STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - USA FOR AFRICA - WE ARE THE WORLD

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Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . During this week in 1985, the stars who would comprise the charity supergroup, United Support of Artists for Africa (USA for Africa), got together in Los Angeles, to record the video for their hit single, "We Are the World". That song, produced to fight famine and disease in Africa, would inspire an album's worth of superstar collaborations. The album, also called We Are The World was released April 23, 1985 on Columbia Records,  and produced by Quincy Jones. It peaked at #32 in the UK, #8 in Germany, #6 in Australia and New Zealand, #5 in Austria, #4 in Sweden, and #1 in the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and on the Billboard 200. It has been certified 3X Platinum in the US. It's singles were the title track (#76 Hot Country Songs, #27 Mainstream Rock, #3 Denmark, #2 Austria, Germany, and #1 Australia, Belgium, Canada Top Singles, Canada Adult Contemporary, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Dutch Top 40, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary,  Hot Black Singles,  Hot Dance/Disco 12 Inch Singles Sales, and the Cash Box) and "Tears Are Not Enough" (#1 Canada).

The inside record sleeve serves as a catalog and the merchandise order form is still intact. 

USA for Africa – "We Are the World" (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie) – 7:02

Steve Perry – "If Only for the Moment, Girl" (Randy Goodrum, Steve Perry) – 3:44

The Pointer Sisters – "Just a Little Closer" (Robbie Nevil, Mark Mueller) – 3:53

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – "Trapped" (Live Version) (Jimmy Cliff) – 5:11

Side two

Northern Lights – "Tears Are Not Enough" (David Foster, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) – 4:21

Prince & The Revolution – "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" (Prince) – 2:45

Chicago – "Good for Nothing" (Richard Marx, Robert Lamm, David Foster) – 3:35

Tina Turner – "Total Control" (Martha Davis, Jeff Jourard) – 3:38

Kenny Rogers – "A Little More Love" (Thom Schuyler, J. Fred Knobloch) – 2:54

Huey Lewis and the News – "Trouble in Paradise" (Live Version) (Johnny Colla, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis, Mario Cipollina) – 4:34

Conductor
• Quincy Jones

Soloists (in order of appearance)
• Lionel Richie
• Stevie Wonder
• Paul Simon
• Kenny Rogers
• James Ingram
• Tina Turner
• Billy Joel
• Michael Jackson
• Diana Ross
• Dionne Warwick
• Willie Nelson
• Al Jarreau
• Bruce Springsteen
• Kenny Loggins
• Steve Perry
• Daryl Hall
• Huey Lewis
• Cyndi Lauper
• Kim Carnes
• Bob Dylan
• Ray Charles

Chorus (alphabetically)
• Dan Aykroyd
• Harry Belafonte
• Lindsey Buckingham
• Mario Cipollina (of Huey Lewis and the News)
• Johnny Colla (of Huey Lewis and the News)
• Sheila E.
• Bob Geldof
• Bill Gibson (of Huey Lewis and the News)
• Chris Hayes (of Huey Lewis and the News)
• Sean Hopper (of Huey Lewis and the News)
• Jackie Jackson
• La Toya Jackson
• Marlon Jackson
• Randy Jackson
• Tito Jackson
• Waylon Jennings
• Bette Midler
• John Oates
• Jeffrey Osborne
• Anita Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters)
• June Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters)
• Ruth Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters)
• Smokey Robinson

Instrument players
• John Barnes – keyboards & arrangement
• David Paich – synthesizers
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizers, programming
• Ian Underwood - synthesizers, programming
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Louis Johnson – synth bass
• Michael Omartian – keyboards
• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
• John Robinson – drums

The Canadian super group, Northern Lights, who perform on the track, "Tears Are Not Enough" is :

Solo vocalists (in order)
Gordon Lightfoot
Burton Cummings
Anne Murray
Joni Mitchell
Dan Hill
Neil Young
Bryan Adams
Corey Hart
Bruce Cockburn
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Mike Reno (Loverboy)

Heard in duos or trios

Mike Reno (Loverboy) with Liberty Silver
Carroll Baker, Ronnie Hawkins and Murray McLauchlan
Véronique Béliveau, Robert Charlebois and Claude Dubois (in French)
Bryan Adams with Donny Gerrard (Skylark)
Alfie Zappacosta with Lisa Dal Bello
Carole Pope (Rough Trade) and Paul Hyde (The Payola$)
Salome Bey, Mark Holmes (Platinum Blonde) and Lorraine Segato (The Parachute Club)

Chorus members included:

Liona Boyd
John Candy
Tom Cochrane (Red Rider)
Tommy Hunter
Martha Johnson
Eugene Levy
Dean McTaggart (The Arrows)
Frank Mills
Kim Mitchell
Bruce Murray
Oscar Peterson
Paul Shaffer
Graham Shaw
Jane Siberry
Leroy Sibbles
Ian Thomas
Sylvia Tyson
Barry Harris
Catherine O'Hara
Andy Kim
Wayne St. John
Brian Good (The Good Brothers)
Colina Phillips
Gordon Deppe (Spoons)
Richard Manuel (The Band)
Marc Jordan
Aldo Nova
Robin Duke
Sharon Lee Williams

Instrumentation and production
David Foster - Keyboards, Producer
Jim Vallance - Drums, Engineer, Associate Producer
Paul Dean (Loverboy) - Guitar
Steven Denroche - French Horn
Doug Johnson (Loverboy) - Synthesizer
David Sinclair (Straight Lines / Body Electric - Acoustic guitar
Hayward Parrott - Engineer
Geoff Turner - Engineer
Bob Rock (The Payola$) - Engineer
Humberto Gatica - Mixing Engineer