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steely ...

- string arrangements (tracks 3-7, 9), horn arrangements (tracks 3, 6, 9) *

Jerry Jumonville Jerome Noel Jumonville (December 5, 1941 – December 7, 2019), better known as Jerry Jumonville, was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He began playing the saxophone as teenager. Jumonv ...

- horn arrangements (tracks 5, 8)

Production

- producer *

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, Ken Deane - engineer *Peter Whorf - art direction, design *

Joel Bernstein Joel Bernstein is a photographer, guitarist, and record producer based in Oakland, California. His photographs have appeared as the album covers to, among others, '' After the Gold Rush'', '' 4 Way Street'', ''Rita Coolidge'', ''Wind on the Wa ...

- photography

References

*Nicolette Larson; ''In the Nick of Time'' liner notes; Warner Bros. Records 1979 *All Music Guide [] {{Authority control 1979 albums Nicolette Larson albums Albums produced by Ted Templeman albums arranged by Jimmie Haskell Warner Records albums