*** LP ： Japan 1974 / Warner Brothers / P-8424W ***
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A- / A / DJ
ジャケット：薄スレ少々、しっかりとした良品です。
ディスク：新品同様極美品です。
白ラベルの見本盤。
歌詞／解説付属。

ベイエリア・ファンクの雄、タワー・オブ・パワーの4作目「バック・トゥ・オークランド」。
炸裂するブラスもすごいけど、ドラムとベースを追いかけてるだけでも思いっきり癖になります。
全盛期の名盤。

日本盤。
貴重な白ラベルの見本盤です。



[A]
Oakland Stroke... (Emilio Castillo, David Garibaldi, Stephen Kupka) - 0:53
Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream) (Johnny Guitar Watson, Lenny Williams) - 4:28
Just When We Start Makin' It (Castillo, Kupka, Lenny Williams) - 6:30
Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong) (Castillo, Kupka, Williams) - 3:00
Squib Cakes (Chester Thompson) - 7:49
[B]
Time Will Tell (Castillo, Kupka) - 3:11
Man from the Past (Castillo, Kupka, Williams) - 4:00
Love's Been Gone So Long (Bruce Conte) - 4:47
I Got the Chop (Castillo, Kupka) - 2:59
Below Us, All the City Lights (Castillo, Kupka) - 4:20
...Oakland Stroke (Castillo, Garibaldi, Kupka) - 1:08

Lenny Pickett - 1st tenor sax, alto sax, bass sax, soprano sax, flute, alto flute, piccolo
Stephen Doc Kupka (The Doctor) - baritone sax, English horn, background vocals
Greg Adams - trumpet, fluegelhorn, orchestra bells, background vocals
Mic Gillette - trumpet, fluegelhorn, trombone, bass trombone, background vocals
Bruce Conte - guitar, background vocals
Chester Thompson - organ, bass pedals, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, background vocals
Emilio Castillo - 2nd tenor sax, background vocals
Brent Byars - conga drums
David Garibaldi - drums
Francis Rocco Prestia - bass guitar
Lenny Williams - lead vocals