28/01/2014

Tower Of Power "Bump City" (1972) -Funk / Soul-



Label : Warner Bros. Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - You Got To Funkifize (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
02 - What Happened To The World That Day? (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
03 - Flash In The Pan (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
04 - Gone (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Skip Mesquite)
05 - You Strike My Main Nerve (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo, Lenny Williams & Alan Gordon)

Side 2

01 - Down To The Nightclub (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & David Garibaldi)
02 - You're Still A Young Man (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
03 - Skating On Thin Ice (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
04 - Of The Earth (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)


Produced by Ron Capone (For Trans Maximus) & Tower Of Power

Tower Of Power :
Rick Stevens : Lead vocals
Skip Mesquite : First Tenor Sax, Flute, Vocals (Lead vocal on "Gone")
Emilio Castillo : Second Tenor Sax, Vocals
Greg Adams : Trumpet, Flugelhorn (Solo on "Gone"), French Horn, Piano (On "Gone"), Vocals
Stephen "Doc" Kupka : Baritone Sax, Vocals
Mic Gillette : Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Vocals
Willie James Fulton : Guitar, Vocals
David Garibaldi : Drums
Francis "Rocco" Prestia : Bass
Brent Byars : Conga Drums, Vocals

Jay Spell : Piano & Organ on "What Happened To The World That Day?", "You're Still A Young Man" & "Of The Earth"
Memphis Strings (Arranged & Conducted by Greg Adams) on "What Happened To The World That Day?", "You're Still A Young Man" & "Of The Earth"

Recording Engineer Ron Capone
Remix Engineers : Steve Cropper & Ron Capone
Recorded at TMI Sound Studios in Memphis, Tennessee
Digital Mastering by Lee Herschberg