Pressin' On Explained

Pressin' On
Type:	Album
Artist:	Billy Preston
Cover:	Billy_Preston_Pressin_On_Album_Art.jpg
Released:	1982
Studio:	Salty Dog Recording Studios (Van Nuys, California); Evergreen Studios (Burbank, California); Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios (Hollywood, California).
Genre:	Soul, R&B
Label:	Motown
Producer:	Billy Preston, Galen Senogles, Ralph Benatar, Artie Butler
Prev Title:	The Way I Am
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	On the Air
Next Year:	1984

Pressin' On is a studio album by the American musician Billy Preston, released in 1982.^{[1] [2]} It was his final album released on Motown Records, although he would briefly return to the label in 1986 to record one single ("Since I Held You Close"). The song "I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye" was used for the Ed Asner/Jodie Foster film O'Hara's Wife. Norman Seeff was the photographer for the album's cover. The album was produced primarily by Preston, Galen Senogles, and Ralph Benatar.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Pressin' On" (Benny Medina, Billy Preston, Kerry Ashby) - 5:15
2. "I'd Like to Go Back Home Again" (Medina, Preston, Ashby) - 5:05
3. "Loving You Is Easy ('Cause You're Beautiful)" (Preston) - 4:17
4. "Turn It Out" (Medina, Preston, Ashby) - 3:44
5. "I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye" (Artie Butler, Molly Ann Leikin) - 3:39
6. "Thanks But No Thanks" (Ralph Benatar, Galen Senogles, Geoffrey Leib) - 3:54
7. "Don't Try to Fight It" (Benatar, Senogles) - 4:18
8. "I Love You So" (Preston) - 4:12
9. "I Come to Rest in You" (Preston, Guy Finley) - 3:52

Personnel

• Billy Preston – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements (1-4, 8)
• Bill Mays – additional keyboards
• Louis Johnson, Larry Lingle, Thom Rotella and David T. Walker – guitars
• Louis Johnson, Kenny Lee Lewis, Chuck Rainey and Neil Stubenhaus – bass
• Gary Ferguson, James Gadson and Steve Schaeffer – drums
• Paulinho da Costa, Alan Estes, Victor Feldman and Bobbye Hall – percussion
• Dorothy Ashby – harp
• Heart Attack Horns – horns
• Ralph Benatar – horn and string arrangements, arrangements (1-4, 6, 7)
• David Blumberg – arrangements (9)
• William Henderson – concertmaster
• Maxi Anderson, Merry Clayton, Venetta Fields, Bunny Hull, Marlena Jeter, Sharon Robinson, Carla Vaughn, Tony Walthers, Julia Tillman Waters and Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals

Production

• Tony James – executive producer
• Ralph Benatar – producer (1-4, 6, 7)
• Billy Preston – producer (1-4, 8, 9)
• Galen Senogles – producer (1-4, 6, 7), engineer
• Artie Butler – producer (5)
• Rick Riccio – engineer
• Russ Terrana – engineer
• Tony Autore, Dean Knight, Murray McFadden, Deborah Scott and James Warmack – assistant engineers
• Johnny Lee – art direction
• Ian Campbell – design
• Norman Seeff – photography

Notes and References

1. News: Leigh . Spencer . Billy Preston . The Independent . June 7, 2006.
2. Book: Betts . Graham . Motown Encyclopedia . 2014 . AC Publishing.
3. Billboard's Recommended LPs . Billboard . Sep 11, 1982 . 94 . 36 . 55.