Night Flight by Yvonne Elliman

Night Flight is a gorgeous album containing Yvonne Elliman's only number-one hit, "If I Can't Have You," written by the three Bee Gees brothers, from the film Saturday Night Fever. It is a pop masterpiece, the only track on the album produced by Freddie Perren. Perren gives the song a big production, which sounds like the Bee Gees's work with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson, and the hardworking singer from Honolulu gets a much deserved chart topper to help spread her gospel. She opens the album with Neil Sedaka's "Baby Don't Let It Mess Your Mind," featuring a slow tempo more laid-back than the composer's version, and simply delightful. She covers "Prince of Fools," a song co-written by Nickey Barclay from the group Fanny, Stephen Bishop's moody "Sailing Ships," her distinctive and powerful voice gliding over Robert Appere's shimmering production work, and Mentor Williams' "I'll Be Around," not the much covered Spinners' hit but a nice ballad co-written by the famous producer and Jack Conrad. There's a taste of reggae with "Lady of the Silver Spoon," and a truly elegant adult contemporary number, "Down the Backstairs of My Life." As Grace Slick left the sexual ambiguity in "Sally Go 'Round the Roses," so too does Elliman on this rendition, and good for her. These were the disco days, and it is so subtle it no doubt went over the heads of casual listeners. The back cover has Elliman in a long flowing dress with her hair wild in the wind, it's beautiful imagery with a red background on an album which might have got lost because of all the attention paid to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. There are major names galore here, Kiki Dee, James Newton-Howard, Dee Murray, and Davey Johnstone from the Rocket Records/Elton John camp; guitarists Lowell George, Steve Hunter and Steve Cropper, keyboardist Eric Carmen, and many more included. Elliman albums always enjoy marquee players, and her talent truly deserved the support. With Alice Cooper manager Shep Gordon onboard as executive producer, and the number-one hit, it is amazing Elliman didn't give Linda Ronstadt, Helen Reddy, and Barry Manilow more chart competition. Her five hits were always welcome on '70s pop radio, but they only hinted at the depth of her full-length recordings, music worthy of more notice.

Tracklist

1.	Baby Don't Let It Mess Your Mind	4:20

2.	In A Stranger's Arms	3:46

3.	I'll Be Around	3:25

4.	Lady Of The Silver Spoon	4:15

5.	Down The Backstairs Of My Life	3:17

6.	If I Can't Have You	2:57

7.	Prince of Fools	3:30

8.	Moment by Moment	3:19

9.	Sally Go Round The Roses	4:22

10.	Up To The Man In You	3:15

11.	Sailing Ships	4:46

Credits

released May 1, 1978

Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – RSO Records, Inc.
Marketed By – RSO Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Phonodisc, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – RSO Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Recorded At – The Burbank Studios
Mastered At – A&M Mastering Studios

Credits
Strings – Jimmy Haskell*, Robert Appére
Art Direction – Susan Herr
Backing Vocals – Carmen Twillie, Cecilio Rodgriquez, Donny Gerrard, Henry Kapono, Julia Tillman Waters, Kathy Collier, Kiki Dee, Marti McCall, Maxine Willard Waters, Vennette Gloud
Bass – Dee Murray, Lee Sklar*, Paul Stallworth, Scott Edwards
Concertmaster – Sid Sharp
Production Co-ordinator – Jim Moon, Porsche Lottermoser
Design, Logo – Tom Nikosey
Drums – James Gadson, James Keltner*, Michael Baird*, Ritchie Hayward*, Russell Kunkel*
Executive-Producer – Shep Gordon
Guitar – Ben Benay, Bob Bowles*, Danny Kortchmar, Davey Johnstone, Dean Parks, Lowell George, Richie Zito, Steve Cropper, Steve Hunter
Horns – Chuck Findley, Jackie Kelso, Jim Horn
Keyboards – Craig Doerge, Eric Carmen, James Newton Howard, Sonny Burke, William Smith (2)
Lead Vocals – Yvonne Elliman
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Percussion – Bob Zimitti, Gary Coleman, Baboo, Paulinho Da Costa*
Percussion, Synthesizer – Freddie Perren
Photography By – Norman Seeff
Producer, Engineer – Robert Appére*

Notes
Recorded at Sunset Sound. Strings Recorded at the Burbank Studio. Mastered at A & M.

Executively produced for Alive Enterprises, Inc.
B1 produced for Grand Slam Productions by arrangement with The Robert Stigwood Organisation. ℗ 1977 RSO Records, Inc.

Publishing:
A1 - Wellbeck Music, ASCAP/Kec Music, ASCAP/Don Kirschner Music, Inc., BMI/ATV Music Corp., BMI
A2 - Kortchmar Music, ASCAP
A3 - Third Son Music, ASCAP & Darnac Music, BMI
A4 - Brian Cadd Music, BMI
A5 - Daddy Black Music & Patra-Amani Music, ASCAP
B1 - Stigwood Music, Inc. (Unichappell Music) BMI
B2 - Robert Appére Music BMI/Basic Brown Songs BMI
B3 - Winlyn Music, Inc. BMI
B4 - Red Cow Music, Inc. (Unichappell Music) ASCAP
B5- E.H. Morris & Co., Inc. ASCAP

Manufactured & Marketed By RSO Records, Inc. 8335 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. 90069. Distributed by Phonodisc.

℗ 1978 RSO Records, Inc.

Also available on 8-Track, 8T-1-3031 and Cassette, CT-1-3031

Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A - Label): (RS-1-3031 A) 2394 197
Matrix / Runout (Side B - Label): (RS-1-3031 B) 2394 197
Matrix / Runout (Side A - Runout): R̶S̶-̶1̶-̶3̶3̶1̶-̶A̶S̶ ̶C̶P̶1̶ RS-1-3031-AS-CP1
Matrix / Runout (Side B - Runout): RS-1-3031-BS CP2

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