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The Manhattan Transfer (album)

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Released
  
April 2, 1975

Release date
  
2 April 1975

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
The Manhattan Transfer

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Producers
  
Ahmet Ertegun, Tim Hauser

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The Manhattan Transfer is the second album by The Manhattan Transfer. However, it is the first of four albums to be released by the line-up of Tim Hauser, Laurel Massé, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel, and the first to establish the sound and style for which the group would become known. It was released on April 2, 1975 with Atlantic Records as distributor, and was produced by Ahmet Ertegün and Tim Hauser.

Contents

This incarnation of the group had been together for three years before this album was released. Ertegün, founder and chairman of Atlantic Records, attended one of their performances at the New York City cabaret Reno Sweeney. He offered them a contract, which they accepted.

The melody of track 12, "Heart's Desire" is virtually identical to the 1931 song "That's My Desire," which has music by Helmy Kresa and lyrics by Carroll Loveday.

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Reviews

Shaun Considine reviewed the album in May 1975 for The New York Times:

"Vocally, The Manhattan Transfer is one of the slickest group's on today's market. Their intro number, "Tuxedo Junction", is a precise recreation of the 1940 Glenn Miller oldie, with the group's four part vocal harmonies and jazz riffs supplanting the Miller instrumentals. They have done their homework; they have studied their old 78s in detail. In the honors section, "Blue Champagne", a Dorsey beauty, and "Candy" evoke all of the magic and hazy charm of the 30's and 40's."

Charts

The Manhattan Transfer debuted on Billboard's Top Pop album chart on May 3, 1975, reaching #33. The single "Operator" went to #22 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

"Tuxedo Junction" reached #24 on the British pop charts.

Track listing

  1. "Tuxedo Junction" (3:01) (Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson, Buddy Feyne, Julian Dash)
  2. "Sweet Talking Guy" (2:25) (Doug Morris, Elliot Greenberg)
  3. "Operator" (3:09) (William Spivery) (derived from "Operator, Operator" by Sister Wynona Carr
  4. "Candy" (3:26) (Mack David, Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer)
  5. "Gloria" (2:57) (Esther Navarro)
  6. "Clap Your Hands" (2:55) (Ira Newborn, The Manhattan Transfer)
  7. "That Cat Is High" (2:53) (J. M. Williams)
  8. "You Can Depend on Me" (3:30) (Earl Hines, Charles Carpenter )
  9. "Blue Champagne" (2:21) (Frank Ryerson, Grady Watts, Jimmy Eaton)
  10. "Java Jive" (2:44) (Milton Drake, Ben Oakland)
  11. "Occapella" (3:04) (Allen Toussaint)
  12. "Heart's Desire" (2:36) (Hugh X. Lewis, George Cox, James Dozier, Ralph Ingram, Bernard Purdie)

Songs

1Tuxedo Junction3:06
2Sweet Talking Guy2:28
3Operator3:13

References

The Manhattan Transfer (album) Wikipedia