A Whole New Thing (Billy Preston album)

For other uses, see Whole New Thing (disambiguation).

A Whole New Thing
Studio album by Billy Preston
Released	14 July 1977
Recorded	10–31 January 1977
Studio	Kendun Recorders, (Burbank, California) The Village Recorder (Westwood, Los Angeles)
Genre	Soul
Length	34:35
Label	A&M
Producer	Billy Preston, Truman Thomas
Billy Preston chronology
Billy Preston (1976) A Whole New Thing (1977) Late at Night (1979)

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A Whole New Thing is a studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1977. It was Preston's final album with A&M Records.

"Wide Stride" was released as a single in 1977 and peaked at number 33 on the US R&B chart.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Whole New Thing" (Truman Thomas, Jeffrey Bowen, James Ford)   – 3:35
2. "Disco Dancin'" (Billy Preston)   – 3:30
3. "Complicated Sayings" (Preston, Robert "Inky" Incorvaia)   – 2:54
4. "Attitudes" instrumental (Preston)   – 2:29
5. "I'm Really Gonna Miss You" (Preston)   – 3:48

Side two

1. "Wide Stride" instrumental (Preston)   – 3:15
2. "You Got Me Buzzin'" (Preston, Incorvaia)   – 2:42
3. "Sweet Marie" (Preston, Joe Greene)   – 3:40
4. "Happy" instrumental (Preston)   – 2:20
5. "Touch Me Love" (Preston, Jack Ackerman)   – 3:22
6. "You Don't Have to Go" (Preston, Greene)   – 3:00

Personnel

• Billy Preston – vocals (1–5, 7–11), keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion
• Kenny Moore – keyboards
• Truman Thomas – keyboards
• Eugene Henderson – guitars
• Tony Maiden – guitars
• Michael McGloiry – guitars
• Welton Gite – bass
• Keni Burke – bass
• Ollie E. Brown – drums
• Manuel Kellough – drums
• Alvin Taylor – drums
• Bobbye Hall – percussion
• Wynell Montgomery – saxophones
• Charles Garnett – trumpet
• Angelo Richards – trumpet
• Andre Crough – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
• Joe Greene – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
• Gloria Jones – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
• Clydie King – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)
• Frankie Spring – backing vocals (1–5, 7–11)

Production

• Truman Thomas – producer (1, 3, 7)
• Billy Preston – producer (2, 4–6, 8–11)
• Michael Schuman – recording, final mix engineer
• Roland Young – art direction
• Chuck Beeson – design
• Moshe Brakha – photography