Album Tracks
- 1. Joan Osborne – (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave (3:01)
(B.Holland/L.Dozier/E.Holland Jr.) - 2. Me’Shell NdegeOcello – You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me (3:28)
(W.Robinson) - 3. Bootsy Collins – Do You Love Me (3:21)
(B.Gordy) - 4. Funk Brothers – Bernadette (3:16)
previously unreleased, instrumental
(B.Holland/L.Dozier/E.Holland Jr.) - 5. Gerald Levert – Reach Out I’ll Be There (3:16)
(B.Holland/L.Dozier/E.Holland Jr.) - 6. Ben Harper – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (3:00)
(N.Whitfiels/E.Holland Jr.) - 7. Gerald Levert feat Tom Scott – Shotgun (3:11)
(A.DeWalt)
- 8. Joan Osborne – What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (4:23)
(J.Dean/P.Riser/W.Weatherspoon) - 9. Ben Harper – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (3:49)
(N.Whitfiels/B.Strong) - 10. The Funk Brothers – You Keep Me Hanging On (3:16)
(B.Holland/L.Dozier/E.Holland Jr.) - 11. Bootsy Collins – Cool Jerk (3:00)
(D.Storball) - 12. Me’Shell Ndegeocello – Cloud Nine (4:41)
(N.Whitfiels/B.Strong) - 13. Chaka Khan – What’s Going On (4:00)
(R.Benson/A.Cleveland/M.Gaye) - 14. Chaka Khan and Montell Jordan – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (4:58)
(N.Ashford/V.Simpson) - 15. Earl Van Dyke – The Flick (4:11)
(J.Jamerson/E.vDyke/R.White)
Album Info
Soundtrack produced by Allan Slutsky, Harry Weinger, Ted Greenberg
Live performances recorded at Royal Oak Music Theater (Royal Oak, MI) – December 6-12, 2000
except “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me” recorded in the original Hitsvill basement studio (Detroit, MI)
Original funk brothers:
Joe Messina: Guitar
Eddie Willis: Guitar
Joe Hunter: Keyboards
Johnny Griffith: Keyboards
Bob Babbitt: Bass
Richard “Pistol” Allen: Drums
Uriel Jones: Drums
Jack Ashford: Vibes and Percussion
Additional Musicians:
Guitar – Allan “Dr. Licks” Slutsky
Keyboards – Rudy Robinson, Dee Pappas
Congas – Treaty Womack
Trumpets – Marcus Belgrave, Maurice Davis, Evan Solot
Saxophones – Ernest Rodgers, Kasuku Mafia, Tom Scott, Ron Kerber, Bill Zaccagni, Michael Pedicin
Trombones – Edward Gooch, Ron Kischuk
French Horns – Joe Buono, Virginia Cunningham, Ted Greenberg
Flutes – Dayna Hartwick, Tom Scott, Angela Falco
All Saxophone Solos by Tom Scott
except “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg”: Solo by Kasuku Mafia
Violins – Larry Abramovitz, Orest Artymiw, Madeline Cabano, Olga Konopelsky, Luigi Mazzocchi, Florence Rosensweig, Igor Swec
Viola – Davis Barnett, David Giles
Celli – Anthony Pirollo, Richard Hotchkiss
Featured background singers: Carla Benson, Keith Benson, John Ingram, Misty Love, Delbert Nelson, Cherokee Pree
Additional background singers: Dawn Blandford, Kizzy Jester, The IDMR Detroit Choir
Handclaps: Phil “Ijinga” Chen, Ted Greenberg, Seth Justman, Sandy Passman, Craig Weiland
Band introductions: Jay Butler
Musical Direction: Allan “Dr. Licks” Slutsky
except:”Cool Jerk” and “Do You Love Me”: Musical Direction: Steve Jordan
All arrangements transcribed by Allan “Dr. Licks” Slutsky
from the original Motown arrangements of Paul Riser, David Van DePitte, Willie Shorter and Wade Marcus
Additional Arranging Consultants — Paul Riser, Ritchie Rome
Horn Arrangement on “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me”: Tom Scott
Arrangement of the breakdown section of “What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted”: Seth Justman
Recorded by the Record Plant Remote
Engineer: Kooster McAllister
Assistant Engineers: Paul Prestopino, Marshall Fawcett, Chris Prinzivalli
Strings Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, PA) by Michael Tarsia
ProTools Editing: Ted Greenberg
ProTools Consultant: Chris Zurzolo
Mixed by Ted Greenberg at Big Zone Recording (Conshohocken, PA)
Soundtrack Produced by Allan Slutsky, Harry Weingerand, Ted Greenberg
Soundtrack Executive Producers: Paul Elliott, David Scott, Pat Lawrence
Executive in charge of Music for Artisan: Gwen Bethel Riley
Executive in charge of Soundtracks for Universal Music Group: Kathy Nelson
Mastered by Kevin Reeves at Universal Mastering Studios-East
Film Executive Producers: Paul Elliott, David Scott
Rimshot Producers: Sandy Passman, Allan Slutsky and Paul Justman
Film Directed by Paul Justman
Inspired by the book Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, by Dr. Licks, published by Hal Leonard Publishing
Motion picture and title artwork: Ellitt Scott Productions LLC
Art and production coordinator: Michele Horie
Art direction: Vartan
Design: Tornado Design (LA)
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