Never Letting Go

Never Letting Go
Studio album by Phoebe Snow
Released	1977
Studio	A&R Recording, New York City
Genre	Soft rock
Label	Columbia
Producer	Phil Ramone
Phoebe Snow chronology
It Looks Like Snow (1976)It Looks Like Snow1976 Never Letting Go (1977) Against the Grain (1978)Against the Grain1978

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Never Letting Go is the fourth album by singer–songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music).

Track listing

All songs written by Phoebe Snow, except where noted.

1. "Love Makes a Woman" (Carl Davis, Eugene Record, William Sanders, Gerald Simms) – 3:21
2. "Majesty of Life" – 3:36
3. "Ride the Elevator" – 3:55
4. "Something So Right" (Paul Simon) – 4:02
5. "Never Letting Go" (Stephen Bishop) – 3:12
6. "We're Children" – 3:01
7. "The Middle of the Night" – 3:33
8. "Electra" – 3:53
9. "Garden of Joy Blues" (Clifford Hayes) – 4:31

Personnel

• Phoebe Snow – vocals, acoustic guitar (2, 6)
• Hugh McCracken – electric guitar (1, 4, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (2, 5, 6), slide guitar(3), harmonica (3)
• Steve Burgh – electric guitar (1-9), 12-string acoustic guitar (5), acoustic guitar (6)
• Steve Khan – electric guitar (1, 3, 7, 8), 12-string electric guitar (8), electric guitar solo (8), acoustic guitar (9)
• Will Lee – bass (1, 5, 6, 7)
• Tony Levin – bass (2, 3, 4, 8, 9)
• Chris Parker – drums (1, 4-7)
• Grady Tate – drums (2, 7)
• Steve Gadd – drums (3, 8, 9)
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 2, 4, 6)
• Ken Ascher – acoustic piano (1, 7, 8), electric piano (1, 5, 7), organ (1), keyboards (3, 9), synthesizer (7), orchestration (7)
• Richard Tee – electric piano (2, 4)
• Bob James – acoustic piano (5), electric piano (6)
• Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (1, 6)
• Hubert Laws – flute solo (2)
• Eddie Daniels – clarinet solo (3)
• Phil Woods – alto sax solo (5)
• William Eaton – orchestration (1, 2, 8), woodwind orchestration (4)
• Robert Freedman – orchestration (3, 5), string orchestration (4)
• David Nadien – concertmaster
• Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals (1, 4, 5)
• Lani Groves – backing vocals (1, 4, 5)
• Patti Austin – backing vocals (1, 4, 5)
• Kenny Loggins – vocals on "We're Children"

Strings

• Cello – Janet Hamilton and Charles McCracken
• Double bass – Russ Savakos
• Viola – Lamar Alsop and Emanuel Vardi
• Violin – Sanford Allen, Joyce Flissler, Harry Glickman, Marvin Morgenstern, Tony Posk, Herbert Sorkin and Carol Webb

Brass

• Bass trombone – David Taylor
• Trombone – Barry Rogers
• Trumpet and Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker, Victor Paz and Alan Rubin
• Tuba – Jonathan Dorn

Woodwinds

• Baritone saxophone – Ron Cuber
• Clarinet and Alto Flute – Ray Beckinstein, Leon Cohen, Dave Tofani and George Young
• Bass flute – Phil Bodner, Harvey Estrin, Walter Kane and George Marge
• B-Flat clarinet – Eddie Daniels
• Tenor saxophone – Michael Brecker and Eddie Daniels

Production

• Producer and Remix: Phil Ramone
• Engineer: Jim Boyer
• Design: Gene Grief and Paula Scher