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Bop Till You Drop is Ry Cooder's ninth album, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). This was the first major-label digitally recorded album. It was recorded on a 32-track machine built by the 3M Company[citation needed].
[edit] Track listing
- "Little Sister" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 3:49
- "Go Home, Girl" (Arthur Alexander) – 5:10
- "The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)" (Sidney Bailey) – 5:32
- "I Think It's Going to Work Out Fine" (Robert Lee McCoy, Sylvia McKinney) – 4:43
- "Down in Hollywood" (Cooder, Tim Drummond) – 4:14
- "Look at Granny Run Run" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman) – 3:09
- "Trouble, You Can't Fool Me" (Frederick Knight, Aaron Varnell) – 4:55
- "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing" (Oliver Sain) – 4:08
- "I Can't Win" (L. Johnson, C. Knight, Richardson) – 4:16
[edit] Personnel
- Jimmy Adams – vocals, backing vocals
- David Alexander – photography
- Ronnie Barron – organ, guitar, keyboards
- Loyd Clifft – assistant engineer
- Ry Cooder – bass, guitar, mandolin, vocals, background vocals, producer
- Tim Drummond – bass
- Vicki Fortson – production coordination
- Cliff Givens – vocals, backing vocals
- Rev. Patrick Henderson – organ, keyboards
- Lee Herschberg – engineer
- Milt Holland – percussion, drums
- Bill Johnson – backing vocals
- Herman E. Johnson – vocals, backing vocals
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Chaka Khan – vocals
- Bobby King – vocals, backing vocals
- David Lindley – guitar, mandolin
- Randy Lorenzo – vocals, backing vocals
- Reggie McBride – bass
- George McFadden – vocals, backing vocals
- Simon Pico Payne – vocals
- Greg Prestopino – vocals, backing vocals
- Penny Ringwood – production coordination
- Mike Salisbury – design
[edit] Charts