The Personal Touch

By: Oscar Peterson

Origin: Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Side 1

6 tracks

Some of These Days (Sheldon Brooks)

#1 Side 1 03:50
I'll Never Smile Again (Ruth Lowe)

#2 Side 1 02:33
The Waltz I Blew For Yew (Rob McConnell)

#3 Side 1 03:54
Swinging Shepherd Blues (Moe Koffman)

#4 Side 1 03:26
The Wheels of Life (Gino Vannelli)

#5 Side 1 03:41
Spinning Wheel (David Clayton-Thomas)

#6 Side 1 04:10

Side 2

7 tracks

Summer's Going (Marty Kolesnyk, Steve Cassini)

#1 Side 2 04:12
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise (Ernest Seitz)

#2 Side 2 02:24
You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum)

#3 Side 2 03:52
Theme for Celine (Oscar Peterson)

#4 Side 2 03:33
Sweethearts On Parade ( Carmen Lombardo, Joseph Dwight Newman)

#5 Side 2 02:28
Sometimes When We Touch (Barry Mann, Dan Hill)

#6 Side 2 05:09
The Personal Touch (Oscar Peterson)

#7 Side 2 00:56

About This Title

Oscar Peterson: piano, vocals
Ed Bickert: guitar (tracks A1, A2, A5 to B1, B3, B6)
Peter Leitch: guitar (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B4, B5)
Dave Young: bass
Jerry Fuller: drums
Clark Terry: trumpet, flugelhorn

Arranged by Rick Wilkins
Produced by Norman Granz
Rhythm and vocals recorded at McClear Place Studios, Toronto, Ontario, January 28, 29, 1980
Orchestra tracks recorded at Manta Sound Studios Toronto, Ontario, February 19, 1980

Photography by Fred Phipps
Art direction by Wayne R. Jordan