Take A Bite

Tracklist Hide Credits

Suite Seventeen:
A.a	It Was A Very Good Year / I'm A Foster Child Written-By – E. Drake*, M. Shaw*	3:07
A.b	Love Dancin' Written-By – G. Knight*, G. Allan*	4:31
A.c	It Was A Very Good Year / I'm A Foster Child Written-By – E. Drake*, M. Shaw*	0:40
A.d	I Thank You Written-By – D. Porter*, I. Hayes*	3:14
A.e	It Was A Very Good Year / I'm A Foster Child Written-By – E. Drake*, M. Shaw*	0:40
A.f	Touch Me In The Morning Trumpet, Soloist – Bobby BryantWritten-By – M. Masser*, R. Miller*	5:52
Shaw Biz / Suddenly It's How I Like To Feel / Shaw Biz (Reprise)	(5:35)
B1.a	Shaw Biz Written-By – M. Shaw*
B1.b	Suddenly It's How I Like To Feel Written-By – A. Willis*, F. Golde*
B1.c	Shaw Biz (Reprise) Written-By – M.Shaw*
B2	No One Yet Written-By – M. Shaw*	5:15
B3	Haven't We Been In Love Before Written-By – B. Tragesser*, K. Nelson*	4:08
B4	I'll Be Your Friend Written-By – M.Shaw*	3:57

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – CBS Records Canada Ltd.
• Distributed By – CBS Records Canada Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
• Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Corp. Of Canada Ltd.
• Pressed By – CBS Records Canada Ltd.
• Recorded At – Power Station
• Recorded At – Soundworks, New York
• Mixed At – Mediasound

Credits

• Arranged By – Bobby Bryant (tracks: B1, B4), Harold Wheeler (tracks: A)
• Backing Vocals – Diva Grey*, Ellen Bernfield*, Gordon Grody, Jimmy Maelen, John Luongo, Lani Groves
• Bass – Neil Lee, Will Jason
• Contractor [String] – Jesse Levy
• Design – Edward Broderick, Sheldon Seidler
• Drums – Allan Schwartzberg, Richard Crooks
• Engineer – Bill Scheniman, Bob Clearmountain, Jerry Garszva, Neil Dorfsman, Scott Litt
• Engineer [Assistant] – Phil Shargo
• Executive Producer – Linda Rogoff
• French Horn – Fred Griffen*, Jim Buffington, John Clark
• Guitar – Hiram Bullock, Jeff Mironov, Ken Hatfield*, Lance Quinn, Paul Schafer
• Keyboards – Frank Owens, Harold Wheeler
• Mixed By – John Luongo, Michael Barbiero
• Percussion – Jimmy Maelen, Nyto Bongo, Yogi*
• Percussion [Re-percussion] – Jimmy Maelen
• Photography By – Francesco Scavullo
• Producer – Harold Wheeler, Marlena Shaw, Meco Monardo, Tony Bongiovi
• Producer [Post Production] – John Luongo
• Reeds – George Marge, Phil Bodner, Ronnie Cuber, Seldon Powell
• Synthesizer – Ed Walsh, Rich Trifan*
• Trombone – Eddie Bert, Paul Falise*, Retsim Ocem, Tom Malone, Wayne Andre
• Trumpet – Bobby Bryant, Burt Collins, Danny Cahn, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Bob Millikan*

Notes

Recorded at the Power Station, New York & Soundworks, New York

Mixed at Mediasound, N.Y.

© 1979 CBS Inc. ℗ 1979 CBS Inc.

Note: the copy used for this submission did not have a custom inner sleeve; not sure if this release didn't have one or it was lost. Credits copied from US release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A run-out area): AL 35632 - 1A - 2HZ
• Matrix / Runout (Side B run-out area): BL 35632 - 1A - 2HZ
• Other (On spine): G9

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
JC 35632	Marlena Shaw	Take A Bite ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	JC 35632	US	1979
CBS 83216	Marlena Shaw	Take A Bite ‎(LP, Album, Promo, W/Lbl)	CBS	CBS 83216	UK	1979
SMCR 5008	Marlena Shaw	Take A Bite ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Exp)	Soul Music.com Records	SMCR 5008	UK	2011
JC 35632	Marlena Shaw	Take A Bite ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	JC 35632	US	1979
CBS 83216	Marlena Shaw	Take A Bite ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 83216	Europe	1979