Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Mandrill
2. Rollin' On
3. Symphonic Revolution
4. Peace and Love (Amani Na Mapenzi) Excerpt: Movement IV (Encounter) / Movement V (Beginning)
5. Lord of the Golden Baboon
6. Ape Is High
7. Cohelo
8. Git It All
9. Children of the Sun
10. I Refuse to Smile
11. Kofijahm
12. Hang Loose
13. Fencewalk
14. Hagalo
15. Don't Mess With People
16. Moroccan Nights
DISC 2:
1. Mango Meat
2. Fat City Strut
3. Love Song
4. Positive Thing
5. Road to Love
6. Armadillo
7. Khidja
8. House of Wood
9. Folks on a Hill
10. Gilly Hines
11. Can You Get It (Suzie Ceasar)
12. Funky Monkey
13. Love One Another
14. Too Late
15. Echoes in My Mind
| Details | | Distributor: | Fontana Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
FENCEWALK: THE ANTHOLOGY includes songs from all five of the bands Polydor releases, MANDRILL, MANDRILL IS, COMPOSITE TRUTH, JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN, and MANDRILLAND.
Mandrill includes: Carlos D. Wilson (vocals, guitar, alto saxophone, trombone, flute, bass, congas, timbales, percussion); Omar Mesa, Doug Rodrigues, Joaquin Jessup (vocals, guitar, percussion); Ric Wilson (vocals, tenor saxophone, percussion); Louis Wilson (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, drums, congas, percussion); Claude "Coffee" Cave (vocals, piano, electric piano, clavinet, organ, synthesizer, keyboards, vibraphone, percussion); Wilfredo "Wolf" Wilson (vocals, bass, congas, percussion); Bundie Cenac, Fudgie Kae (vocals, bass, percussion); Charles Padro, Neftali Santiago (vocals, drums, percussion).
Additional personnel includes: Paul Trejo, Elliott Randall, Cliff Morris (guitar); Douglas Cameron (violin); Dave Tofani (alto saxophone); David Conley (saxophone); Kenneth Mason (trumpet, flugelhorn); Alan Rubin (trumpet); Tom Malone (trombone); Greg Mathieson (piano); Rob Mounsey (electric piano); Paul Griffin (clavinet).
Producers: Beau Ray Fleming, Mandrill, Alfred V. Brown, Jeff Lane, Kenny Vance.
Compilation producer: Harry Weinger.
Engineers include: Kim King, Dave Palmer, Harry Maslin.
Includes liner notes by Pablo Guzman.
Digitally remastered by Gary N. Mayo (PolyGram Studios).
This is part of Polydor/Chronicles' Soul Essentials series.
By the '90s, the eclecticism of artists like Beck made the combining of genres in a pan-stylistic sound seem like a given. In the '70s, though, when Mandrill was fusing funk, rock, Latin music, R&B, and jazz, such conglomerations were far from the norm. Consequently, Mandrill stood out from their contemporaries as a group with wide-ranging influences and abilities. Their original albums contained so many stylistic detours that only a sturdy compilation like the two-disc FENCEWALK can provide an adequate overview of Mandrill's sound. Throughout, Latin polyrhythms mingle with searing hard-rock guitar, hard-hitting funk rhythms, and jazzy horns. The frequent use of chant-like vocals is indicative of the hippie-influenced collective spirit that was a major part of Mandrill's vision. Fans of everyone from Santana to P-Funk to Earth, Wind & Fire should find something to admire in FENCEWALK.
Editorial Reviews
...essential listening for hip-hop nationals, contemporary R&B fans, and rockers alike....delivered streetwise funk, sweet soul ballads, pan-Latin jams, and virile guitar rock with equal authority...
Vibe (05/01/1997)
...A word to anyone who passes on the two-disc FENCEWALK: THE ANTHOLOGY: you're missing out....Mandrill did it all; if you aren't hip to them, here's your chance to get with it.
JazzTimes (09/01/1997)
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