Pressin' On is a studio album by the American musician Billy Preston , released in 1982.[ 3] [ 4] It was his final album released on Motown Records , although he would briefly return to the label in 1986 to record one single ("Since I Held You Close"). The song "I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye" was used for the Ed Asner /Jodie Foster film O'Hara's Wife . Norman Seeff was the photographer for the album's cover. The album was produced primarily by Preston, Galen Senogles, and Ralph Benatar.[ 5]
"Pressin' On" (Benny Medina , Billy Preston, Kerry Ashby) - 5:15
"I'd Like to Go Back Home Again" (Medina, Preston, Ashby) - 5:05
"Loving You Is Easy ('Cause You're Beautiful)" (Preston) - 4:17
"Turn It Out" (Medina, Preston, Ashby) - 3:44
"I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye" (Artie Butler , Molly Ann Leikin) - 3:39
"Thanks But No Thanks" (Ralph Benatar, Galen Senogles, Geoffrey Leib ) - 3:54
"Don't Try to Fight It" (Benatar, Senogles) - 4:18
"I Love You So" (Preston) - 4:12
"I Come to Rest in You" (Preston, Guy Finley) - 3:52
Billy Preston – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements (1-4, 8)
Bill Mays – additional keyboards
Louis Johnson , Larry Lingle, Thom Rotella and David T. Walker – guitars
Louis Johnson, Kenny Lee Lewis, Chuck Rainey and Neil Stubenhaus – bass
Gary Ferguson, James Gadson and Steve Schaeffer – drums
Paulinho da Costa , Alan Estes, Victor Feldman and Bobbye Hall – percussion
Dorothy Ashby – harp
Heart Attack Horns – horns
Ralph Benatar – horn and string arrangements, arrangements (1-4, 6, 7)
David Blumberg – arrangements (9)
William Henderson – concertmaster
Maxi Anderson, Merry Clayton , Venetta Fields , Bunny Hull, Marlena Jeter, Sharon Robinson , Carla Vaughn, Tony Walthers, Julia Tillman Waters and Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
Tony James – executive producer
Ralph Benatar – producer (1-4, 6, 7)
Billy Preston – producer (1-4, 8, 9)
Galen Senogles – producer (1-4, 6, 7), engineer
Artie Butler – producer (5)
Rick Riccio – engineer
Russ Terrana – engineer
Tony Autore, Dean Knight, Murray McFadden, Deborah Scott and James Warmack – assistant engineers
Johnny Lee – art direction
Ian Campbell – design
Norman Seeff – photography
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^ "Billboard's Recommended LPs". Billboard . Vol. 94, no. 36. Sep 11, 1982. p. 55.