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Upon This Rock (Joe Farrell album)

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Released
  
1974

Upon This Rock (1974)
  
Canned Funk (1975)

Release date
  
1974

Label
  
CTI Records

Length
  
36:49

Artist
  
Joe Farrell

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
at Van Gelder Studio March, 1974 except I Won't Be Back recorded October, 1973

Similar
  
Joe Farrell albums, Jazz albums

Upon This Rock is an album by Joe Farrell released in 1974.

Contents

In 2008 it returned to media attention when Farrell's daughter sued Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common and their record companies over alleged sampling of the track.

Side one

  1. "Weathervane" (Joe Farrell) – 8:00
  2. "I Won't Be Back" (Joe Beck) – 10:05

Side two

  1. "Upon This Rock " (Joe Farrell) – 11:54
  2. "Seven Seas" (Joe Beck) – 6:50

Personnel

  • Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Herb Bushler – bass
  • Joe Beck – guitar
  • Jim Madison – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums (on "I Won't Be Back")
  • Herbie Hancock – piano (on "I Won't Be Back")
  • Don Alias – conga (on "I Won't Be Back")

    • Recording credits

  • Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
  • Producer - Creed Taylor
  • Cover photograph – Pete Turner
  • Liner photographs – Gene Laurents
  • Album design – Sibbie McDonough

    • Songs

    1Weathervane8:00
    2I Won't Be Back10:05
    3Upon This Rock11:54

    References

    Upon This Rock (Joe Farrell album) Wikipedia
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