Rhino's 2002 release The Very Best of Ashford & Simpson comes very close to being a complete greatest hits, but it stumbles on a major point -- it only contains two songs from the group's Capitol recordings from the early '80s, including the hit "Solid." The rest is devoted to the duo's Warner recordings of the '70s. This isn't a bad thing, actually, since Ashford & Simpson were at their creative peak then, and this collection also touches on their superb writing gig at Motown with an opening live medley. So, this hits nearly all the bases -- but misses just enough to stop it from being definitive. Still, it's arguably the best Ashford & Simpson collection assembled, and it will satisfy many listeners looking for a collection like this. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
The Very Best of Ashford & Simpson
01/15/2002 | Rhino Flashback
Videos from The Very Best of Ashford & Simpson
All Music Guide Review
The Very Best of Ashford & Simpson Track Listing
Credits of The Very Best of Ashford & Simpson
- Arthur Maebe
- French Horn
- Raymond Maldonado
- Trumpet
- Johnny Mandel
- Percussion, Synthesizer Arrangements
- Tony May
- Engineer
- Hugh McCracken
- Guitar
- Ullanda McCullough
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Sidney Muldrow
- French Horn
- Chris Parker
- Drums
- Robert Payne
- Trombone
- Leon Pendarvis
- Horn Arrangements
- Johnny Potoker
- Assistant, Vocal Engineer
- Walter Raim
- String Arrangements
- Ed Rak
- Mixing
- Alan Raph
- Trombone (Bass)
- Paul Riser
- Arranger, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Glenn Rosenstein
- Assistant
- Zachary Sanders
- Vocals
- Elliot Scheiner
- Engineer, Assistant, String Engineer, Mixing
- Andy Schwartz
- Guitar
- Henry Sigismonti
- French Horn
- Valerie Simpson
- Piano, Rhythm Arrangements, Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement, Producer
- Andrew Smith
- Drums
- Jeff Stewart
- Assistant
- John Sussewell
- Drums
- Bruce Swedien
- Engineer, Mixing
- Richard Tee
- Organ, Keyboards, Piano
- Brooks Tillotson
- French Horn
- David Tofani
- Horn, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
- Steve Tose
- String Engineer, Horn Engineer
- Harold Vick
- Horn
- Donald Waldrop
- Trombone
- Matthew Weiner
- Assistant
- Chauncey Welsch
- Trombone
- Philip Woo
- Moog Synthesizer
- Snooky Young
- Trumpet
- Carla Bandini
- Assistant
- Ollie Cotton
- Assistant
- Craig Michaels
- Assistant
- Tim Cox
- Engineer
- Charlie Collins
- Drums
- Raymond Simpson
- Vocals (Background)
- Jimmy Simpson
- Mixing
- Mick Cantarella
- Assistant Engineer
- Nancy L. Hopkins
- Design
- Barry Benson
- Project Assistant
- Steven Chean
- Editorial Research
- Tom Greto
- Assistant
- Steve Woolard
- Discographical Annotation
- Robert Harari
- Assistant Engineer
- Ed Rackowitz
- Horn Engineer
- Frank Floyd
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Jerry Block
- Engineer
- Steve Jordan
- Drums
- Linda Randazzo
- Assistant
- David Earl Taylor
- Trombone
- Gladys Sanchez
- Project Assistant
- Randy Perry
- Project Assistant
- Amy Utstein
- Project Assistant
- Mike Alaire
- Assistant
- Leigh Hall
- Liner Note Coordination
- Tashion Macon
- Product Manager
- Jo Motta
- Project Coordinator
- Anthony DAmigo
- Assistant
- Bill Lamb
- Trumpet
- Donna Lynn
- Cover Photo
- Ralph MacDonald
- Percussion, Conga, Syndrum
- Andy Abrams
- String Engineer, Horn Engineer
- Malcolm Addey
- Assistant
- Joe Arlotta
- Assistant Engineer
- Joshie Armstead
- Vocals (Background), Voices
- Nickolas Ashford
- Vocals (Background), Producer, Rhythm Arrangements, Vocal Arrangement, Voices, Whistle (Human)
- Tom Bahler
- Director
- Dave Bargeron
- Trombone
- Crusher Bennett
- Percussion
- Glenn Berger
- Assistant
- Jim Bessman
- Liner Notes
- Michael Boddicker
- Synthesizer, Vocoder, Programming
- Oscar Brashear
- Trumpet
- Hugh Brown
- Art Direction
- Pete Cannarozzi
- Fender Rhodes
- David Carey
- Percussion
- Francisco Centeno
- Bass
- Chaka Khan
- Vocals
- Vivian Cherry
- Vocals
- Ray Chew
- Synthesizer, Mini Moog, Rhythm Arrangements, Clavinet
- Jon Child
- Engineer
- Eddie Daniels
- Sax (Alto)
- Jim Dougherty
- Vocal Engineer
- David Duke
- French Horn
- Sammy Figueroa
- Percussion
- Chuck Findley
- Trumpet
- Jerry Friedman
- Guitar
- Steve Gadd
- Drums
- Eric Gale
- Guitar
- Gregg Geller
- Compilation Producer
- Lani Groves
- Vocals
- Kevin Herron
- Assistant
- Harvey Hoffman
- Assistant, String Engineer
- Yogi Horton
- Drums
- Michael Hutchinson
- Engineer, Mixing
- Anthony Jackson
- Bass
- Virgil Jones
- Trumpet
- François Kevorkian
- Remixing
- Bob Liftin
- Engineer
- Charles Loper
- Trombone
- Niels Erik Lund
- Assistant
- John Tropea
- Guitar
- Ashford & Simpson
- Main Performer
- Patti Austin
- Concert Mistress
- Gwen Guthrie
- Vocals
- Luther Vandross
- Vocals
- Jimmy Cleveland
- Trombone
- Buddy Collette
- Horn
- Jon Faddis
- Trumpet
- Don Grolnick
- Keyboards
- Quincy Jones
- Arranger, Producer
- Hubert Laws
- Horn
- Rob Mounsey
- Synthesizer, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Bill Perkins
- Horn
- Jerome Richardson
- Horn
- Bud Shank
- Flute (Alto)
- George Young
- Horn, Sax (Alto)
- Howard Johnson
- Horn
- Seldon Powell
- Saxophone
- Bill Watrous
- Trombone
- Tommy Johnson
- Tuba


















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