Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Knock Yourself Out
2. Back on the Streets Again
3. Sparkling in the Sand
4. Down to the Nightclub
5. You're Still a Young Man
6. You Got to Funkifize
7. What Happened to the World That Day?
8. What Is Hip
9. Will I Ever Find a Love?
10. This Time It's Real
11. So Very Hard to Go
12. Soul Vaccination
13. Below Us, All the City Lights
14. Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)
15. Squib Cakes
DISC 2:
1. Oakland Stroke - (Unedited Single Version)
2. Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)
3. Time Will Tell
4. It's Not the Crime
5. I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To
6. Only So Much Oil in the Ground
7. Willing to Learn
8. You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous
9. Just Enough and Too Much
10. As Surely as I Stand Here
11. Stroke '75
12. Soul of a Child, The
13. You Ought to Be Havin' Fun
14. Simple as That
15. Credit
16. Little Knowledge, A (Is a Dangerous Thing)
17. I Like Your Style
18. Soul With a Capital 'S'
19. Souled Out
20. So I Got to Groove
| Details | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Tower Of Power includes: Emilio Castillo (vocals, alto & tenor saxophones); Lenny Williams, Brent Carter (vocals); Carmen Grillo (guitar, background vocals); Lenny Pickett (piccolo, flute, alto & bass flutes, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, lyricon, synthesizer); Stephen "Doc" Kupka (oboe, English horn, baritone saxophone, background vocals); Greg Adams (trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn, piano, bells, background vocals); Chester Thompson (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, Clavinet, synthesizer, bass pedals, background vocals); David Garibaldi (vibraphone, drums, Syndrums, background vocals); Francis Rocco Prestia (bass); Russ McKinnon (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel includes: Bud Shank (piccolo, flute, alto flute, alto saxophone); Ken Balzell (trumpet); Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (trombone); Jay Spell (piano); Marilyn Scott, Alice Thompson, Bootche Anderson, Pepper Watkins, David Bartlett, Ron Beck, Frank Biner, Roger Rifkind (background vocals).
Producers include: David Rubinson, Ron Capone, Tower Of Power, Emilio Castillo, Steve Cropper.
Compilation producers: Emilio Castillo, Michelle Zarin, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Gary Peterson, David McLees.
Engineers include: David Rubinson, Ron Capone, Jim Gaines.
Recorded between 1971 and 1998. Includes liner notes by Kevin Phinney.
Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch (DigiPrep).
Over its 30-plus year existence, Oakland's Tower Of Power has established itself as the premiere bastion of true soul and funk in modern music. This ANTHOLOGY represents the best cuts from the group's long and storied history. Although founders Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka have weathered almost as many personnel changes as years the band has survived, they have always stuck to their original brand of "funkifized" soul with emphasis on their world-famous horn section. With no signs of slowing down, it is evident that the milestone represented by this collection is only one of many more to come.
From the early days of hits like "What is Hip" and "Down to the Nightclub," to later favorites like "Soul With a Capital 'S'" and "So I Got to Groove," Tower Of Power has never apologized for its unabashed continuation of the funk of James Brown. Added to this mix are the moving ballads like "You're Still a Young Man" and "Willing to Learn" that grabbed an even wider audience of R&B lovers. Other favorites included in this mammoth set are the ultra-funky "Soul Vaccination," the signature instrumental "Oakland Stroke," and the instant party classic "Souled Out."
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