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MICHAEL FRANKS
THE ART OF TEA

Original 1975 album liner notes


Side One

NIGHTMOVES   4:03

EGGPLANT  3:34

MONKEY SEE – MONKEY DO  3:33

ST. ELMO’S FIRE  3:58

I DON’T KNOW WHY I’M SO HAPPY I’M SAD  4:16


Side Two

JIVE   3:16

POPSICLE TOES  4:35

SOMETIMES I JUST FORGET TO SMILE  3:45

MR. BLUE  4:03

All songs written by Michael Franks, © 1975 Mississippi Mud (BMI) except “Nightmoves,” Words by Michael Franks © 1975 Mississippi Mud (BMI), Music by Michael Small © 1975 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
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PRODUCED BY TOMMY LIPUMA

Recorded Live on May 22, 1975; May 27, 1975 and June 9, 1975

Recording Engineers: Lee Hershberg, Bruce Botnick, Al Schmitt

Mixing Engineer: Al Schmitt

String Arrangements: Nick De Caro

Disc Mastering by Doug Sax, The Mastering Lab
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John Guerin – Drums
Courtesy of Ode Records

Wilton Felder – Bass
Courtesy of ABC/Blue Thumb

Joe Sample – Keyboards
Courtesy of ABC/Blue Thumb

Larry Carlton – Guitars
Courtesy of ABC/Blue Thumb

Michael Brecker – Tenor Sax on “Jive”
Appears courtesy of Arista Records

Dave Sanborn – Alto Sax on “Monkey See – Monkey Do” and “Mr. Blue”
Appears courtesy of Courtly Productions

Larry Bunker – Vibes

Jerry Steinholtz – Congas


Art Direction: Ed Thrasher

Photography: Linda Levine
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Reprise Records, a division of Warner Bros. Records Inc., a Warner Communications Company, 3300 Warner Blvd. Burbank, Calif. 91505. 44 East 50th Street, New York, New York 10022. Made in U.S.A.
© 1975 Warner Bros. Records Inc. (P) 1975 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Printed in U.S.A.


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