''Give Thankx'' is the twelfth album by Jimmy Cliff.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jimmy Cliff; except where indicated #"Bongo Man" – 5:03 #"Stand Up and Fight Back" – 3:16 (

Rebop Kwaku Baah Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah (13 February 1944 – 12 January 1983) was a Ghanaian percussionist who worked with the 1970s rock groups Traffic and Can. Biography Baah was born on 13 February 1944, in Konongo, Gold Coast. In 1969, Baah performe ...

) #"She Is a Woman" – 4:08 #"You Left Me Standing by the Door" – 3:21 #"Footprints" – 3:57 #"Meeting in Afrika" 3:37 #"Wanted Man" – 3:41 (Leonard Smith) #"Lonely Streets" – 4:21 #"Love I Need" – 3:36 #"Universal Love (Beyond the Boundaries)" – 4:10

Personnel

*Jimmy Cliff - vocals *

Earl "Chinna" Smith Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 6 August 1955), a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest,Johnson, Richard (2013)The Melchizedek way, '' Jamaica Observer'', 6 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013 is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late ...

Ernest Ranglin Ernest Ranglin (born 19 June 1932) is a Jamaican guitarist and composer who established his career while working as a session guitarist and music director for various Jamaican record labels including Studio One and Island Records. Ranglin pla ...

- lead and rhythm guitar *Leonard Smith - rhythm guitar, percussion *Leebert "Gibby" Morrison - bass *Paul "Pablo" Smith - keyboards *

Ansel Collins Ansel Collins is a Jamaican musician, composer, singer, songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Dave Barker as Dave and Ansel Collins. Biography Born 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica,Keith Sterling Keith Sterling (born Keith Sterling-McLeod, January 1952, Kingston, Jamaica)Larkin, Colin (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', 4th edn., OUP USA, , p. 743 is a piano and keyboard player. Biography Keith Sterling is a well-respected Jam ...

, Leslie Butler - additional keyboards *Ronald "Ronnie" Murphy - drums *

- congas, percussion * Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion *Babi Floyd, Cheryl Lynn, Debby, Diema, Janice Pendarvis, Ken Williams, Pam - backing vocals *

The Meditations The Meditations are a reggae vocal harmony group from Jamaica formed in late 1974. They have released several studio albums and are still performing in the 2000s and today. History The Meditations were formed in late 1974, when Danny Clarke le ...

- backing vocals on "Bongo Man" *

Ras Michael Michael George Henry OD (born 1943), better known as Ras Michael, is a Jamaican reggae singer and Nyabinghi specialist. He also performs under the name of Dadawah. Biography Henry was born in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, where he was raised in ...

and the Sons of Negus -

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on "Bongo Man" *Dave Wolfert, Steve Lukather - electric guitar on "You Left Me Standing By the Door" *

Will Lee William Lee (born William Lubovsky; August 6, 1908 – December 7, 1982) was an American actor who appeared in numerous television and film roles, but was best known for playing Mr. Hooper, the original store proprietor of the eponymous Hoope ...

- bass on "You Left Me Standing By the Door" *

Neil Larsen Neil Larsen (born August 7, 1948) is an American jazz keyboardist, musical arranger and composer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Sarasota, Florida before relocating to New York and then, in 1977, Los Angeles. Early life Larsen was ...

- piano on "You Left Me Standing By the Door" *Jay Winding - organ on "You Left Me Standing By the Door" *

Jim Keltner James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America". Howard Sounes. ''Dow ...

- drums on "You Left Me Standing By the Door" ;Technical *Engineer – Boris Gardner, Mervyn Williams *Assistant engineers – Jay Krugman, Julie Last, Steve Fontano *Mastered By – Jo Hansch *Mixed By & Recorded By – John Stronach *Bob Himmel - artwork *Photography – Ruiko Yoshida :"You Left Me Standing by the Door" Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood

References

{{Authority control 1978 albums Jimmy Cliff albums Albums produced by Bob Johnston Warner Records albums