George Duke - I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry
George Duke - I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry Singer: George Duke
Title: I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry
Label: MPS Records ‎– MC 25671, BASF ‎– MC 25671
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Date of released: 1975
Category: Jazz
Style: Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk, Fusion
Size MP3 zip: 1330 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1877 mb
Rating: 4.4✭
Format: MP3 MMF VQF WMA FLAC AAC MP4 WAV FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Chariot
Bass – Tom FowlerDrums – Ndugu*Guitar – Lee RitenourKeyboards – G. Duke*Written-By – Duke*
2:58
A2 Look Into Her Eyes
Bass – Byron MillerDrums – Ndugu*Guitar – George JohnsonPercussion – Airto*Vocals – Flora PurimVocals, Keyboards – G. Duke*Written-By – Duke*
3:24
A3 Sister Serene
Bass – Byron MillerDrums – Ndugu*Keyboards – G. Duke*Written-By – Chancler*
4:30
A4 That's What She Said
Drums – Ndugu*Guitar – Daryl StuermerGuitar, Bass [Uncredited] – Byron MillerKeyboards – G. Duke*Marimba – Emil RichardsPercussion – Airto*Violin – John WittenbergWritten-By – Duke*
4:29
A5 Mashavu
Percussion – Emil RichardsWritten-By – Richards*
1:48
A6 Rokkinrowl, I Don't Know
Bass – Tom FowlerDrums – Ndugu*Guitar – Lee Ritenhour*Vocals, Keyboards – G. Duke*Voice [Of Amanda B. Reckondwith] – Janet Ferguson Hoff*Written-By – Duke*
3:25
B1 Prepare Yourself
Bass – Byron MillerDrums – Ndugu*Guitar – George JohnsonVocals, Keyboards – G. Duke*Written-By – Duke*
5:26
B2 Giant Child Within Us - Ego
Gong, Drums – Ndugu*Guitar – Lee Ritenhour*Keyboards – G. Duke*Marimba, Gong, Percussion – Ruth UnderwoodTrombone – Bruce Fowler Violin – John WittenbergWritten-By – Duke*
6:37
B3 Someday
Drums – Ndugu*Vocals, Keyboards – G. Duke*Written-By – Duke*
2:40
B4 I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry
Vocals – G. Duke*Vocals, Guitar – Johnny "Guitar" Watson*Voice [Background] – Chris Norris, Debra Fay, Donna Correa, Larry Robinson, Ndugu*, Pat Norris, Roger DollarhideWritten-By – Duke*
5:26

Companies, etc.

  • Distributed By – Audiofidelity Enterprises, Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – MPS Records
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – BASF

Credits

  • Bongos, Tambourine, Berimbau, Bells [Horse Bell], Cabasa [Gourd], Percussion [Unreadable Credits] – Airto* (tracks: A2, A4)
  • Design [Cover Art], Photography – B. Falk*
  • Engineer [Recording] – Kerry McNabb
  • Executive-Producer – Baldhard Falk*
  • Producer [Musical], Synthesizer [Arp & Moog], Effects [Mutron Phasers], Electric Piano [Rhodes], Clavinet [Hohner] – George Duke
  • Songwriter [Songs By] – Emil Richards (tracks: A5), George Duke (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6 to B4), Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler* (tracks: A3)
  • Tom Tom [Reno-rototoms] – Ndugu*
  • Typography [Lettering] – Ron Warwell

Notes

Carlin Music [A1, A2, A4, A6 to B4]
Hey Skimo [A3]
Three Leg [A5]

This album is dedicated to the memory of the late Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. Special thanks to Ian Underwood for congas, Ndugu and Kerry for unlimited hours of help and assistance and to Ruth for being mother to Amanda. […] Cover photo courtesy of Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum.

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Track A6 is listed only as “Rokkinrowl” on back cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): MC-25671-A-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): MC-25671-B-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): MC-25671-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): MC-25671-B

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
MC 25671 George Duke I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry ‎(LP, Album) MPS Records MC 25671 US 1975
PROA-55, 15459 George Duke I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry ‎(CD, Album, RE) MPS Records, MPS Records PROA-55, 15459 Japan 2006
35 93209 (2700-6) George Duke I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry ‎(LP, Album) MPS Records 35 93209 (2700-6) Spain 1976
PR7070, MC 25671 George Duke I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry ‎(LP, Album) BASF, MPS Records PR7070, MC 25671 US 1975
5D 064D-99393 George Duke I Love The Blues - She Heard My Cry ‎(LP) MPS Records 5D 064D-99393 Netherlands 1975

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