''The Spice of Life'' is the second album by

Marlena Shaw Marlena Shaw (born Marlina Burgess, September 22, 1942) is an American jazz, blues and soul music, soul singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in Hip hop music, hip hop mus ...

. It was her last studio album with

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and contains her famous version of the

Ashford & Simpson Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

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California Soul "California Soul" is a funk-soul tune written by Ashford & Simpson, issued originally as the B-side of the Messengers' single "Window Shopping" in 1967 under the Motown group of labels. Other recordings *Nick Ashford then released his own vers ...

Track listing

# "Woman of the Ghetto" (Bobby Miller, Marlena Shaw, Richard Evans) 6:02 # "

Call it Stormy Monday "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" (commonly referred to as "Stormy Monday") is a song written and recorded by American blues electric guitar pioneer T-Bone Walker. It is a slow twelve-bar blues performed in the West Coast b ...

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T-Bone Walker Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 ''Roll ...

) 3:01 # "Where Can I Go?" (Leo Fuld, Sigment Berland, Sonny Miller) 2:21 # "I'm Satisfied" (Morris Dollison) 2:48 # " I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)" (Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas) 3:12 # "Liberation Conversation" (Bobby Miller, Marlena Shaw) 2:03 # "

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Nickolas Ashford Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

Valerie Simpson Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

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Gerry Goffin Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the List of Billboard number-one ...

Carole King Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at 1650 Broadway and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one ...

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Looking Through the Eyes of Love "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" is a song written and composed by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. It first became a popular hit in 1965 by Gene Pitney. In 1972, The Partridge Family recorded a hit cover version. Gene Pitney version Gene Pitney w ...

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Barry Mann Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US. Early li ...

Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Life and career Weil was born in New York City, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris Wei ...

) 3:00 # "Anyone Can Move a Mountain" (Johnny Marks) 3:03 (Note: times are taken from the original album sleeve.) Bonus tracks on Chess Legendary Master Series (2CD set with ''Out of Different Bags'', also with bonus tracks) *11. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" *12. "Waiting for Charlie to Come Home" *13. "The House that Jack Built" *14. "Brother, Where are You?" *15. "We Could Have Been Fine"

Technical Personnel

* Arranged & Produced by: Richard Evans &

Charles Stepney Charles Stepney (March 26, 1931– May 17, 1976) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and musician. Stepney is noted for his work with artists such as The Dells, Ramsey Lewis, Rotary Connection and Earth, Wind & Fire. Career He ...

* Recordings Engineers: Stu Black & Dave Purple * Album supervision: Bobby Miller * Cover photo: Bob Crawford * Album design: Jerry Griffith Additional AllMusic Credits *

Nick Ashford Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

- Composer * Ken Druker - Executive Producer * Gerry Goffin - Composer * Bob Irwin - Reissue Mastering *

- Composer * Hollis King - Reissue Art Director * Bryan Koniarz - Reissue Producer * Johnny Marks - Composer * Loonis McGlohon - Liner Notes * Bobby Miller - Composer * Bobby Lee Miller - Album Supervision * Jayme Pieruzzi - Reissue Mastering *

- Composer * Charles Stephens - Arranger * T-Bone Walker - Composer

References

External links

* Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...