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Herbie Hancock
Directstep

Album JP 1979 on CBS/Sony label
Jazz (Soul-Jazz, Fusion, Disco)

Plating and Pressing: CBS/Sony Records Ⓒ 1979 CBS/Sony Inc. / ℗ 1979 CBS/Sony Inc. / Manufactured by CBS/Sony Inc. (Tokyo Japan) This is a analog "Direct To Disk" Mastersound Recording Recorded October 17 & 18, 1978 at CBS/SONY Studio, Tokyo, Japan

     
Musicians
PortraitHerbie Hancock p, *1940 US
vocals, clavinet, vocoder, sennheiser, synthesizer, oberheim, prophet, yamaha cs-80, mini-moog, electric piano, rhodes, album by, written by
PortraitWebster Lewis org, ep, 1943-2002 US
backing vocals, electric piano, rhodes, synthesizer, prophet, yamaha cs-40, arp string ensemble, multi-moog, organ, hammond b-3
PortraitBill Watts voc, g,
crew, for herbie hancock
PortraitBryan Bell ,
crew, for herbie hancock, engineer, recording
Larry Cell
crew, for herbie hancock
PortraitPat Quinn voc, dr,
crew, for herbie hancock
PortraitAlphonse Mouzon dr, *1948 US
drums
PortraitPaul Jackson eb, b, *1947 US
electric bass, bass, written by
PortraitRay Obiedo g, *1952 US
electric guitar, guitar
PortraitBill Summers perc, *1948 US
percussion, written by
PortraitBennie Maupin ts, *1940 US
soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, lyricon, written by
Producers
Yoshio Nakanishi art direction
Atsuya Sano coordinator, production
Hiroshi Kanai coordinator, production
Keiichi Nakamura coordinator, production
Namihiko Sasaki coordinator, production
Yasohachi Itoh coordinator, production
Kazuyoshi Ujihara design
Hirohiko Yamanaka engineer, assistant
Takeshi Sukegawa engineer, assistant
Eiji Taniguchi engineer, mastering
Mitsuru Kasai engineer, mastering
David Rubinson engineer, mixing
Fred Catero engineer, mixing, engineer, recording
Tomoo Suzuki engineer, recording
Yozo Iwanami liner notes
Tadayuki Naitoh photography by, cover
Akira Aimi photography by, liner
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. producer
Album Tracks   
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1ButterflyHerbie HancockHerbie Hancock, Jacques Burvick7:55
2Shiftless ShuffleHerbie HancockBennie Maupin, Bill Summers, Harvey Mason, Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson7:02
3 I Thought It Was YouHerbie HancockHerbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen, Melvin Ragin15:32

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