Summer Breeze (album)  

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Summer Breeze is the fourth album by the American soft rock band Seals and Crofts, released in 1972. It was a major commercial breakthrough for the group, and peaked at #7 on the Billboard album chart, and a single release of the title song reached the top ten as well.

Track listing

1. "Hummingbird" – 4:35
2. "Funny Little Man" – 3:29
3. "Say" – 3:19
4. "Summer Breeze" – 3:24
5. "East of Ginger Trees" – 3:01
6. "Fiddle in the Sky" – 3:54
7. "The Boy Down the Road" – 3:08
8. "The Euphrates" – 2:26
9. "Advance Guards" – 3:25
10. "Yellow Dirt" – 5:14

• All lyrics by Jim Seals, music by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, except "Say", music and lyrics by Seals and Crofts.

Personnel

• Jim Seals – vocals, fiddle, guitar, saxophone
• Dash Crofts – vocals, mandolin, electric guitar, piano
• Robert Lichtig – bass guitar, flute, clarinet
• Larry Knechtel – piano
• Clarence McDonald – piano
• Mike Lang – piano
• Michael Omartian – piano
• John Ford Coley – piano
• Jim Gordon – drums
• Jim Keltner – drums
• John Guerin – drums
• Russ Kunkel – drums
• Wilton Felder – bass guitar
• Harvey Brooks – bass guitar
• Joe Osborn – bass guitar
• Louie Shelton – bass guitar, electric guitar, background vocals, production
• Milt Holland – tambura, tabla
• King Errison – congas
• Red Rhodes – steel guitar
• John Hartford – banjo
• Jim Horn – flute
• Dee Higgins – background vocals
• Don Shelton – background vocals
• Marty Paich – string arrangement
• Dave Hassinger – first engineer
• Val Garay – second engineer
• Ed Thrasher – art direction
• Mark English – illustrations
• Dave Bhang – album design

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