The Crusaders "Free As The Wind" (1977) -Jazz Funk-

Label : ABC Records / Blue Thumb

 Side A

01 - Free As The Wind (Joe Sample)
02 - I Felt The Love ('Stix' Hooper)
03 - The Way We Was (Robert 'Pop' Popwell)
04 - Nite Crawler (Larry Carlton)

Side B

01 - Feel It ('Stix' Hooper, Wilton Felder, Larry Carlton, Robert 'Pop' Popwell & Lamont Dozier)
02 - Sweet n' Sour (Joe Sample)
03 - River Rat (Wilton Felder)
04 - It Happens Everyday (Joe Sample)


'Stix' Hooper : Drums & Percussion
Joe Sample : Keyboards
Wilton Felder : Saxes
Larry Carlton : Guitar
Robert 'Pops' Popwell : Bass

Special Guests :
Ralph MacDonald : Special Percussion (All Selections)
Dean Parks : Guitar (All Selections)
Arthur Adams : Guitar ("It Happens Everyday")
Roland Bautista : Guitar ("Feel It" & "River Rat")

Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion ("Feel It")

A Special Thanks to Joe Sample for Strings & Horn Orchestrations from your brother Crusaders

A Crusaders Production Produced by Stewart Levine in Association with The Crusaders
Recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, December, 1976
Engineered & Mixed by Rik Pekkonen
Mastering by Bernie Grundman