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Original Album Classics
10/29/2007 | Epic Europe
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All Music Guide Review
What this import collection does, quite simply, is package Stanley Clarke's arguably best-known and best-selling studio records for Epic/Columbia, beginning with his debut for the label in 1974. The other records here -- all of which have very solid tracks on them but also have some real filler -- are Journey to Love (1975), School Days (1976), Modern Man (1978) and the first Clarke/Duke Project album with George Duke (1981). The decision to leave off the live record, which was a best seller, or even the minor hit "I Wanna Play for You" from 1976, is a curious one, simply because the context remains more fusion than funk/disco. Given the mastering and pressings, these are solid sounding sets -- others in the series include offerings by Mahavishnu Orchestra and Duke Ellington, to name just two -- and the price tag is quite modest as well. Still, unless one is a real fan (who would presumably have these titles already anyway) it is curious as to who on these shores would even consider them. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Original Album Classics Track Listing
Credits of Original Album Classics
- Gordon Marron Strings
- Strings
- Harvey Mason, Sr.
- Musician
- Charles McCracken
- String Section
- Lew McCreary
- Brass
- Jack Nimitz
- Brass
- Nils Oliver
- Strings
- Gwen Owens
- Musician
- William Peterson
- Brass
- Lee Ritenour
- Musician
- Art Royal
- Strings
- Alan Rubin
- Brass
- Sheldon Sanov
- Strings
- Dalton Smith
- Brass
- Jerry Solomon
- Assistant Engineer
- Lya Stern
- Strings
- Barbara Thomason
- Strings
- Marcia Van Dyke
- Strings
- Tommy Vicari
- Engineer
- Dorothy Wade
- Strings
- Dave Whitman
- Assistant Engineer
- Al Williams
- Musician
- Steve Wise
- Drums
- Wilmer Wise
- Brass
- John Wittenberg
- Strings
- Ken Yerke
- Strings
- Erik Zobler
- Assistant
- Daryl R. Brown
- Musician
- Icarus Johnson
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
- Carol Buck
- String Section
- Bayete Todd Cochran
- Musician
- Bob Defrin
- Art Direction
- Norman Seeff
- Photography, Cover Photo
- Bernie Kirsch
- Engineer
- Lynn Dreese Breslin
- Art Direction
- Fred Seykoura
- Strings
- David Earl Taylor
- Trombone, Brass
- Gerry "The Gov" Brown
- Drums, Handbells, Musician
- George Bohanon
- Brass
- Brian Leshon
- Assistant Engineer
- Karen Jones
- Strings
- Tony Williams
- Drums
- David Sancious
- Organ, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Guitar (12 String), Mini Moog, Soloist
- Ray Gomez
- Guitar, Soloist, Musician, Guitar (Rhythm)
- Marilyn Baker
- Strings
- Airto Moreira
- Percussion, Musician
- Paul Aronoff
- Assistant Engineer
- Israel Baker
- Strings
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Musician
- Garnett Brown
- Brass
- Wally Buck
- Assistant
- James Buffington
- Brass
- Denyse Buffum
- Strings
- Thomas Buffum
- Strings
- David Campbell
- Strings
- Cathy Carson
- Musician
- Earl Chapin
- Brass
- Stanley Clarke
- Organ, Musician, Handbells, Instrumentation, Fuzz Guitar, Humming, Soloist, Piccolo Bass, Bass (Acoustic), Producer, Bells, Vocals, Sitar, Keyboards, Guitar (Bass), Gong, Conductor, Cello, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Bass (Electric), Arranger, Bass, Synthesizer
- Billy Cobham
- Drums, Moog Synthesizer
- Chick Corea
- Piano, Keyboards
- Juanita Curiel
- Musician
- Harry Cykman
- String Section
- Rollice Dale
- Strings
- Assa Drori
- Strings
- Bonnie Douglas
- Strings
- Robert Dubow
- Strings
- Robert Findley
- Brass
- Michael Frondelli
- Assistant Engineer
- Steve Gadd
- Percussion, Drums, Musician
- Paul Gershman
- String Section
- Endre Granat
- Strings
- Gary Grant
- Brass
- Emanuel Green
- String Section
- Al Harrison
- Musician
- Harry Lookofsky
- String Section
- Freddie Hubbard
- Musician
- Paula Hochhalter
- Strings
- Milt Holland
- Percussion, Triangle, Conga
- Dennis Karmazyn
- Strings
- Harold Kohon
- String Section
- Beverly Lauridsen
- String Section
- Ed Lee
- Cover Design
- Jesse Levy
- String Section
- Jeff Beck
- Guitar, Soloist, Musician
- Buddy Childers
- Brass
- Bill Connors
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
- George Duke
- Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Clavinet, Moog Synthesizer, Bells, Producer, Arp, Mini Moog, Arp Odyssey, Arp Strings, Musician
- Jon Faddis
- Brass
- Ronnie Foster
- Musician
- Jan Hammer
- Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Moog Synthesizer
- Bob Malach
- Musician
- Tom "Bones" Malone
- Brass
- John McLaughlin
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
- Peter Manning Robinson
- Musician
- Tom Scott
- Musician
- Lew Soloff
- Brass
- Lenny White
- Drums
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