07/07/2025

The Mike Post Coalition "Fused" (1969) -Jazz Funk / Easy Listening-



Label : Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Briarwood Express (Mike Post)
02 - Lovingly (Mike Post & Pete Carpenter)
03 - Big Mouth Harp (Mike Post & Larry Knechtel)
04 - Not A Blade Of Grass (Pete Carpenter & Mike Post)
05 - The Great Guitar Hoax (Mike Post & Dave Cohen)
06 - Country Ode (Pete Carpenter & Mike Post)

Side 2

01 - Bubble Gum Breakthrough (Mike Post & Jim Gordon)
02 - Shady Groove (Mike Post & Walt Meskell)
03 - Afternoon Of The Rhino (Mike Post & Pete Carpenter)
04 - Noble Underground (Pete Carpenter)
05 - Overground Fusion (Mike Post)


Produced by Mike Post
Arranged & Conducted by Mike Post & Pete Carpenter
Engineered by Mic Lietz
Recorded at 30 IPS on Nemo's 8-track system in Studio A, United Recorders, Hollywood, California
June 18, June 26 & July 16, 1969
Copiyist : Howard Perry

The Coalition 
Drums : Jim Gordon
Percussion : Gary Coleman, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman, Kenny Watson
Guitars : Al Casey, Dave Cohen, Walt Meskell
Banjo : Walt Meskell
Piano : Larry Knechtel, Mike Melvoin
Harmonica : Larry Knechtel
Dobro : Al Casey
Trumpets : Bob Fowler, Ollie Mitchell, Tony Terran
Trombones : Pete Carpenter, Lew McCreary, Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, Phil Teele
Woodwinds : Gene Cipriano, Jim Horn, Julie Jacobe, Tom Scott, Bud Shank, Sheridan Stokes
French Horns & Tuben : Jimmy Decker, Vincent de Rosa, Dave Duke, Bill Hinshaw, Art Maebe
Violins : Sid Sharp (Concert Master), Murray Adler, Izzy Baker, Harry Bluestone, Dave Burk, Harold Dicterow, Assa Drori, Henry Ferber, Ronald Folsom, Jmmy Getzoff, William Kurasch, Marvin Limonick, Lenny Malarsky, Michael Nutt, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Paul Shure, Robert Sushel, Tibor Zelig
Celli : Douglas Davis, Joseph Di Tullio, Jesse Ehrlich, Nathan Gershman, Ray Keller, Jerome Kessler, Edgar Lusgarten, Kurt Reher, Emmet Sargeant, Frederick Seykora
Upright Bass : Don Bagley, Chuck Berghofer
Electric Bass : Larry Knechtel, Lyle Ritz
Additional Conductor : Carl Brandt
Contractor : Donnie Lanier


Side 1

01 - Briarwood Express 

Dobro Solo : Al Casey
Piano Solo : Mike Melvoin

02 - Lovingly 

Piano Solo : Mike Melvoin

03 - Big Mouth Harp 

Harmonica & Piano Solos : Larry Knechtel

04 - Not A Blade Of Grass 

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05 - The Great Guitar Hoax 

Guitar Solos : David Cohen

06 - Country Ode 

Flute Solo : Jim Horn
Guitar Solo : David Cohen

Side 2

01 - Bubble Gum Breakthrough 

Drums & Percussion Solos : Jim Gordon

02 - Shady Groove 

Banjo Solo : Walt Meskell

03 - Afternoon Of The Rhino 
04 - Noble Underground 

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05 - Overground Fusion

Piano Solo : Mike Melvoin