Freda Payne - Love Magnet (1977)


taken from her album, "Stares and Whispers"



Companies, etc.
Record Company – Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc.
Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
Produced For – Spec-O-Lite Productions
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Crystal Sound
Lacquer Cut at – Crystal Sound

Credits
Art Direction – Roy Kohara
Main Vocal: Freda Payne
Bass – Nathan Watts
Drums – Raymond Pounds
Executive-Producer – Larkin Arnold
Lacquer Cut By – JS*
Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] – Jeff Sanders
Photography By – Charles Bush*
Synthesizer – Michael Boddicker

Notes
Recorded at Crystal Sound Recording Studio

Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side 1): ST 1-11700
Matrix / Runout (Side 2): ST 2-11700
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout): ST 1-11700-Z2 #1 JS•XT-AL
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout): ST 2-11700-Z1 #1 JS•XTAL


 

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