Spreadin' Like Wildfire

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Name = Spreadin' Like Wildfire
Type = studio
Artist = The Archers


Released = 1981
Recorded = MCA Whitney Studios, Glendale, California, 1981
Genre = Christian
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Label = Songbird/MCA
Producer = Dony McGuire
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"Spreadin’ Like Wildfire" (1981) was The Archers' only album released on MCA. Produced by Dony McGuire, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1982. The Archers performed the title track on the Grammy Awards.

Title list

#"Spreadin' Like Wildfire" (Hal and Rachel Newman) 4:01
#"I Never Knew Love" (Reba Rambo - Dony McGuire) 4:02
#"Sooner of Later" (Steve Archer - Reba Rambo) 4:22
#"Back in Your Arms" (Tim Archer) 4:45
#"Everyday" (George Ratzlaff) 4:11
#"Runnin' Too Long" (Tim Archer - Reba Rambo) 4:13
#"Care" (Steve Archer - Dan Cutrona) 4:33
#"Nothing Can Separate Us" (Reba Rambo - Dony McGuire) 4:15
#"Merry-Go-Round" (Steve Archer) 5:19
#"Never Say Goodbye" (Bruce Hibbard) 3:53

Personnel

* Larry London and Alex Acuña - drums and percussion

* Abraham Laboriel – bass

* Shane Keister and Dony McGuire – synthsizers

* Hadley Hockensmith - electric guitars

* Bill Kenner – mandolin

* Tony Sena - electric overdubs on "Merry-Go-Round" and "Never Say Goodbye."

* Strings by the Shelly Kurland Strings: Sheldon Kurland, George Binkley, John David Boyle, Marvin D. Chantry, Roy Christensen, Conni L. Ellisor, Carl J. Gorodetzky, Lenni Haight, Dennis W. Molchan, James R. Skipper, Samuel Terranova, Gary Vanasdale

* Horns: Dennis Solee (sax solos), Buddy Skipper, George Tidwell, Roger Bissell.

* Piano and Rhodes - Dan Cutrona

Production

* Produced by Dony McGuire

* Track and vocal arrangements by Dony McGuire

* Strings and horns arranged by Buddy Skipper

* Recording and mixing engineers - Warren Peterson and George Michael Psanos

* Recorded at MCA Whitney Studios, Glendale, California

* Vocal overdubs recorded by Willie Harlan at IAM, Irvine, California

* Remixed at Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee

* Mastered by Steve Hall at MCA Whitney Mastering Studios, Glendale, California

* Photography by Bob Duffy

* Art direction by George Osaki

* Design by Randy Moses

References

* [http://dankennedy60.blogspot.com/ Archers: Cutting Edge Music Discography]
* [http://www.thearchers.us/ The Archers.US]
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/steveund/archers/home.htm Archers.org]

External links

*http://www.thebeginningsconcert.com The Beginnings Concert