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

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.

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

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

Side two

"Upon This Rock " (Joe Farrell) – 11:54
"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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