On the Line
Gary U.S. Bonds
1982, EMI America Records
Songs
Hold On (To What You Got)
(Bruce Springsteen ASCAP)
 
Out Of Work
(Bruce Springsteen ASCAP)
 
Club Soul City
(Bruce Springsteen ASCAP)
 
Soul Deep
(Wayne Carson / Earl Barton Music, Inc. BMI)
 
Love's On The Line
(Bruce Springsteen ASCAP)
 
Turn The Music Down
(G. Bonds-L. Anderson / King Kong Music/Gary Bonds Music BMI)
 
Rendezvous
(Bruce Springsteen ASCAP)
 
Angelyne
(Bruce Springsteen ASCAP)
 
All I Need
(Bruce Springsteen ASCAP)
 
Bring Her Back
(G. Bonds-L. Anderson / King Kong Music/Gary Bonds Music BMI)
 
Last Time
(Steve Van Zandt / Blue Midnight ASCAP)
 
Liner Notes & Production Credits

Produced by Bruce Springsteen and Miami Steve

Lead Vocal: Gary U.S. Bonds

Background Vocals:  J.T. Bowen ("Out Of Work"); Chuck Jackson ("Club Soul City"); Miami Steve ("Angelyne"); Clarence Clemons; George Ruiz; Bill Derby; Joe Martin; Rusty Cloud; Joey Stann

Accordion: Danny Federici

Guitar: Bill Derby (Solo - "Turn The Music Down"); Joe Martin; Miami Steve (Solo - "Last Time")

Bass: George Ruiz; Garry Tallent

Drums: Mike Micara; Max Weinberg

Keyboards: Rusty Cloud (Solo throughout - "Bring Her Back"); Roy Bittan; Danny Federici (Solo - "Club Soul City")

Saxophone: Joey Stann (Solo - "Bring Her Back" and "Love's On The Line"); Clarence Clemons (Solo - "Angelyne" and "Out Of Work")

Recorded by Neil Dorfsman
Additional Recording by Bill Scheniman
Assisted by Garry Rindfuss and Josh Abbey
Recorded at the Power Station, New York City
Mixed by Toby Scott (except "Club Soul City" and "Last Time")
Assisted by Dana Bisbee
Mixed at Clover Recording Studios, Los Angeles
"Club Soul City" and "Last Time" mixed by Neil Dorfsman
Mixed at the Power Station, New York City
Mastered at Precision Lacquer by Stephen Marcussen

Thanks to Chuck Plotkin for his assistance in the completion of this album

Project Administrator: Ground Control, New York

Special thanks to: L&L Anderson, Bruce, Miami, Apostol, Landau, Arfa, Gersh, Gulick, Powell, Zax, Power Pammy, G.B. Orchestra, E Street Band, Newberry, Dorfsman, Plotkin, Scheniman, Scott, Chuck Jackson and everyone else I forgot to mention.

Chuck Jackson appears courtesy of Sugarhill Records, Limited.

Cover Photography: Alen MacWeeney

Sleeve Photography: Mark Weiss

Art Direction: Bill Burks

Design: Amy Nagasawa

Management/Direction: John Apostol, Apostol Enterprises, Ltd. New York

Song Lyrics

Last Time
Steven Van Zandt (Blue Midnight Music, 1980)

Where does the time go baby?
Seems like when I got here you were still a child
Listen to me baby
I would let the tears fall but that's not my style

Next time I see you we'll be older
And we'll be changed in ways we might not even see
And we may grow apart instead of closer
That's why tonight means everything to me

This may be the last time
Let's make it the best time
May be the last time
Let's make it the best time

Look at me baby
I wish I could answer all the questions in your eyes
What matters baby
Is that we look around and be proud of how we spent our lives

Listen baby -I didn't get here by complaining
And I'll be leaving the same way that I came
In you I saw myself and for that I'm grateful
I'm gonna make sure you remember my name

This may be the last time
Let's make it the best time
May be the last time
Let's make it the best time

Next time I see you we'll be older
And we'll be changed in ways we might not even see
And we may grow apart instead of closer
I just want to thank you for being here for me

This may be the last time
Let's make it the best time
May be the last time
Let's make it the best time
Song lyrics are reproduced by kind permission of Steven Van Zandt.

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