Grazin'

Grazin'
Studio album by The Friends of Distinction
Released	1969
Studio	RCA's Music Center of the World (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Soul
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	John Florez
The Friends of Distinction chronology
Grazin' (1969) Highly Distinct (1969)

Professional ratings

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

Grazin' is the debut studio album by music group The Friends of Distinction, released in 1969 on RCA Victor.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 10 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 35 on the Billboard 200. The album features the single, "Grazing in the Grass", which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. A second single, "Going in Circles" also charted at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Grazing in the Grass"	Philemon Hou, Harry Elston	2:58
2.	"I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)"	Booker T. Jones, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell	3:34
3.	"I Really Hope You Do"	Anita Poree, Jerry Peters	4:00
4.	"(A) Sweet Young Thing Like You"	Big Dee Irwin	3:08
5.	"Going in Circles"	Anita Poree, Jerry Peters	4:28

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Eli's Comin"	Laura Nyro	4:19
7.	"Help Yourself (To All of My Lovin')"	Scott English, Mark Barkan, Jerry Ross	2:07
8.	"Baby I Could Be So Good at Loving You"	Buzz Clifford	3:09
9.	"And I Love Him"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	4:17
10.	"Peaceful"	Kenny Rankin	3:32
11.	"Lonesome Mood"	Roy Porter	4:48

Personnel

• Ray Cork Jr. - arrangements, conductor
• Floyd Butler, Harry Elston, Jessica Cleaves, Barbara Jean Love – vocals
• Al Casey – guitar
• Arthur G. Wright – guitar
• Max Bennett – electric bass
• Jim Gordon – drums, percussion
• King Errison – congas
• Jack Arnold – percussion
• John Audino – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Buddy Childers – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Dalton Smith – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bill Peterson – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bud Brisbois – trumpet
• Tony Terran – trumpet
• David Duke – French horn
• Dick Leith – trombone
• Plas Johnson – flute, clarinet
• Jim Horn – flute, tenor saxophone
• William Green – flute, piccolo
• Gene Cipriano – flute, oboe, English horn, piccolo
• Brad Bauder – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Jimmy Getzoff – violin
• Harry Bluestone – violin
• Paul Shure – violin
• Garry Nuttycombe – viola
• Douglas Davis – cello
• Catherine Gotthoffer – harp

Charts

Album

Chart (1969)	Peak [3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	35
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	10

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US [3]	US R&B [3]
1969	"Grazing in the Grass"	3	5
	"Going in Circles"	15	3

References

1. Hamilton, Andrew. Grazin' review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 265.
3. "US Charts > The Friends of Distinction". Billboard . Retrieved January 12, 2017.

External links

• Grazin' at Discogs (list of releases)