Magicians Holiday
Appearance
Magicians Holiday | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1974 | |||
Studio | Shelter Church Studio (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | |||
Genre | Soul, funk | |||
Length | 35:42 | |||
Label | Shelter | |||
Producer | Buddy Jones | |||
The Gap Band chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Magicians Holiday is the debut album by The Gap Band in 1974 on Shelter Records.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Buddy Jones and Charles Wilson, except where noted
All tracks arranged by The Gap Band
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I-Yike-It" | Tom Lokey | 2:46 |
2. | "Backbone" | 2:36 | |
3. | "After All Is Said and Done" | 3:25 | |
4. | "Fontessa Fame" | 4:30 | |
5. | "You Can Always Count on Me" | 5:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Bad Girl" | 3:30 | |
7. | "Easy Life" | Buddy Jones, Kay Poorboy | 3:50 |
8. | "Loving You Is Everything" | 3:40 | |
9. | "Tommy's Groove" | Tom Lokey | 3:32 |
10. | "Magicians Holiday" | 2:53 |
Personnel
[edit]- The Gap Band
- Charles Wilson – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, Clavinet, organ
- Ronnie Wilson – backing vocals, trumpet
- Robert Wilson – backing vocals, bass
- Roscoe Smith – drums
- O'Dell Stokes – guitar
- Tommy Lokey – trumpet
- Alvin Jones – trombone
- Chris Clayton – saxophone
- Carl Scoggins – congas, percussions
with:
- Jamie Oldaker – drums on "Easy Life"
- Wayne Perkins - guitar on "Bad Girl" and "Loving You Is Everything"
- Tuck Andress - guitar on "Tommy's Groove"
- Technical
- Kirk Bressler - engineer
- Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff - remixing engineer
- Tom Wilkes - album design, front cover photography
Samples
[edit]- "Tommy's Groove"
- "Ragtime"" by Brand Nubian on their One For All album.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Magicians Holiday > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
- ^ "Brand Nubian's Ragtime sample of The Gap Band's Tommy's Groove". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2012-02-29.