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Live and in Living Color
Live album by
Tower Of Power
Released1976
VenueSacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California; Cerritos College, Norwalk, California
GenreSoul, funk
Length38:19
LabelWarner Bros. Records
ProducerEmilio Castillo, Tower of Power
Tower Of Power chronology
In The Slot
(1975) 		Live and in Living Color
(1976) 		Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideB[1]

Live and in Living Color is a 1976 live album by Tower of Power and is their last album on Warner Bros. Records. It features a few of their biggest hits and some gems from their first album East Bay Grease. David Garibaldi left the band again after this album.

Track listing

  1. "Down to the Nightclub (Bump City)" (David Garibaldi, Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka) - 2:30
  2. "You're Still a Young Man" (Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka) - 5:14
  3. "What is Hip?" (David Garibaldi, Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka) - 6:35
  4. "Sparkling in the Sand" (Emilio Castillo, Lawrence J. Lopez, Steve Kupka) - 8:12
  5. "Knock Yourself Out" (Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka) - 23:08

Personnel

Tower of Power
  • Hubert Tubbs - lead vocals
  • Bruce Conte - guitar, co-lead vocals on "Sparkling in the Sand"
  • Chester Thompson - organ, keyboards, vocals
  • Francis "Rocco" Prestia - bass
  • David Garibaldi - drums
  • Lenny Pickett - first tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
  • Emilio Castillo - second tenor saxophone, vocals
  • Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone
  • Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, bass trombone, vocals
  • Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn

References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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