Pressin' On
Pressin' On is a studio album by the American musician Billy Preston, released in 1982. It was his final album released on Motown Records, although he would briefly return to the label in 1986 to record one single. 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.
Track listing
- "Pressin' On" - 5:15
- "I'd Like to Go Back Home Again" - 5:05
- "Loving You Is Easy " - 4:17
- "Turn It Out" - 3:44
- "I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye" - 3:39
- "Thanks But No Thanks" - 3:54
- "Don't Try to Fight It" - 4:18
- "I Love You So" - 4:12
- "I Come to Rest in You" - 3:52
Personnel
- Billy Preston – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, arrangements
- 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 guitar
- 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
- David Blumberg – arrangements
- 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
- Billy Preston – producer
- Galen Senogles – producer, engineer
- Artie Butler – producer
- 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