Tower Of Power "Direct" (1981) -Funk / Jazz Rock-

Label : Sheffield Lab, Inc.

 Side One

01 - Fanfare / You Know It (Greg Adams) / (Emilio Castillo & Stephen 'Doc' Kupka)
02 - You're Gonna Need Me (Albert King)
03 - Squib Cakes (Chester Thompson)

Side Two

01 - That's Why I Sing (Chester Thompson)
02 - What Is Hip (Emilio Castillo, Stephn 'Doc' Kupka & David Garibaldi)
03 - Never Let Go Of Love (Michael Jeffries, Greg Levias & Hilary Thompson)


Produced & Engineered by Larry Brown for The Pasha Music Organization
Executive Producers : Lincoln Mayorga & Doug Sax
For Pasha : Spencer Proffer
Assistant Engineer : Mike Sanders
Chief Engineer for Sheffield Lab : Steve Haselton
Engineering Technician : Tom Pessagno
Production Coordinator : Patricia Meredith

Tower Of Power :
Saxophones : Emilio Castillo, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka & Lenny Pickett
Brass : Greg Adams, Mic Gillette & Rick Waychesko
Guitar : Willy Fulton
Drums : Mark Sanders
Lead Singer : Michael Jeffries
Keyboards : Chester Thompson
Bass : Vito San Filippo

Guest Percussionist : Victor Feldman
Guest Singers : Jim Gilstrap, Edie Lehmann & Oren Waters


Side One

01 - Fanfare / You Know It

Arranged by Greg Adams

02 - You're Gonna Need Me

Lead vocal : Willy Fulton

03 - Squib Cakes

Arranged by Chester Thompson
Saxophone Solo : Lenny Pickett
Flugelhorn Solo : Greg Adams

Side Two

01 - That's Why I Sing

Arranged by Chester Thompson

02 - What Is Hip

Arranged by Greg Adams
Trumpet Solo : Greg Adams

03 - Never Let Go Of Love

Arranged by Greg Adams
Saxophone Solo : Lenny Pickett