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Suite Seventeen: Arranged By – Harold Wheeler
A1	It Was A Very Good Year / I'm A Foster Child Written-By – E. Drake*, M. Shaw*	3:07
A2	Love Dancin' Written-By – G. Knight*, G. Allan*	4:31
A3	It Was A Very Good Year / I'm A Foster Child Written-By – E. Drake*, M. Shaw*	0:40
A4	I Thank You Written-By – D. Porter*, I. Hayes*	3:14
A5	It Was A Very Good Year / I'm A Foster Child Written-By – E. Drake*, M. Shaw*	0:40
A6	Touch Me In The Morning Trumpet [Solo] – Bobby BryantWritten-By – M. Masser*, R. Miller*	5:52
B1	Shaw Biz / Suddenly It's How I Like To Feel / Shaw Biz (Reprise) Arranged By – Bobby BryantWritten-By – A. Willis*, F. Golde*, M. Shaw*	5:35
B2	No One Yet Arranged By – Bobby BryantWritten-By – M. Shaw*	5:15
B3	Haven't We Been In Love Before? Arranged By – Bobby BryantWritten-By – B. Tragesser*, K. Nelson*	4:08
B4	I'll Be Your Friend Arranged By – Bobby BryantWritten-By – M. Shaw*	3:57

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
• Recorded At – Power Station
• Recorded At – Soundworks, New York
• Mixed At – Mediasound

Credits

• 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 – Bob Clearmountain, Jerry Garszva, Neil Dorfsman, Scott Litt
• 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
• Management – Linda Rogoff Management, New York
• Mixed By – John Luongo, Michael Barbiero
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Phil Shargo
• 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 [Associate] – Bobby Bryant
• 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

With printed information insert
Sleeve Shorepak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England
℗ 1979 CBS Inc./© 1979 CBS Inc.
Recorded at the Power Station, New York & Soundworks, New York
Mixed at Mediasound, N.Y.

Gold promo stamp on the back of the sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code: LC 0149
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): CBS S 83216 A1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): CBS S 83216 B2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
JC 35632	Marlena Shaw	Take A Bite ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	JC 35632	US	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)	Columbia	JC 35632	Canada	1979
CBS 83216	Marlena Shaw	Take A Bite ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 83216	Europe	1979
494186 2, 4941862000	Marlena Shaw	Take A Bite ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Columbia, Sony Music	494186 2, 4941862000	UK	2004