Having a Party (Pointer Sisters album)

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Having a Party
Studio album by Pointer Sisters
Released	1977
Recorded	at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles and Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, CA; 1976 - 1977.
Genre	R&B/funk/soul
Label	Blue Thumb
Producer	David Rubinson
Pointer Sisters chronology
Steppin' (1975) Having a Party (1977) Energy (1978)

Having a Party is an album released by American family vocal group the Pointer Sisters, in 1977. It was a series of lasts for the group in many ways. With youngest member June out for a brief time, the remaining trio of Ruth, Anita and Bonnie recorded what some critics deemed a half-hearted set. As it turned out, it would be the last album to feature Bonnie, the last album to feature David Rubinson as their producer and the last album the group recorded for Blue Thumb splitting for Planet Records a year after this album and bringing back in June for a new chapter in the group's career.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Having a Party" (Sam Cooke)
2. "Don't It Make You Crazy?" (Ted Ashford)
3. "I Need a Man"
4. "Waiting on You"
5. "I'll Get By Without You"
6. "Bring Your Sweet Stuff Home to Me"
7. "Lonely Gal"

[edit] Personnel

• bass - Chuck Domanico, Gene Santini, James Jamerson, Louis Johnson, Willie Weeks
• drums - Ed Greene, Gaylord Birch, James Gadson
• guitars - Robert Bowles, Chris Michie, David T. Walker, Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr.
• keyboards - Sonny Burke, Stevie Wonder, Tom Salisbury
• sax - Ernie Watts
• steel drums - Andy Narell
• percussion - Kenneth Nash
• arranger - Sonny Burke
• producer - David Rubinson
• engineers - David Rubinson, Fred Catero