Catalog Number(s):
LT-51145 (Stereo LP)
Released: June 3, 1983
Peaked:Didn’t Chart
Recorded March 18, 21, 1983 at Britannia Studios, Hollywood, CA
Producer: Snuff Garrett & Steve Dorff for Garrett Music Enterprises
Arranged & Conducted by: Steve Dorff
*Arranged by: John Hobbs
**Arranged by: Larry Herbstritt
Session Co-ordinator: Dave Pell
Engineer: Greg Venable & Russell Bracher
Musicians:
unknown
Background Voices:
Gene Morford Singers plus Maxine Willard, Julia Tillman and Clydene Jackson
Direction: Michael T. Brokaw/Kragen & Company
Art Direction: Henry Marquez
Design: Amy Nagasawa
Photography: Harry Langdon
Special Thanks:
Snuff Garrett and Steve Dorff, my producers. It was great working with the two of you.
Rupert Perry – Thank you for your contributions and support.
Mark Levinson – Thanks for always standing by me.
Lynn Shults and Paul Lovelace – for keeping the home fires burning.
Michael Brokaw – my gratitude and extra special appreciation for always being so dedicated to my career.
A sincere thank you to Ken Kragen, Dick Williams, Jack Satter, Shelly Green, Bob Singer, Gary Gersh, Frenchy Gauthier, Kathy Keep, Henry Marquez, David Budge, Bob Alou, Howard Bernstein, Dave Blandford, Jack Doherty, Jon Donovan, Stan Gleason, Michael Harris, Bebop Nobel, Mark Kargol, Terry Lawson, Cristie Marcus, Chal Martina, Alex Maye, Gerrie McDowell, Steve Powell, Tom Shoberg, Rich Tamburro, Linda Vitale, Ben Watson, Dale White.
The entire field and sales staff: Ira Derfler, Ron Hughbanks, Jerry Brackenridge, Terry Sautter, Rich Hathorne, Tom Tilton, Larry Hathaway, Paul Rose, Vyto Lazauskas, Clay, Marcia, Mavis, Denise, Donna, Paula, Mary, Roy, Karen, Amy, Julie, Judith, Chloe, Karen.
Singles Released From Album:
B-1500 Tulsa Ballroom / The Woman In Love With You – 20-05-83
B-1506 The Night Love Let You Down / He’s All I Need – 09-83
Side One
- 1. Overnight Sensation * (Jerry Fuller)
- 2. Tulsa Ballroom (Dwayne Bladwell – John Durrill)
- 3. The Night Love Let You Down (S. Stone – J. Cunningham)
- 4. The Woman In Love With You (Steve Dorff – G. Harju)
- 5. I Make A Great Cup Of Coffee (J. Harrington – J. Pening)
Side Two
- 6. Who’s That Look In Your Eye (R. Byrne – T. Brasfield)
- 7. He’s All I Need (Dottie West – Jeannie Seely)
- 8. If I Ever Cross Your Mind ** (G. Sklerov – H. Lloyd)
- 9. Hate The Lies; Love The Liar (David Mack – Stephen Dorff)
- 10. Read My Lips (M. Blatte – L. Gottlieb)
Reviews
She shines on Tulsa Ballroom, a blue-note, 1940s-sounding number just made for slow dancing. Her vocal chords run a gamut of intensities—for instance, on The Night Love Let You Down, she moves from whispery, sensual growls to throaty, soaring outbursts. “New Horizons” is a showcase of love songs, in one form or another. I Make A Great Cup Of Coffee is an upbeat country/pop piece about what follows the one-night stand, and Overnight Sensation addresses the probability that what will happen overnight will be, well, sensational.
The Woman In Love With You and If I Ever Cross Your Mind are good, solid, simple love ballads; Garrett and Dorff do seem to know when to ease off the orchestrated overdrive and let Dottie’s voice come front and center. He’s All I Need is a basically country ballad about finding a romantic replacement (“He’s not all you were/But he’s all I need”). On all the cuts, Dottie sings with conviction and enthusiasm, giving some of the material, like Who’s That Look In Your Eye, a soulful sassiness and a bluesy pop-market appeal. She may have been “raised on country sunshine,” but now she’s gleaming in areas outside the cornfield. (Music City News, September 1983)
