First Choice / Delusions ('77)

A1	Dr. Love	B1	Chances Go Around
A2	Indian Giver	B2	I Love You More than Before
A3	Love Having You Around	B3	Let No Man Put Asunder
A4	Gamble on Love	B4	Do Me Again
		B5	Jimmy "D"

　ジャケットの右下にあるマーク。
　ダブル・エクスポージャー"Ten Percent"の項にて説明した通り、本盤も90年代にイギリスでリイシューされたものです。
　なかなか音のよかった"Ten Percent"と違い、本盤の音質はイマイチでした。モヤモヤした、スッキリしない音。まあアナログ商売、こういうこともあるさ。これにめげず、またリイシューがんばってね。

　イケイケな曲が多く、そういうアルバムなのだが、箸休めのようなB2のぐったり感が心に残ります。いかにもフィリー・ソウルな伴奏がたまりませんなあ。

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Produced by Baker-Harris-Young Productions

Drums: Earl Young, Keith Benson
Bass: Ron Baker, Michael "Sugarbear" Foreman, Jim Williams
Guitars: Norman "The Harris Machine" Harris, T. J. Tindall, Bobby "Electronic" Eli, Ken Dockins
Keyboards: Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, "Cotton" Kent, Bruce Hawes, Bruce Gray
Congas, Bongos: Larry Washington, Jesse Harris
Vibes: Vincent Montana, Jr.
Synthesizer: Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, Bruce Hawes
Violin: Don Renaldo, Charles Apollonia, Rudolph Malizia, Lance Elbeck, Christine Reeves, Richard Jones
Violas: Anthony Sinagoga, Davis Barnett
Cello: Romeo Di Stefano
Trombones: Richard Genovese, Roger De Lillo, Fred Joiner
Trumpets, Flugelhorns: Rocco Bene, Robert Hartzell
Flute: Jack Faith
French Horns: Joe "One and Only Lips" De Angelis, Milton Phibbs
Alto Sax: Leon Zachery
Baritone Sax: John H. Davis

Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia
Recording Engineers: Dirk Devlin, Kenny Present, Carl Paruolo
Assistant Engineers: Darrell Rogers, Mike Tarsia
Mastered at Frankford Wayne Labs, New York
Graphic Supervisor: Lloyd Gelassen
Photography: William Douglas King
Art Direction: Stanley Hochstadt
Design: Lori L. Lambert
Fashion: Mary McFadden, Inc., John Anthony
Jewely: Mary McFadden, Inc.
Stylist: Barbara Grey
Make-Up: Stanley James
Hair: Christopher Pluck
Assistant Stylist: David Carrington

Executive Producers: Joe Cayre, Stan Cayre, Ken Cayre