A Whole New Thing (Billy Preston album)

For other uses, see Whole New Thing (disambiguation).

A Whole New Thing
Studio album by Billy Preston
Released	November 1977
Recorded	10–31 January 1977
Studio	Kendun Recorders, (Burbank, California) The Village Recorder (Westwood, Los Angeles)
Genre	Soul
Length	34:35
Label	A&M
Producer	Billy Preston, Truman Thomas
Billy Preston chronology
Billy Preston (1976) A Whole New Thing (1977) Late at Night (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide	[2]

A Whole New Thing is a studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1977. It was Preston's final album with A&M Records. ^[3]

"Wide Stride" was released as a single in 1977 and peaked at number 33 on the US R&B chart. ^[4]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Whole New Thing" (Truman Thomas, Jeffrey Bowen, James Ford)   – 3:35
2. "Disco Dancin'" (Billy Preston)   – 3:30
3. "Complicated Sayings" (Preston, Robert "Inky" Incorvaia)   – 2:54
4. "Attitudes" instrumental (Preston)   – 2:29
5. "I'm Really Gonna Miss You" (Preston)   – 3:48

Side two

1. "Wide Stride" instrumental (Preston)   – 3:15
2. "You Got Me Buzzin'" (Preston, Incorvaia)   – 2:42
3. "Sweet Marie" (Preston, Joe Greene)   – 3:40
4. "Happy" instrumental (Preston)   – 2:20
5. "Touch Me Love" (Preston, Jack Ackerman)   – 3:22
6. "You Don't Have to Go" (Preston, Greene)   – 3:00

Personnel

• Billy Preston – vocals (1–5, 7–11), keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion
• Kenny Moore – keyboards
• Truman Thomas – keyboards
• Eugene Henderson – guitars
• Tony Maiden – guitars
• Michael McGloiry – guitars
• Welton Gite – bass
• Keni Burke – bass
• Ollie E. Brown – drums
• Manuel Kellough – drums
• Alvin Taylor – drums
• Bobbye Hall – percussion
• Wynell Montgomery – saxophones
• Charles Garnett – trumpet
• Angelo Richards – trumpet
• Andre Crough – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
• Joe Greene – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
• Gloria Jones – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
• Clydie King – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
• Frankie Spring – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)

Production

• Truman Thomas – producer (1, 3, 7)
• Billy Preston – producer (2, 4–6, 8–11)
• Michael Schuman – recording, final mix engineer
• Roland Young – art direction
• Chuck Beeson – design
• Moshe Brakha – photography

References

1. A Whole New Thing at AllMusic
2. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 398.
3. "Billy Preston – Album Discography – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
4. "Billy Preston Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.