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Tower of Power
Tower of Power
Warner Bros. Records
BS 2681
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Original 1973 album liner notes


Side One

WHAT IS HIP?
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo, D. Garibaldi; Kuptillo Music)

CLEVER GIRL
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo, W. Fulton; Kuptillo Music)

THIS TIME IT’S REAL
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo, D. Bartlett; Kuptillo Music)

WILL I EVER FIND A LOVE?
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo; Kuptillo Music)

GET YO’ FEET BACK ON THE GROUND
(W. Fulton; Mobetta Music)
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Side Two

SO VERY HARD TO GO
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo; Kuptillo Music)

SOUL VACCINATION
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo; Kuptillo Music)

BOTH SORRY OVER NOTHIN’
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo, L/ Williams; Kuptillo Music)

CLEAN SLATE
(S. Kupka, E. Castillo, W. Fulton; Kuptillo Music)

JUST ANOTHER DAY
(B. Conte; Zambezi Music)


All selections are ASCAP
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TOWER OF POWER
Lenny Williams: lead vocals
Chester Thompson: organ, vocals
Bruce Conte: guitar, vocals
Francis Rocco Prestia: bass
Brent Byars: conga drums, bongos
David Garibaldi: drums
Lenny Pickett: 1st tenor sax, flute, clarinet, vocals
Emilio Castillo: 2nd tenor sax, vocals
Stephen Kupka: baritone sax, oboe, vocals
Mic Gillette: trumpet, trombone, fluegelhorn, baritone horn, vocals
Greg Adams: trumpet, fluegelhorn, (solo on So Very Hard To Go), vocals
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Produced by TOWER OF POWER

Production Supervision: Emilio Castillo

Recorded and Mixed by Jim Gaines

Mixing Assistant: Alan Chinowsky

Strings Arranged and Conducted by Greg Adams


Album Design, Photography and Illustration (plus a taste of harmonica): Bruce Steinberg


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

Special thanks to Jay Spell for all the fine piano


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


BS 2681


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