
Tracklist
- A1 Black Cow 5:07
- A2 Aja 7:56
- A3 Deacon Blues 7:26
- B1 Peg 3:58
- B2 Home At Last 5:31
- B3 I Got The News 5:03
- B4 Josie 4:30
Musicians
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Tom ScottArranged By (Horns), Conductor (Horns), Saxophone (Saxes), Flute, Tenor Saxophone (Tenor Sax), Lyricon
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Dean ParksArranged By (Rhythm Charts Prepared By, In Collaboration With The Composers), Guitar
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Larry CarltonArranged By (Rhythm Charts Prepared By, In Collaboration With The Composers), Guitar, Soloist (Solo Guitar)
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Michael OmartianArranged By (Rhythm Charts Prepared By, In Collaboration With The Composers), Piano
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Chuck FindleyBrass
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Dick “Slyde” HydeBrass
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Lew McCrearyBrass
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Donald FagenLead Vocals, Written-By, Composed By, Words By, Music By, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals, Whistle (Police Whistle)
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Walter BeckerPhotography By (Inside Photos), Written-By, Composed By, Words By, Music By, Guitar, Bass, Soloist (Solo Guitar)
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Bill PerkinsSaxophone (Saxes), Flute
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Jackie KelsoSaxophone (Saxes), Flute
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Jim HornSaxophone (Saxes), Flute
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Pete ChristliebSaxophone (Saxes), Flute, Tenor Saxophone (Tenor Sax)
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Plas JohnsonSaxophone (Saxes), Flute
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Wayne ShorterSaxophone (Saxes), Flute, Tenor Saxophone (Tenor Sax)
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Clydie KingBacking Vocals
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Rebecca LouisBacking Vocals
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Sherlie MatthewsBacking Vocals
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Venetta FieldsBacking Vocals
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Chuck RaineyBass
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Joe SampleClavinet, Electric Piano
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Paul HumphreyDrums
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Victor FeldmanElectric Piano, Percussion, Piano, Vibraphone (Vibes)
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Timothy B. SchmitBacking Vocals
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Steve GaddDrums
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Denny DiasGuitar
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Bernard PurdieDrums
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Lee RitenourGuitar
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Michael McDonaldBacking Vocals
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Paul GriffinBacking Vocals, Electric Piano
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Don GrolnickClavinet
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Rick MarottaDrums
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Steve KhanGuitar
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Jay GraydonGuitar, Soloist (Solo Guitar)
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Gary ColemanPercussion
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Ed GreeneDrums
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Jim KeltnerDrums, Percussion
Production
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Gary KatzProducer
Also credited
Also credited. Art Direction: OZ Studios. Consultant (Sound Consultant): Stuart “Dinky” Dawson. Coordinator (Covert Operations): Karen Stanley. Coordinator (Production Coordinator): Barbara Miller. Design: Geoff Westen, Patricia Mitsui. Engineer: Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner, Roger Nichols. Engineer (Executive): Roger Nichols. Engineer (Assistants): Ed Rack, Joe Bellamy, Ken Klinger, Lenise Bent, Linda Tyler, Ron Pangaliman. Management (Bagman): Leonard Freedman. Management (Protection): Irving Azoff. Mastered By: Bernie Grundman. Other (Hemiolas, Hockets, Maneries Of Garlandia, Etc.): Andrew Frank. Photography By (Cover): Hideki Fujii. Photography By (Inside Photos): Dorothy White. Sleeve Notes: Michael Phalen, Steve Diener.
Release notes
“S” etched in runouts denotes Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria, pressing.
First pressings have catalog # AB-1006. “AB” prefix in catalog # was an ABC label price code, and approximately two weeks after the release of the album, the price was raised $1.00 and subsequent pressings were catalog # AA-1006.
Issued in a glossy cardstock gatefold jacket, with printed card stock inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.
℗ 1977 ABC Records, Inc. © 1977 ABC Records, Inc.
Published by ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
All selections © 1977 ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)
Recorded at:
Village Recorders, West L.A.
Producer’s Workshop, Hollywood
Warner Bros. North Hollywood Recording Studios
ABC Recording Studios
Sound Labs, Hollywood
A&R Studios, N.Y.C.
Mastered at A&M Studios, Hollywood.
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