Singer: Tower Of Power
Title: Direct
Label: Sheffield Lab ‎– Lab 17
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition
Country: US
Date of released: 1981
Category: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Soul, Funk, Jazz-Funk
Size MP3 zip: 1574 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1601 mb
Rating: 3.6✭
Format: MP3 AA AUD DXD DTS MIDI MOD VQF FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Fanfare : You Know It Composed By, Arranged By – Greg AdamsWritten-By – Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka	2:44
A2	You 're Gonna Need Me Lead Vocals – Willie James FultonWritten-By – Albert King	4:02
A3	Squib Cakes Composed By, Arranged By – Chester Thompson Flugelhorn, Soloist – Greg AdamsSaxophone, Soloist – Lenny Pickett	7:34
B1	That's Why I Sing Composed By, Arranged By – Chester Thompson	4:57
B2	What Is Hip Trumpet, Soloist – Greg AdamsWritten-By – Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka	4:40
B3	Never Let Go Of Love Arranged By – Greg AdamsSaxophone, Soloist – Lenny PickettWritten-By – Greg Levias, Hilary Thompson, Michael Jeffries	4:06

Credits

• Bass – Vito San Filippo*
• Brass – Greg Adams, Mic Gillette, Rick Waychesko
• Coordinator [Production] – Patricia Meredith
• Drums – Mark Sanders
• Engineer [Assistant] – Mike Sanders
• Engineer [Chief For Sheffield Lab] – Steve Haselton
• Executive-Producer – Doug Sax, Lincoln Mayorga
• Guitar – Willie Fulton*
• Illustration, Design – Tina Nichols
• Keyboards – Chester Thompson
• Other [Lathe Design] – Ed Hukoveh
• Percussion – Victor Feldman
• Photography By – Miguel
• Producer – Larry Brown
• Production Manager [Stage] – Dave McDonald
• Saxophone – Emilio Castillo, Lenny Pickett, Stephen Kupka
• Technician – Tom Pessagno
• Technician [Booth Supervision] – Lincoln Mayorga
• Technician [Disc Processing] – Dick Doss, Rick Goldman, Sheffeild Lab Matrix
• Technician [Lathe Operator] – Lois Walker, Mike Reese
• Technician [Sheffield Field Chief] – Andrew Teton
• Vocals – Michael Jeffries
• Vocals [Guest Singer] – Edie Lehmann, James Gilstrap*, Oren Waters

Notes

Recorded June 22-24, Sheffield Lab Studios at MGM, Culver City, California

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1): SL 49-3-X + SLM +
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2): SL 50-4-X + SLM +

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CD-17	Tower Of Power	Direct ‎(CD, Album)	Sheffield Lab	CD-17	Japan	1990
10017-2M	Tower Of Power	Direct ‎(CD, Album)	Sheffield Lab	10017-2M	US	1997
CD-17	Tower Of Power	Direct ‎(CD, Album)	Sheffield Lab	CD-17	US	Unknown
CD-17	Tower Of Power	Direct ‎(CD)	Sheffield Lab	CD-17	US	Unknown
10074-2-F	Tower Of Power	Direct Plus! ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Sheffield Lab	10074-2-F	US	1997

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