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Bill Wolfer – Wolf
Bill Wolfer
Wolf
Style: Soul
Label: Constellation
Catalog Number: 96.0187-1
Released: 1982
A heavily underrated bargain bin jam, Bill Wolfer’s debut album Wolf is an unexpected hit featuring some of the greatest artists to ever do it including Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Finis Henderson, and Jon Gibson. At the time, Wolfer was a young session musician who played keyboards and synthesizers on a few of the year’s biggest records including Stevie Wonder’s Hotter Than July and Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” There are a bunch of amazing songs on this one, but B2 “Wake Up” might take the cake for this writer with its incredibly funky fretless bassline and smooth, Stevie Wonder-esque vocals from future gospel star Jon Gibson.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Bargain Bin / Disco / Funk
Tracklist:
A1 Call Me
A2 So Shy
A3 Window On A Dream
A4 Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone
A5 Nobody Knows
B1 Why Do You Do Me
B2 Wake Up
B3 Soaring
B4 Camouflage
B5 Pop Quiz
Credits:
Engineer [Additional] – John van Ness, Keith Seppanen
Engineer, Mixed By – Ed Sanders
Executive-Producer – Dick Griffey
Mastered By – Chris Bellman
Percussion – Wayne O. Millstein (tracks: A1, A4, B4)
Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer [Cs-80], Synthesizer [Mini-moog], Synthesizer [Micro Moog], Synthesizer [Prophet 5], Drum Machine [LMI Drumcomputer], Vocoder, Electric Piano [Arp 16-voice] – Bill Wolfer
Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Bill Wolfer
Technician – Jim Pace
