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jeudi 23 juin 2022

THE WATTS 103rd STREET RHYTHM BAND In The Jungle Babe


 Warner Bros - seven arts records 1969                 ws 1801



  Artwork By – Ed Thrasher
    Engineer – Rudy Hill (2) (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B2, B4, B5)
    Photography – Ivan Nagy
    Producer – Charles Wright

Recorded in June, 1969, at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California.

This album is dedicated to Joe Banks and his grandma,
whose great grandmother was born "in the jungle"


tracks list:


A1 Till You Get Enough
    Arranged By – Gabe Flemings, John Rayford, Ray Jackson
Written By – Charles Wright & Assoc. 4:45    
A2 I'm A Midnight Mover
    Written-By – Bobby Womack, Wilson Pickett 2:11    
A3 Light My Fire
    Arranged By – Gabe Flemings, Ray Jackson Written-By – 
Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger 3:40    
A4 Comment
    Arranged By – Charles Wright, Ray Jackson Written By – 
Wright-Rahman Written-By – Wright*, Rahman* 5:55    
A5 Everyday People
    Arranged By – Charles Wright, Gabe Flemings, Melvin Dunlap 
Written-By – Sylvester Stewart 2:35    
B1 Must Be Your Thing
    Arranged By – Ray Jackson Written By – Hayes-Wright Written-By – 
Wright*, Hayes* 3:39
B2 Love Land
    Arranged By – Charles Wright, Ray Jackson Written By – 
Trotter-Wright Written-By – Wright*, Trotter* 3:02    
B3 Oh Happy Gabe (Sometimes Blue)
    Arranged By – Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, The* Engineer –
Don Blake Written-By – Gabriel Flemings* 3:53    
B4 Twenty-Five Miles
    Arranged By – Gabe Flemings, Ray Jackson Written-By – 
Edwin Starr, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol 3:05    
B5 The Joker (On A Trip Through The Jungle)
    Arranged By – Al McKay, Bill Cannon Written-By –
Miles Grayson 3:04




 




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