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Dedicate This Heart [Lyrics] Real Love [Lyrics] No Stoppin’ Us Now [Lyrics] Thank You Love [Lyrics] One Step Closer [Lyrics] Keep This Train A-Rollin’ [Lyrics] Just In Time [Lyrics] South Bay Strut (Instrumental) One By One [Lyrics]

Produced by Ted Templeman
Engineered by Jim Isaacson

2nd Engineer: Gene Meros
Art Direction & Design: Jim Welch
Photography: Norman Seeff
Production Coordinator: Susyn Schops
Production Assistant: Joan Parker

The Doobie Brothers:
Patrick Simmons – guitars/vocals
Michael McDonald – keyboards/synthesizers/vocals
John McFee – guitars/vocals
Keith Knudsen – drums/vocals
Chet McCracken – drums/vibraphone/marimbas
Tiran Porter – bass
Cornelius Bumpus – saxophones/organ/vocals

Additional Players:
Bobby LaKind – congas/bongos/background vocals
Nicolette Larson – vocals for “Real Love”, “Dedicate This Heart”, and “Just In Time”
Patrick Henderson – keyboards for “Real Love”, “One By One”, and “Keep This Train A-Rollin’”
Lee Thornburg – trumpet for “South Bay Strut”, and flugelhorn for “Dedicate This Heart”
Jimmy Haskell – string arrangements for “Real Love” and “South Bay Strut”
Christopher Thompson – background vocals for “No Stoppin’ Us Now”
Ted Templeman – tambourine/cowbell/maracas
Jerome Jumonville – horn arrangements for “Keep This Train A-Rollin’”
Horn section includes Jerome Jumonville and Cornelius Bumpus – tenor saxophone; Joel Peskin – baritone saxophone; Lee Thornburg and Bill Armstrong – trumpet

Recording:
Copyright 1980 Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
Recorded and mixed at Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood) Additional Recording at Warner Bros. Recording Studio (North Hollywood); United Sound Recorders (Detroit); and A & R Recorders (New York)
Mixed at Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood)