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The Tower of Power Anthology (1999) and Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years (2001), plus Epic/Legacy's Soul With a Capital 'S': The Best of Tower of Power (2001). Content provided by All Music Guide. (C) 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Tower Of Power ‎– In The Slot Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– BS 2880 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1975 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Soul, Funk. Tracklist Slot One A1 Just Enough And Too Much A2 Treat Me Like Your Man A3 If I Play My Cards Right A4 As Surely As I Stand Here A5 Fanfare: Matanuska A6 On The Serious Side Slot Two. From the golden-age of large-scale 70s funk bands, righteous rhythm section brothers 'Rocco' Prestia and Dave Garibaldi prove the Chili Peppers right: funk is colour blind. ToP also prove that chops-heavy muso-funk can still kick ass, with tracks like 'In The Slot' and 'On The Serious Side'.

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Tower of Power is the third album release for the Oakland-based band, Tower of Power. This is their most successful album to date, which was released in May 1973.

The album peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Top LPs chart in 1973 and received a gold record award for sales in excess of 500,000. The album spawned their most successful single, 'So Very Hard to Go'. The single peaked at No. 17 during the week of July 28, 1973 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two other singles from the album also charted on the Billboard Hot 100: 'This Time It's Real' and 'What Is Hip?'. It marked the debut of Lenny Williams being the lead vocalist (though Williams had a solo career prior to joining T.O.P., plus he co-penned the song 'You Strike My Main Nerve' from the previous album Bump City). Tower of Power was also the first Tower of Power album to feature future Saturday Night Live band leader Lenny Pickett, who was the youngest member of the band at the time, replacing original lead sax player Skip Mesquite. Also joining the lineup were organist/keyboardist Chester Thompson and guitarist Bruce Conte, who replaced original guitarist Willie James Fulton.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Emilio Castillo and Stephen 'Doc' Kupka except when noted.

1. 'What Is Hip?' (Castillo, Kupka, David Garibaldi) - 5:08
2. 'Clever Girl' (Castillo, Kupka, Fulton) - 2:56
3. 'This Time It's Real' (David Bartlett, Castillo, Kupka) - 2:54
4. 'Will I Ever Find a Love?' – 3:51
5. 'Get Yo' Feet Back on the Ground' (Willie Fulton) - 4:52
6. 'So Very Hard to Go' – 3:41
7. 'Soul Vaccination' – 5:13
8. 'Both Sorry Over Nothin' (Castillo, Kupka, Lenny Williams) - 3:25
9. 'Clean Slate' (Castillo, Kupka, Fulton) - 3:22
10. 'Just Another Day' (Bruce Conte) - 4:34

Personnel[edit]

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• Greg Adams – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
• Brent Byars – bongos, conga
• Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone, backing vocals
• Bruce Conte – guitar, backing vocals
• David Garibaldi – drums
• Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn, baritone, backing vocals
• Stephen 'Doc' Kupka – oboe, baritone saxophone, backing vocals
• Lenny Pickett – clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone, backing vocals
• Francis 'Rocco' Prestia – bass guitar
• Chester Thompson – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
• Jay Spell – acoustic piano
• Bruce Steinberg – harmonica
• Lenny Williams – lead vocals

References[edit]

1. ^'Tower of Power (Advertisement)'. Billboard. Billboard Publications, Inc.: 1, 52 May 26, 1973.
2. ^Ron Wynn. 'Tower of Power - Tower of Power - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
3. ^Christgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: T'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

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