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Albums · 1983

Hello Big Man

1983 · Warner Bros.

Named for her parents' first meeting; includes the reggae-flavored 'Why' (a UK Top 10 hit produced by Chic's Rodgers & Edwards for the film Soup for One, 1982).

From the liner notes

Producer
Mike Mainieri
Engineering
Neil Dorfsman and Scott Litt at the Power Station; mixed by Frank Filipetti at Right Track
Musicians
Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare (rhythm section, notably on "Is This Love?"); Tony Levin (bass); Hugh McCracken, Andy Summers, Elliott Randall (guitars); Don Grolnick (keyboards); Peter Wood (synthesizers); Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin (trumpets); Ronnie Cuber, Lou Marini (saxophones)
Voices
Kate, Hugh, Ben and Sally Taylor; Lucy Simon
Artwork
Photography by Lynn Kohlman (cover) and Peter Simon (inner sleeve)

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