Going on Record

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Going on Record
Studio album by
Released1983
Genre Funk, Soul, Jazz
Label Rolling Snowball Productions
Producer Curtis Pickering
Oleta Adams chronology
Untitled
(1982)
Going on Record
(1983)
Circle of One
(1990)

Going on Record is a self-released album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1983. It is her second one after the 1982 Untitled album.

Oleta Adams American singer

Oleta Adams is an American soul and gospel singer and pianist.

Contents

The album was recorded live, from a performance at the Kansas City Music Hall on July 30, 1983. Adams would re-record 3 of her original songs on the album, "Don't Look too Closely", "I've Gotta Sing My Song" and "You Won't Get Away", on later albums when she signed to major label Fontana Records.

Fontana Records record label; imprint of N.V. Philips Phonografische Industrie

Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records. The independent label distributor Fontana Distribution takes its name from the label.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."From Now On"Oleta Adams4:00
2."Don't Look Too Closely"Adams4:04
3."If I Had A Hammer" Lee Hays, Pete Seeger 3:38
4."Goodbye To A Friend"Adams3:28
5."I've Gotta Sing My Song"Adams3:56
6."You Won't Get Away"Adams4:25
7."I Made My Bed"Adams3:18
8."Handle Me With Care"Adams5:34
9."You Make Me Feel So Good"Adams3:02
10."The Greatest Love Of All" Linda Creed, Michael Masser 4:47

Personnel

Production

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