Luxury You Can Afford
Luxury You Can Afford is the seventh studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1978 on Asylum Records, his only release for that label.Track listing
- "Fun Time" – 2:39
- "Watching the River Flow" – 3:16
- "Boogie Baby" – 3:51
- "A Whiter Shade of Pale" – 5:27
- "I Can't Say No" – 2:51
- "Southern Lady" – 3:16
- "I Know " – 3:08
- "What Did You Do to Me Last Night" – 3:28
- "Lady Put the Light Out" – 4:46
- "Wasted Years" – 4:49
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" – 4:29
Personnel
- Joe Cocker – lead vocals, harmonica
- Barry Beckett – acoustic piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, ARP String Ensemble, Hammond organ
- Richard Tee – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes
- Allen Toussaint – string & horn arrangements, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, clavinet
- Randy McCormick – Fender Rhodes, clavinet
- Billy Preston – Hammond organ
- Dr. John – Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ
- Donny Hathaway – Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano
- Mitch Chakour – guitar, acoustic piano
- Cliff Goodwin – guitar
- Pete Carr – lead guitar, slide guitar, guitar
- Cornell Dupree – guitar
- Larry Byrom – lead guitar
- Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
- Joey Murcia – guitar
- George Terry – guitar
- Howie Hersh – bass guitar
- Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
- David Hood – bass guitar
- Rick Danko – bass guitar
- John Riley – drums
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Roger Hawkins – drums
- Bernard Purdie – drums
- Hank Crawford – alto saxophone
- Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
- Ronald Eades – baritone saxophone
- Gary Brown – tenor sax solo
- David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
- Harvey Thompson – tenor sax solo, tenor saxophone
- Bobby Keys – tenor sax solo
- Charles Rose – trombone
- Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
- Phillip Guilbeau – trumpet
- Harrison Calloway, Jr. – trumpet, horn arrangements
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Clyde Kerr Jr. – trumpet solo
- Clydie King – backing vocals
- Ann Lang – backing vocals
- Mona Lisa Young – backing vocals
Production
- Producers – Barry Beckett and Allen Toussaint
- Executive Producer – Michael Lang
- Engineers – Bill Gazecki, Skip Godwin, Gregg Hamm, Jerry Masters, Steve Melton and Alex Sadkin.
- Assistant Engineers – Bob Gore, Roberta Grace, Sheila Taylor and David Yates.
- Recorded at Criteria Studios ; Sea-Saint Studios ; Muscle Shoals Sound Studios ; Elektra Sound Recorders.
- Mixing on Tracks 2, 5, 6, 7 & 10 – Barry Beckett
- Mastered by Terry Dunavan
- Mixed and Mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders.
- Design – Johnny Lee
- Photography – Gary Heery
Chart performance
