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Back on the Streets (Tower of Power album)

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Released
  
1979

Artist
  
Tower of Power

Label
  
Columbia Records

Back on the Streets (1979)
  
Direct (1981)

Release date
  
1979

Genres
  
Funk, Soul music

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Producer
  
Michael McKinney, Richard Evans, Emilio Castillo

Similar
  
We Came to Play!, Ain't Nothin' Stoppin, In the Slot, Souled Out, Monster on a Leash

Tower of power back on the streets again


Back on the Streets is an album by Tower of Power released in 1979. This was their last album with Columbia Records. The title derives from the song "Back on the Streets Again" from their debut album East Bay Grease. David Garibaldi returns to the drummer's spot a third time, only to leave after this album, again. (He would not return again until 1998, and he's stayed for good since.) It also marked the debut of bassist Vito San Filippo and guitarist Danny Hoefer. This would be Hoefer's only album as a member of Tower of Power.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Rock Baby" (Crockett, Michael Jeffries) – 4:48
  2. "Our Love" (Clifford Coulter, McGee) – 3:34
  3. "Heaven Must Have Made You" (Geoffrey Leib) – 3:33
  4. "And You Know It" (Emilio Castillo, Kupka) – 3:02
  5. "Nowhere to Run" (Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland) – 4:35
  6. "Something Calls Me" (Lenny Pickett) – 4:24
  7. "It Takes Two (To Make It Happen)" (Emilio Castillo, David Garibaldi, Michael Jeffries, Thompson) – 3:37
  8. "In Due Time" (Crockett, Jeffries) – 4:10
  9. "Just Make A Move (And Be Yourself)" (Thompson) – 5:10

Tower of Power

  • Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone, backing vocals, producer
  • Lenny Pickett – synthesizer, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, backing vocals
  • Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone, backing vocals
  • Greg Adams – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
  • Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo, bass trombone, backing vocals, piccolo trumpet
  • Michael Jeffries – lead and backing vocals
  • Chester Thompson – organ, synthesizer, acoustic piano, backing vocals, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog
  • David Garibaldi – synthesizer, drums, Syndrum
  • Vito San Filippo – bass, backing vocals
  • Danny Hoefer – guitar

    • Additional Personnel

  • Harry Bluestone – concert master
  • Sol Bobrov – concert master
  • Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion
  • Alan Chinowsky – engineer, mixing
  • Greg Crockett – guitar
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Richard Evans – producer
  • Jim Gaines – engineer, mixing
  • McKinley Jackson – producer
  • Cheryl Jeffries – vocals
  • The Jones Girls – backing vocals
  • Bill Lamb – brass
  • Gayle Levant – harp
  • Paul Serrano – engineer
  • Bruce Steinberg – art direction, design, photography, cover design
  • Michael Stone – mixing

    • Songs

    1Rock Baby4:48
    2Our Love3:34
    3Heaven Must Have Made You3:33

    References

    Back on the Streets (Tower of Power album) Wikipedia
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