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TOWER OF POWER
BACK TO OAKLAND


Original 1974 album liner notes


Side One

OAKLAND STROKE…  0:53
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo, D. Garibaldi, Tower of Power)
Kuptillo Music ASCAP

DON’T CHANGE HORSES (In The Middle Of A Stream)  4:28
(L. Williams, J. Watson)
Len-Lon Music BMI
Arranged by Tower of Power

JUST WHEN WE START MAKIN’ IT  6:30
(L. Williams, E. Castillo, S. Kupka)
Len-Lon Music BMI
Arranged by Greg Adams

CAN’T YOU SEE (You Doin’ Me Wrong)  3:00
(L. Williams, E. Castillo, S. Kupka)
Kuptillo Music ASCAP/Len-Lon Music BMI
Arranged by Greg Adams and Tower of Power

SQUIB CAKES  7:49
(C. Thompson)
Cheson Music ASCAP
Arranged by Chester Thompson
Solos: Bruce Conte, guitar; Greg Adams, fluegelhorn; Lenny Pickett, tenor sax; Chester Thompson, organ, bass pedals


Side Two

TIME WILL TELL   3:11
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo)
Kuptillo Music ASCAP
Arranged by Greg Adams

MAN FROM THE PAST  4:00
(L. Williams, E. Castillo, S. Kupka)
Len-Lon Music BMI
Arranged by Tower of Power

LOVE’S BEEN GONE SO LONG  4:47
(B. Conte)
Zambezi Music ASCAP
Arranged by Greg Adams

I GOT THE CHOP  2:59
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo)
Kuptillo Music ASCAP
Arranged by Tower of Power

BELOW US, ALL THE CITY LIGHTS  4:20
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo)
Kuptillo Music ASCAP
Arranged by Greg Adams

…OAKLAND STROKE  1:08
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo, D. Garibaldi, Tower of Power)
Kuptillo Music ASCAP
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Produced by TOWER OF POWER

Production Supervision: Emilio Castillo


Emilio Castillo: 2nd tenor sax, background vocals
Lenny Williams: lead vocals
Lenny Pickett: 1st tenor sax, alto sax, bass sax, soprano sax, flute, alto flute, piccolo
Steve Kupka (The Doctor): baritone sax, English horn, background vocals
Greg Adams: trumpet, fluegelhorn, orchestra bells, background vocals
Mic Gillette: trumpet, fluegelhorn, trombone, bass trombone, background vocals
Bruce Conte: guitar, background vocals
Chester Thompson: organ, bass pedals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, clavinet, background vocals
Brent Byars: conga drums
David Garibaldi: drums
Francis Rocco Prestia: bass


All string arrangements by Greg Adams

All strings conducted by Greg Adams except Below Us, All The City Lights conducted by Harry Betts

Our thanks to Frank Capp for assembling these musicians for Below Us, All The City Lights:
Bud Shank: flute, alto flute, alto sax, piccolo
Frank Rosolino and Tom Shepard: trombones
Vincent DeRosa, David Duke and Richard Perissi: French horns
…and the 16 fine strings.

Ray Gillette and Kell Houston play trombone on Time Will Tell

Additional voices provided by Marilyn Scott and Alice Thompson on Time Will Tell, and by Marilyn Scott and Pepper Watkins on Can’t You See (You Doin’ Me Wrong), Just When We Start Makin’ It, Love’s Been Gone So Long and Don’t Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream).


Recorded at Kaye/Smith Studios, Seattle
Recording Engineer: Jim Gaines
Sound Production: Alan Chinowsky

…and Record Plant, Sausalito
Recording Engineer: Tom Flye
Sound Production: Alan Chinowsky
Remix Engineers: Jim Gaines, Alan Chinowsky


Album Design and Photography: Bruce Steinberg


Special thanks to Ron Barnett, Doug “Kim” Sohn, David Crockett, Jerry Perkins and Alan Chinowsky


Warner Bros. Records Inc. a Subsidiary and Licensee of Warner Bros. Inc. 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, Calif. 91505. 44 East 50th Street, New York, New York 10022. Made in U.S.A. © 1974 Warner Bros. Records Inc. (P) 1974 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Printed in U.S.A.


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