Label : Warner Bros. Records & Rhino Entertainment
Disc 101 - Knock Yourself Out (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
02 - Back On The Streets Again (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
03 - Sparkling In The Sand (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & Lawrence Lopez)
04 - Down To The Nightclub (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & David Garibaldi)
05 - You're Still A Young Man (Emilio Castillo & Stephen 'Doc' Kupka)
06 - You Got To Funkifize (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
07 - What Happened To The World That Day? (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
08 - What Is Hip? (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & David Garibaldi)
09 - Will I Ever Find A Love? (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
10 - This Time It's Real (David Bartlett, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
11 - So Very Hard To Go (Emilio Castillo & Stephen 'Doc' Kupka)
12 - Soul Vaccination (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
13 - Below Us, All The City Lights (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
14 - Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong) (Emilio Castillo, Lenny Williams & Stephen 'Doc' Kupka)
15 - Squib Cakes (Chester Thompson)
Disc 2
01 - Oakland Stroke (Unedited Single Version) (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & David Garibaldi)
02 - Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream) (Lenny Williams & Johnny "Guitar" Watson)
03 - Time Will Tell (Emilio Castillo & Stephen 'Doc' Kupka)
04 - It's Not The Crime (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
05 - I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & Greg Adams)
06 - Only So Much Oil In The Ground (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
07 - Willing To Learn (Emilio Castillo & Stephen 'Doc' Kupka)
08 - You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & Frank Biner)
09 - Just Enough And Too Much (Emilio Castillo, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Frank Biner)
10 - As Surely As I Stand Here (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & Chester Thompson)
11 - Stroke '75 (Emilio Castillo & Stephen 'Doc' Kupka)
12 - The Soul Of A Child (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Bruce Conte & Emilio Castillo)
13 - You Ought To Be Havin' Fun (Hubert Tubbs, Emilio Castillo & Stephen 'Doc' Kupka)
14 - Simple As That (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & Frank Biner)
15 - Credit (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, John Whitney & Emilio Castillo)
16 - A Little Knowledge (Is A Dangerous Thing) (Nick Milo, Dana Meyers, Zeke Zirngiebel & Emilio Castillo)
17 - I Like Your Style (Emilio Castillo, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Nick Milo)
18 - Soul With A Capital "S" (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Emilio Castillo)
19 - Souled Out (Emilio Castillo, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Marlon McClain)
20 - So I Got To Groove (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo & Herman Matthews)
Original Recordings Produced by Emilio Castillo, Tower Of Power, David Rubinson, Ron Capone & Steve Cropper
Compilation Produced by Emilio Castillo, Michelle Zarin, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Gary Peterson & David McLees
Executive Producers : Michelle Zarin & Emilio Castillo
Project Coordination : Jo Motta
Remastering : Dan Hersch / DigiPrep
Sound Produced by Bill Inglot
Tower Of Power / On Record :
Lead vocals :
Rufus Miller (A) : Lead vocals
Rick Stevens (A-B) : Lead vocals on "Sparkling In The Sand" & Background vocals (A) & Lead vocals (B)
Lenny Williams (C-E) : Lead vocals
Hubert Tubbs (F-G) : Lead vocals
Edward McGee (H) : Lead vocals
Michael Jeffries (I-L) : Lead & Background vocals
Ellis Hall (M) : Lead vocals, Keyboards & Rhythm Guitar
Tom Bowes (N-O) : Lead & Background vocals
Brent Carter (P-R): Lead & Background vocals
Horns :
Emilio Castillo (A-R) : 2nd Tenor Sax, Background vocals, Alto Sax (A), Lead vocals on "It's Not The Crime", Colead vocals on "Down To The Nightclub" & "You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous"
Stephen 'Doc' Kupka : (A-R) : Baritone Sax, Oboe, English Horn & Background vocals
Greg Adams (A-O) : 2nd Trumpet, Flugelhorn, French Horn, Piano, Orchestra Bells, Conductor / Strings & Background vocals
Skip Mesquite (A-B) : 1st Tenor Sax, Flute & Background vocals
Mic Gillette (B-L) : 1st Trumpet, Trombone, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Bass Trombone, Superbone, Baritone Horn, French Horn & Background vocals
Lenny Pickett (C-K) : 1st Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Soprano Sax, Contrabass, Clarinet, Alto Flute, Flute, Piccolo, Lyricon, Synthesizer, Bass Sax & Bass Flute
Rick Waychesko (K) : 2nd Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Marc Russo (L) : Alto & 1st Tenor Sax
Lee Thornburg (M-O) : 1st Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone & Background vocals
Richard Elliot (M) : Alto, 1st Tenor Sax & Lyricon
Steve Grove (N) : Alto & 1st Tenor Sax
Bill Churchville (P-R) : 1st & 2nd Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Barry Danielian (P-Q) : 1st & 2nd Trumpet, Flugelhorn
David Mann (P) : 1st Tenor & Alto Sax
John Scarpulla (Q) : 1st Tenor & Alto Sax
Jesse McGuire (R) : 1st Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Norbert Stachel (R) : 1st Tenor & Alto Sax
Keyboards :
Chester Thompson (C-L) : Organ, Bass Pedals, Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes Piano & Background vocals
Nick Milo (N-R) : Keyboards
Guitar :
Willie Fulton (A-B-K-M) : Guitar & Background vocals
Bruce Conte (C-I) : Guitar & Background vocals
Danny Hoefer (J) : Guitar
Carmen Grillo (N-P) : Guitar & Background vocals
Jeff Tamelier (Q-R) : Guitar & Background vocals
Bass :
Francis 'Rocco' Prestia (A-H, M-R) : Bass
Victor Conte (I) : Bass
Vito San Filipo (J-L) : Bass
Drums & Percussion :
David Garibaldi (A-D, F-G, J-R) : Drums, Vibes, Syndrums & Background vocals
Brent Byars (B-D) : Congas & Bongos
David Bartlett (E) : Drums & Background vocals
Ronnie Beck (H-I) : Drums, Dhaka-di-bello & Background vocals
Mark Sanders (K-L) : Drums
Mick Mestek (M) : Drums
Russ McKinnon (N-O) : Drums & Percussion
Herman Matthews (P-Q) : Drums
With Guests :
(A) Mic Gillette : 1st Trumpet, Trombone & Flugelhorn
Ken Balzell : Trumpet
(C) Jay Spell : Piano on "Will I Ever Find A Love?", "This Time It's Real" & "So Very Hard To Go"
(D) Vincent De Rosa, David Duke & Richard Perissi : French Horn on "Below Us, All The City Lights"
Frank Rosolino & Tom Sheppard : Trombone on "Below Us, All The City Lights"
Bud Shank : Flute, Alto Flute, Alto Sax & Piccolo on ""Below Us, All The City Lights"
Harry Betts : Conductor on ""Below Us, All The City Lights"
Marilyn Scott & Pepper Watkins : Background vocals on "Can't You See" & "Don't Change Horses In The Middle Of A Stream"
Ray Gillette & Kell Houston : Trombone on "Time Will Tell"
Marilyn Scott & Alice Thompson : Background vocals on "Time Will Tell"
(E) Gerald Vinci : Concertmaster on "I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To" & "Willing To Learn"
Carter Collins : Conga on "Only So Much Oil In The Ground"
David Garibaldi : Drums on "Willing To Learn"
(F) Bootche Anderson, Marilyn Scott & Pepper Watkins : Background vocals on "Just Enough And Too Much", "As SurelyAs I Stand Here" & "The Soul Of A Child"
David Bartlett, Ron Beck, Frank Biner & Roger Rifkind : Additional Background vocals
(H) Pat Henley, Melba Joyce & Ivory Stone : Background vocals on "You Ought To Be Havin' Fun"
(O) Paul Perez : Ensemble Tenor & Alto Saxes
All Horn & String Arrangements by Greg Adams, except Horn Arrangements for the following : "Knock Yourself Out", "Back On The Streets Again", "Sparkling In The Sand" & "Don't Change Horses In The Middle Of A Stream" by Tower Of Power Horn Section ; "Squib Cakes" & "As Surely As I Stand Here" by Chester Thompson ; "Oakland Stroke" by Greg Adams & Tower Of Power Horn Section ; "Just Enough And Too Much" by Chester Thompson & Tower Of Power Horn Section ; "Souled Out" by Barry Danielian & David Mann ; "So I Got To Groove" by Dave Eskridge
(A) East Bay Grease
San Francisco / Atlantic #SD-204 (11/70) ; LPs #106
Produced by David Rubinson for Fillmore Corporation
Recorded & Mixed by David Rubinson
Recorded & Mixed at Mercury Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA
(B) Bump City
Warner Bros. #BS-2616 (5/72) ; LPs #85
Produced by Ron Capone (for Trans Maximus) & Tower Of Power
Recording Engineer : Ron Capone
Remix Engineers : Steve Cropper & Ron Capone
Recorded & Mixed at TMI Sound Studios, Memphis, TN
(C) Tower Of Power
Warner Bros. #BS-2681 (5/11/73) ; LPs #15
Produced by Tower Of Power
Production Supervision : Emilio Castillo
Recorded & Mixed by Jim Gaines
Mixing Assistant : Alan Chinowsky
Recorded & Mixed at Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA
(D) Back To Oakland
Warner Bros. #BS-2749 (2/18/74) ; LPs #26
Produced by Tower Of Power
Production Supervision : Emilio Castillo
Sound Production : Alan Chinowsky
Recording Engineers : Jim Gaines & Tom Flye
Remix Engineers : Jim Gaines & Alan Chinowsky
Recorded at Kaye / Smith Studios, Seattle, WA & Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
Mixed at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
(E) Urban Renewal
Warner Bros. #BS-2834 (1/3/75) ; LPs #22
Produced by Emilio Castillo & Tower Of Power
Engineers : Tom Flye & Alan Chinowsky
Assistant Engineers : Kurt Kinzel & Cris Morris
Recorded & Mixed at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
(F) In The Slot
Warner Bros. #BS-2880 (9/15/75) ; LPs #67
Produced by Emilio Castillo & Tower Of Power
Engineers : Tom Flye & Alan Chinowsky
Assistant Engineers : Kurt Kinzel & Cris Morris
Recorded & Mixed at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
(G) Live And In Living Color
Warner Bros. #BS-2924 (4/23/76) ; LPs #99
Produced by Emilio Castillo & Tower Of Power
Recording & Remix Engineers : Tom Flye & Alan Chinowsky
Assistant Engineers : Cris Morris & Tom Anderson
Recorded Live at Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA & Cerrito College, Norwalk, CA (by Record Plant Remote)
Mixed at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
(H) Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
Columbia #PC 34302 (8/76) LPs #42
Produced by Emilio Castillo & Tower Of Power
Production Assistance & Recording Engineer : Alan Chinowsky
Mixing Engineers : Alan Chinowsky & Jim Gaines
Assistant Engineers : Bob Edwards & Rich Ehrman
Recorded at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA ; Record Plant (3rd Street), Los Angeles, CA ; Record Plant, Sausalito, CA & CBS Studios, San Francisco, CA
Mixed at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
(I) We Came To Play!
Columbia #PC 34906 (3/78) LPs #89
Produced by Steve Cropper for Midnight Hour Music
Engineered by Alan Chinowsky
Assistant Engineers : Cheech d'Amico, Rick Sanchez, Steve Fontano & Alex Kashevaroff
Recorded & Mixed at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA & Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
(J) Back On The Streets
Columbia #JC-35784 (5/79) LPs #106
Produced by McKinley Jackson & Richard Evans, With Emilio Castillo & Tower Of Power
Recording Engineers : Alan Chinowsky, Jim Gaines & Paul Serrano
Mixing Supervision : Emilio Castillo
Mixing Engineers : Alan Chinowsky, Jim Gaines & Michael Stone
Assistant Engineers : Steve Fontano, Rick Sanchez & Phil Jamtaas
Recorded at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA ; Record Plant (3rd Street), Los Angeles, CA ; P.S. Studios, Chicago, IL ; Universal Recording Studio, Chicago, IL & United Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA & Record Plant (3rd Street), Los Angeles, CA
(K) Direct
Sheffield Lab #LAB-17 (10/81)
Produced & Engineered by Larry Brown for The Pasha Music Organization
Assistant Engineer : Mike Sanders
Chief Engineer for Sheffield Lab : Steve Haselton
Engineering Technician : Tom Pessagno
Recorded at Sheffield Lab Studios (At MGM), Culver City, CA
(L) Dinosaur Tracks
Recorded 1982
First Issued at Rhino / Handmade (limited Issue) #7412 (8/99)
Produced by Emilio Castillo
Recorded by Phil Jamtaas & Bill Thomas
Mixed by Lee Keifer, Clarke Rigsby & Tom Flye
Assistant Engineers : Carolyn Blades & Kevin Kimmel
Recorded at Record Plant (3rd Street), Los Angeles, CA ; Dawnbreaker Studios, San Fernando, CA & Different Fur Studios, San Francisco, CA
Mixed at Baby'O Recorders, Hollywood, CA ; Tempest Recording, Tempe, AZ & The Automatt, San Francisco, CA
(M) TOP
Genlyd Grammofon (Denmark) #GENCD-158 (1986)
Revised Version Domestically as Power
Cypress #YL-0106 (8/87)
Produced by Emilio Castillo
Coproduction by Double E Productions (Ellis Hall)
Engineered & Mixed by Ron Pendragon
"Credit" Mixed by George Massenburg
Second Engineers : Sharon Rice & Duane Seykora
Recorded & Mixed at The Complex, West Los Angeles, CA
(N) Monster On A Leash
Epic #EK-47387 (5/91)
Produced by Emilio Castillo
Recorded & Mixed by Al Schmitt
Assistant Engineers : Bob Loftus & Chris Rich
Recorded at Bill Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA & Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at at Bill Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA
(O) T.O.P
Epic #EK-52805 (3/93)
Produced by Emilio Castillo
Recorded by Ken Kessie & Maureen Droney
Mixed by Ken Kessie
Additional Engineering : Danny Alonso
Assistant Engineers : Danny Alonso, John Jackson, Randy Long, Pete Magdaleno, Pat Rodman & Louie Teran
Recorded & Mixed at Can-Am Recorders, Tarzana, CA ; Pacifique Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA ; Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA ; Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood, CA & Track Record, North Hollywood, CA
(P) Souled Out
Epic #EK-67218 (8/95)
Produced by Emilio Castillo & Jeff Lorber
"Souled Out" Produced by Emilio Castillo
Recorded by Ken Kessie, Alan Meyerson, Richard Bosworth, Jeff Lorber & Randy Faustino
Mixed by Alan Meyerson
Assistant Engineers : Roland Alvarez & Trent Slatton
Recorded at The Complex, West Los Angeles, CA ; JHL Sound, Pacific Palisades, CA ; Stagg Street Studio, Van Nuys, CA & Wings West Recording, Encino, CA
Mixed at JHL Sound, Pacific Palisades, CA
(Q) Rhythm & Business
Epic #68002 (9/97)
Produced by Emilio Castillo
Recorded by Ken Kessie
Mixed by Tom Flye, Ken Kessie & Alan Meyerson
"So I Got To Groove" Mixed by Tom Flye
Additional Engineering : David Bryant
Assistant Engineering : Troy Gonzalez & Zac Allentuck
Recorded & Mixed at House Of Blues, Los Angeles, CA ; Sony Music Studios, Santa Monica, CA ; Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA & JHL Sound, Pacific Palisades, CA
(R) Soul Vaccination : Tower Of Power Live!
Epic #BK-69829 (8/3/99)
Produced by Emilio Castillo
Recorded by Tom Flye & Biff Dawes
Mixed by Clarke Rigsby
Recorded Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA (by Design FK Remote Recording) ; The Fox Theatre, Stockton, CA (by Westwood One Mobile Recording)
Mixed at Tempest Recording, Tempe, AZ