Drop It In The Slot Tower Of Power
In the Slot | ||||
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Studio albumby | ||||
Released | September 1975 | |||
Genre | Funk, soul, R&B | |||
Length | 38:20 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Emilio Castillo and Tower of Power | |||
Tower of Power chronology | ||||
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In the Slot is a Tower of Power album released in 1975. It was their last studio album for Warner Bros. Records. It also marked the debut of new vocalist Hubert Tubbs. David Garibaldi returns to the drummer's throne after being absent from the previous album Urban Renewal (save for one track), although the drummer from that album, David Bartlett, does appear as a background vocalist on this album, as does Garibaldi's next successor, Ron Beck. 'Ebony Jam' and 'Drop It in the Slot' were sampled on the Beastie Boys' 1989 album Paul's Boutique.
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Tower of Power is an American R&B-based horn section and band, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing since 1968. There have been a number of lead vocalists, the most well-known being Lenny Williams, who fronted the band between early 1973 and late 1974, the period of their greatest commercial success. They have landed a total of eight songs on the Billboard Hot 100; their highest-charting songs include 'You're Still a Young Man', 'So Very Hard to Go', 'What Is Hip?', and 'Don't Change Horses '.
The Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City formed in 1981. The group comprised Michael 'Mike D' Diamond, Adam 'MCA' Yauch and Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz.
Paul's Boutique is the second studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys. Released on July 25, 1989, on Capitol Records, it was produced by the Dust Brothers. Apart from the group's vocals, the album is almost entirely composed of samples. Recorded in Matt Dike's apartment and the Record Plant in Los Angeles from 1988 to 1989, and mixed at the Record Plant, Paul's Boutique did not match the sales of the Beastie Boys' debut album Licensed to Ill, and Capitol made little effort to promote it. As its popularity grew in the years following, it became recognized as breakthrough achievement and a classic hip-hop landmark. Its innovative lyrical and sonic style earned the Beastie Boys' a position as critical favorites within the hip-hop community. Sometimes described as the 'Sgt. Pepper of hip-hop', the album's rankings near the top of many publications' 'best albums' lists in disparate genres has given Paul's Boutique critical recognition as a landmark album in hip hop.
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In the Slot | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 1975 | |||
Genre | Funk, soul, R&B | |||
Length | 38:20 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Emilio Castillo and Tower of Power | |||
Tower of Power chronology | ||||
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In the Slot is a Tower of Power album released in 1975. It was their last studio album for Warner Bros. Records. It also marked the debut of new vocalist Hubert Tubbs. David Garibaldi returns to the drummer's throne after being absent from the previous album Urban Renewal (save for one track), although the drummer from that album, David Bartlett, does appear as a background vocalist on this album, as does Garibaldi's next successor, Ron Beck. 'Ebony Jam' and 'Drop It in the Slot' were sampled on the Beastie Boys' 1989 album Paul's Boutique.
Track listing[edit]
LP side one
- 'Just Enough and Too Much' (Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, Frank Biner) - 3:25
- 'Treat Me Like Your Man' (Lenny Williams, Emilio Castillo, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka) - 3:08
- 'If I Play My Cards Right' (Frank Biner, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo) - 3:14
- 'As Surely as I Stand Here' (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Chester Thompson, Emilio Castillo) - 5:17
- 'Fanfare: Matanuska' (Greg Adams) - 0:16
- 'On the Serious Side' (Emilio Castillo, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka) - 2:54
LP side two
- 'Ebony Jam' (Chester Thompson) - 6:45
- 'You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous' (Frank Biner, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Emilio Castillo) - 3:13
- 'Vuela Por Noche' (David Garibaldi, Bruce Conte, Greg Adams, Francis Rocco Prestia) - 1:34
- 'Essence of Innocence' (Chester Thompson) - 0:35
- 'The Soul of a Child' (Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Bruce Conte, Emilio Castillo) - 4:56
- 'Drop It in the Slot' (Emilio Castillo, Stephen 'Doc' Kupka) - 3:12
Personnel[edit]
Drop It In The Slot Tower Of Power
- Hubert Tubbs - lead vocals
- Bruce Conte - guitar, background vocals
- Chester Thompson - organ, bass pedals, acoustic piano, clavinet, ARP String Ensemble, background vocals
- Francis Rocco Prestia - bass guitar
- David Garibaldi - drums
- Lenny Pickett - 1st tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax, all sax solos, piccolo, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, lyricon
- Emilio Castillo - 2nd tenor sax, background vocals, (co-lead on 'You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous')
- Steve Kupka - baritone sax
- Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, bass trombone, background vocals
- Greg Adams - trumpet (solo on 'Vuela Por Noche'), flugelhorn (solo on 'Ebony Jam'), string arrangements and conductor
- Additional background vocals: Bootche Anderson, Marilyn Scott, Pepper Watkins, David Bartlett, Ron Beck, Frank Biner and Roger Rifkind
Production[edit]
- Recorded and Mixed at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA
- Engineers: Tom Flye and Alan Chinowsky
- Assistant Engineer: Cris Morris
- Album Design and Photography: Bruce Steinberg
- Design Assistant: Ellie Oberzil
- Pinball Consultants: B&B Novelty Corp., San Francisco, CA, USA