Performer: Rick James
Genre: Funk / Soul
Album: Throwin' Down
Released: 1982
Style: P.Funk, Disco
MP3 version ZIP size: 1340 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1171 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1729 mb
Rating: 4.5
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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Dance Wit' Me Saxophone [Solo] – Daniel LeMelleVibraphone [Vibes Solo] – Roy Ayers	7:16
A2	Money Talks	4:50
A3	Teardrops Saxophone [Solo] – Daniel LeMelleVibraphone [Vibes Solo] – Donny Keider	4:49
A4	Throwdown	3:17
B1	Standing On The Top Saxophone [Solo] – Daniel LeMelleTrombone [Solo] – John ErvinTrumpet [Solo] – Roy Poper	3:51
B2	Hard To Get	4:07
B3	Happy Lead Vocals – Teena Marie	5:29
B4	69 Times Guitar [Solo] – John McFee	4:11
B5	My Love Saxophone [Solo] – Daniel LeMelleVibraphone [Vibes Solo] – Roy AyersWritten-By – Le Roi Johnson*	2:53

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – PolyGram Records Pty. Limited
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Motown Record Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Motown Record Corporation
• Recorded At – Record Plant, Sausalito
• Recorded At – Motown Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Record Plant, Sausalito
• Mastered At – Allen Zentz Mastering
• Marketed By – Astor

Credits

• Arranged By [Horns, Strings], Backing Vocals [Additional], Flute, Handclaps, Saxophone [Alto, Tenor], Synthesizer [Crumar String Machine, Obx], Trumpet – Daniel LeMelle
• Arranged By [Strings] – Reggie Andrews
• Backing Vocals – Grace Slick, Jean Carn, Julia Waters Tillman*, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Maxine Waters Willard*, Patti Brooks*, Tabby Johnson, The Temptations
• Backing Vocals [Additional] – Diane Nixon, Jeri Fields
• Backing Vocals [Additional], Bongos, Congas, Cowbell, Drums [Snare], Handclaps, Tambourine – Nate Hughes
• Backing Vocals [Additional], Handclaps – Moses Johnson
• Backing Vocals [Additional], Trumpet – Roy Poper
• Backing Vocals, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Handclaps, Piano [Acoustic], Synthesizer [Crumar String Machine, Moog, Obx] – Levi Ruffin, Jr.*
• Backing Vocals, Handclaps – JoAnne McDuffy*, Lisa Sarna
• Backing Vocals, Handclaps, Trumpet – La Morris Payne*
• Baritone Saxophone – Alfred Jackson*
• Bass, Handclaps – Oscar Alston
• Drums – Lanise Hughes, Narada Michael Walden, Paul Hines
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ann Fry, Michael Johnson , Rick Sanchez
• Engineer, Mixed By, Recorded By – Tom Flye
• Engineer, Recorded By – Bobby Brooks
• Guitar – John McFee, Tom McDermott
• Handclaps – Aaron Dublin, Big John Main, Jennifer , Ronald Byrd
• Mastered By – Chris Bellman
• Piano – Erskine Williams
• Producer, Arranged By, Arranged By [Horns, Strings], Backing Vocals, Chimes, Clavinet, Congas, Guitar, Harmonica, Lead Vocals, Other [Lynn Drum Machine], Percussion [Bell Tree, Misc.], Synthesizer, Timbales, Timpani, Written-By – Rick James
• Strings – Larry Hansen, Strokland Strings
• Tenor Saxophone – Gerald Albright
• Trombone – John Ervin
• Trumpet – Cliff Ervin
• Vibraphone [Vibes] – Donny Keider, Roy Ayers

Notes

First cat. no. is on labels, front cover and insert (6005 GL)
Second cat no. Is on rear cover and spine (6005GL)

Recorded at Record Plant Studios, Sausalito, California & Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Mixed at Record Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Mastered at Allen Zentz Mastering, Los Angeles, California

Marketed under exclusive licence in Australia by Astor, a division of PolyGram Records Pty. Limited.
(P) 1982, (C)1982 & Trademark Motown Record Corporation, Hollywood, California 90028. All Rights Reserved.

Gordy logo on back cover (artwork from U.S. release), but Motown on labels.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
6005GL	Rick James	Throwin' Down ‎(LP, Album)	Gordy	6005GL	US	1982
UICY-75478	Rick James	Throwin' Down ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RM, SHM)	Motown	UICY-75478	Japan	2013
6005GL	Rick James	Throwin' Down ‎(LP, Album, Club, CRC)	Gordy	6005GL	US	Unknown
6005 GC	Rick James	Throwin' Down ‎(Cass, Album, Club, Dol)	Gordy	6005 GC	US	Unknown
6005GC	Rick James	Throwin' Down ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Gordy	6005GC	US	1982