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That's a Plenty (Pointer Sisters album)

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Released
  
February 1974

Artist
  
The Pointer Sisters

Label
  
Blue Thumb Records

Length
  
48:25

Release date
  
February 1974

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Recorded
  
Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco, California) Quadraphonic Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) Western Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)

Producer
  
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.

That's a Plenty (1974)
  
Live at the Opera House (1974)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Funk

Similar
  
The Pointer Sisters albums, Rhythm and blues albums

That's a Plenty is the second album released by Oakland family girl group the Pointer Sisters in 1974 on the Blue Thumb label.

Contents

History

Mixing the Pointers' brand of soul with rollicking blues numbers and jazz covers, the album also included the country-flavored "Fairytale." The song became their second Top 40 hit and crossed over to the country charts, enabling the group to become the first African-American vocal group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. The album was the second by the group to be certified gold. The album was remastered and issued on CD in 2006 by Hip-O Select.

Personnel

  • Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer – vocals
  • Gaylord Birch – drums
  • John Neumann – bass
  • Tom Salisbury – keyboards, silverton accordion on track 1
  • David Grisman – mandolin on track 1
  • Herbie Hancock – piano on tracks 2, 6, electric piano, clavinet, arp synthesizer on track 9
  • Ron McClure – bass on tracks 2, 4, 6
  • Bonnie Raitt – slide guitar on track 3
  • Jack Viertell, Jesse Ed Davis – electric guitar on track 3
  • Paul Jackson – bass on tracks 3, 9
  • Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet solo on track 4
  • Britt Woodman – trombone solo on track 4
  • John Shine – guitar on track 4
  • Jim Rothermel – clarinet on track 5
  • Floyd Cooley – tuba on track 5
  • Gordon Messick – trombone on track 5
  • James Goodwin – trumpet on "track 5
  • David Briggs – piano on track 7
  • Norbert Putnam – bass on track 7
  • Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar on track 7
  • Ken Buttrey – drums on track 7
  • Robert Thompson – acoustic guitar on track 7
  • Norman Spicher – fiddle on track 7
  • Bill Summers – African talking drum, shekere, congas on track 9

    • Production

  • David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. – producer
  • Tom Salisbury, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – associate producers
  • Jeremy Zatkin, Fred Catero, David Rubinson – recording engineers
  • George Horn, Phil Brown – mastering engineers
  • David Rubinson – arrangements on "Grinning in Your Face" and "Black Coffee"
  • Norman Landsberg, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – vocal arrangement on "Salt Peanuts"
  • Randy Tuten – cover art
  • Herb Greene – art direction, photography

    • Songs

    1Bangin' on the Pipes / Steam Heat5:42
    2Salt Peanuts5:12
    3Grinning in Your Face4:51

    References

    That's a Plenty (Pointer Sisters album) Wikipedia
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