ArtistInfo
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
 | Herbie Hancock p, *1940 US vocals, clavinet, vocoder, sennheiser, synthesizer, oberheim, prophet, yamaha cs-80, mini-moog, electric piano, rhodes, album by, written by |
 | Webster 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 |
 | Bill Watts voc, g, crew, for herbie hancock |
 | Bryan Bell , crew, for herbie hancock, engineer, recording |
 | Larry Cell crew, for herbie hancock |
 | Pat Quinn voc, dr, crew, for herbie hancock |
 | Alphonse Mouzon dr, *1948 US drums |
 | Paul Jackson eb, b, *1947 US electric bass, bass, written by |
 | Ray Obiedo g, *1952 US electric guitar, guitar |
 | Bill Summers perc, *1948 US percussion, written by |
 | Bennie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Butterfly | Herbie Hancock | Herbie Hancock, Jacques Burvick | 7:55 |
| 2 | | Shiftless Shuffle | Herbie Hancock | Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers, Harvey Mason, Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson | 7:02 |
| 3 | I Thought It Was You | Herbie Hancock | Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen, Melvin Ragin | 15:32 |
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