Melvin Van Peebles - Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death
Singer: Melvin Van PeeblesTitle: Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death
Label: A&M Records – SP 4223, A&M Records – SP-4223
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Unipak
Country: US
Date of released: 1971
Category: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Spoken Word, Jazz-Funk
Size MP3 zip: 1307 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1617 mb
Rating: 4.6✭
Format: MP3 DMF AHX XM DMF AU ASF MOD FLAC
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Tracklist
| A1 | Three Boxes Of Longs | 5:00 |
| A2 | You Ain't No Astronaut | 3:18 |
| A3 | Come On Feet Do Your Thing | 4:22 |
| A4 | Funky Girl On Motherless Broadway | 6:30 |
| A5 | Put A Curse On You | 5:08 |
| B1 | I Got The Blood | 3:55 |
| B2 | You Gotta Be Holdin' Out Five Dollars On Me | 4:27 |
| B3 | Heh Heh (Chuckle) Good Morning Sunshine | 4:49 |
| B4 | Salamaggi's Birthday | 7:30 |
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – A&M Mastering Studios
- Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – Δ14138
- Made By – Shorewood Packaging
- Published By – Almo Music Corp.
Credits
- Arranged By, Conductor – Warren Smith
- Art Direction – Tom Wilkes
- Baritone Saxophone, Flugelhorn, Tuba – Howard Johnson
- Bass, Electric Bass, Violin, Tambourine – Herb Bushler
- Drums, Percussion – Warren Smith
- Engineer – Gene Radice
- Guitar, Bass Guitar – Carl Lynch
- Photography By – Jim McCrary
- Piano, Organ, Harpsichord [Electric] – Bross Townsend
- Producer, Concept By – Melvin Van Peebles
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Al Gibbons, George Barrow
- Trumpet, Cornet [Coronet] – Nat Woodard
- Vocals – Melvin Van Peebles
- Words By, Music By – Melvin Van Peebles
Notes
Monarch Pressing with variant center labels (typeset) from other U.S. vinyl by same catalog #.Unipak sleeve made by Shorewood Packaging (U.S. Patent No. 3,426,960); includes 'press pack' inserts
1st catalog #: sleeve; 2nd: labels
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): SP-4345
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): SP-4346
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch exc MR[circled] stamp): A&M-SP-4345 15 MR Δ14138 ①
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch exc MR[circled] stamp): A&M-SP-4346 15 MR Δ14138-X ①
- Rights Society: ASCAP
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP-4223 | Melvin Van Peebles | Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death (LP, Promo) | A&M Records | SP-4223 | US | 1971 |
| SP-4223 | Melvin Van Peebles | Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death (LP, Album, Gat) | A&M Records | SP-4223 | US | 1971 |