Love, Togetherness & Devotion

Love, Togetherness & Devotion
Studio album by L.T.D.
Released	January 23, 1974
Recorded	1973
Studio	A&M Studios
Genre	Soul, funk
Label	A&M
Producer	Calvin Carter
L.T.D. chronology
Love, Togetherness & Devotion (1974) Gittin' Down (1974)

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Love, Togetherness & Devotion is the debut album release for the Los Angeles, California-based band L.T.D.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"To the Bone"	Jeffrey Osborne Abraham "Onion" Miller, Jr.	3:22
2.	"Elegant Love"	Billy Osborne J. Osborne	3:46
3.	"Not on Your Life"	Jimmie Davis C. Whitworth Miller	2:58
4.	"Gestures Unfulfilled"	Celeste Cole	3:59
5.	"What Goes Around"	B. Osborne	3:44
6.	"Success"	J. Davis Robert "Pondaza" Santiel	4:15
7.	"Thank You Mother"	B. Osborne J. Osborne	3:11
8.	"How Could You Be So Cold?"	J. Osborne Lorenzo Carnegie	2:46
9.	"Whatcha Wanna Do"	Miller Henry Davis	3:10
10.	"I Told You I'd Be Back"	J. Davis	3:20
11.	"Lucky Day"	Donna Prater Carle Vickers	5:51

Personnel

L.T.D.

• Carle Vickers - trumpet (1-6, 8-11), flugelhorn (2, 5, 7, 11), flute (4, 8), piccolo (1, 4), percussion (9), background vocals (4, 11)
• Jake Riley – trombone (1-6, 8-11), percussion (6)
• Lorenzo Carnegie – tenor saxophone (1, 6, 8-11), soprano saxophone (4), alto saxophone (2, 3, 5)
• Abraham "Onion" Miller – tenor saxophone (1-6, 8-11), percussion (3, 9), lead vocals (9)
• Toby Wynn – baritone saxophone (2, 3, 5, 6, 9-11), alto saxophone (1, 4, 8), percussion (9)
• Billy Osborne – organ and clavinet (1-6, 8-11), acoustic piano (5, 7), celeste (7), percussion (1, 2, 5, 10, 11), lead vocals (6), background vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11), arranger (7), vocal arranger (2, 5, 7)
• Jimmie Davis – electric piano, clavinet (7), acoustic piano (11), lead vocals (8), background vocals (1, 2, 4-7, 10, 11), arranger (1-6, 8-11), vocal arranger (6, 10)
• Henry Davis – bass guitar, flute (7)
• Jeffrey Osborne – drums, lead vocals (1-3, 5, 7, 11), background vocals (4, 6, 8, 10), percussion (2, 5, 7, 10), vocal arranger (1, 8, 9, 11)
• Robert "Pondanza" Santiel – congas, bongos, latin percussion
• Celeste Cole – lead vocals (2, 4), background vocals (1, 5-8, 10, 11), acoustic piano (4), percussion (5), vocal arranger (4)

Technical personnel

• Calvin Carter – producer
• Jerry Butler – executive producer
• Henry Lewy – engineer
• Milton Calice – assistant engineer

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak positions
Billboard Top R&B Albums	54

External links

• L.T.D.-Love, Togetherness & Devotion at Discogs