Album US 1979 on Columbia label
R&B/Soul (Funk)
Label variant and Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman press. Paulhino da Costa courtesy of Pablo Records The Jones Girls (Shirley, Brenda and Valorie) courtesy of Philadephia International Records Special thanks to Peter Sultzbach and Doug Sohn; to Cheryl Lynn and Eric Kronfeld; To Peter Shells, Richard Leher and Jerry Swartz; to Jerry Perkins, Brian (Red) Miller, Glenn Franzen, Michelle Zarin and Dodi Gronau; to John Richardson and Morpheus Lights, and to Sound On Stage; to Tina Urban, Chris Stone and the Record Plant People; to Bill Traut, Ron Davis and to Studio Instrument Rentals (S.F.); and to Walt Thornton and everyone at Doten Pontiac, "back on the streets" In Oakland !
Tower Of Power , *1968 US album by, arranged by, rhythm | |
Stephen Kupka bs, *1946 US baritone saxophone, backing vocals, written by | |
Vito Sanfilippo b, voc, US bass, backing vocals | |
Steve Zeifman cgi artist, color printing | |
David Garibaldi dr, drums, electronic drums, syndrum, written by | |
Danny Hoefer guitar, soloist, guitar | |
John Golden , US lacquer cut by, mastered by | |
Michael Jeffries voc, *1954 lead vocals, backing vocals, written by | |
Chester Thompson key, organ, clavinet, backing vocals, piano, acoustic, electric piano, fender rhodes, synthesizer, mini-moog, arranged by, horns, arranged by, horns/strings, written by, soloist, organ, arranged by, horns | |
Lenny Pickett fl, *1954 US alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, synthesizer, backing vocals, tenor saxophone, 1st tenor, arranged by, horns, written by | |
Emilio Castillo ts, voc, *1950 backing vocals, producer, engineer, mixingsupervision, tenor saxophone, 2nd tenor, written by | |
Greg Adams tr, fh, CA trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals, arranged by, horns/strings | |
Mic Gillette tb, tr, 1951-2016 US trumpet, trombone, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn, bass trombone, backing vocals | |
Bill Lamb tr, tb, brass, additional | |
Paulinho Da Costa perc, cng, *1948 BR percussion | |
McKinley Jackson alp, US producer, arranged by, rhythm, producer, arranged by, horns/strings, arranged by, rhythm | |
Eddie "Bongo" Brown cng, perc, 1932-1984 US percussion | |
Gayle Levant hrp, US harp | |
Greg Crockett bvoc, b, g, guitar, additional, written by, guitar, additional | |
Cheryl Lynn bvoc, voc, *1957 US lead vocals | |
Richard Evans b, producer, arranged by, strings |
Phil Jamtaas engineer, assistant |
Rick Sanchez engineer, assistant |
Steve Fontana engineer, assistant |
Mike Stone engineer, mix |
Paul Serrano engineer, recording |
Alan Chinowsky engineer, mix, engineer, recording |
Jim Gaines engineer, mix, engineer, recording |
Jeff World Associates management |
Bruce Steinberg photography by, design, art direction |
Tower Of Power producer |
The Jones Girls backing vocals, additional |
Harry Bluestone concertmaster |
Richard Evans producer |
Sol Bobrov concertmaster |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Rock Baby | Tower Of Power | Greg Crockett, Michael Jeffries | 4:44 |
2 | Our Love | Tower Of Power | Clifford Coulter, Edward McGee | 3:32 |
3 | Heaven Must Have Made You | Tower Of Power | Geoffrey Leib | 3:32 |
4 | And You Know It | Tower Of Power | Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka | 3:00 |
5 | Nowhere To Run | Tower Of Power | Holland-Dozier-Holland | 4:32 |
6 | Something Calls Me | Tower Of Power | Lenny Pickett | 4:22 |
7 | It Takes Two (To Make It Happen) | Tower Of Power | Chester Thompson, David Garibaldi, Emilio Castillo, Michael Jeffries | 3:34 |
8 | In Due Time | Tower Of Power | Michael Jeffries, Greg Crockett | 4:09 |
9 | Just Make A Move (And Be Yourself) | Tower Of Power | Chester Thompson | 5:07 |