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A Whole New Thing
Studio album by
Billy Preston
Released14 July 1977
Recorded10–31 January 1977
StudioKendun Recorders, (Burbank, California)
The Village Recorder (Westwood, Los Angeles)
GenreSoul
Length34:35
LabelA&M
ProducerBilly Preston, Truman Thomas
Billy Preston chronology
Billy Preston
(1976) 		A Whole New Thing
(1977) 		Late at Night
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[2]

A Whole New Thing is a studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1977. It was Preston's final album with A&M Records.[3]

"Wide Stride" was released as a single in 1977 and peaked at number 33 on the US R&B chart.[4]

Track listing

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Side one

  1. "Whole New Thing" (Truman Thomas, Jeffrey Bowen, James Ford)   – 3:35
  2. "Disco Dancin'" (Billy Preston)   – 3:30
  3. "Complicated Sayings" (Preston, Robert "Inky" Incorvaia)   – 2:54
  4. "Attitudes" instrumental (Preston)   – 2:29
  5. "I'm Really Gonna Miss You" (Preston)   – 3:48

Side two

  1. "Wide Stride" instrumental (Preston)   – 3:15
  2. "You Got Me Buzzin'" (Preston, Incorvaia)   – 2:42
  3. "Sweet Marie" (Preston, Joe Greene)   – 3:40
  4. "Happy" instrumental (Preston)   – 2:20
  5. "Touch Me Love" (Preston, Jack Ackerman)   – 3:22
  6. "You Don't Have to Go" (Preston, Greene)   – 3:00

Personnel

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  • Billy Preston – vocals (1–5, 7–11), keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion
  • Kenny Moore – keyboards
  • Truman Thomas – keyboards
  • Eugene Henderson – guitars
  • Tony Maiden – guitars
  • Michael McGloiry – guitars
  • Welton Gite – bass
  • Keni Burke – bass
  • Ollie E. Brown – drums
  • Manuel Kellough – drums
  • Alvin Taylor – drums
  • Bobbye Hall – percussion
  • Wynell Montgomery – saxophones
  • Charles Garnett – trumpet
  • Angelo Richards – trumpet
  • Andre Crough – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
  • Joe Greene – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
  • Gloria Jones – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
  • Clydie King – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
  • Frankie Spring – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)

Production

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  • Truman Thomas – producer (1, 3, 7)
  • Billy Preston – producer (2, 4–6, 8–11)
  • Michael Schuman – recording, final mix engineer
  • Roland Young – art direction
  • Chuck Beeson – design
  • Moshe Brakha – photography

References

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  1. ^ A Whole New Thing at AllMusic
  2. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 398.
  3. ^ "Billy Preston – Album Discography – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Billy Preston Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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