Bob James – Three

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Label:	CTI Records – CTI 6063
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing, Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	Sep 3, 1976
Genre:	Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:	Fusion

Tracklist

A1	One Mint Julep Drums – Andy Newmark Guitar – Jeff Mironov Written-By – R. Toombs*	9:04
A2	Women Of Ireland Written-By – Sean O'Riada*	8:00
B1	Westchester Lady Bass – Will Lee Written-By – Bob James	7:23
B2	Storm King Bass – Will Lee Written-By – Bob James	6:33
B3	Jamaica Farewell Written-By – Lord Burgess	5:21

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Creed Taylor, Inc.
Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Lacquer Cut At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Published By – Regent Music
Published By – Unichappell Music
Published By – Three Brothers Music, Inc.
Published By – Wayward Music
Published By – Shari Music Corp.

Credits

Arranged By, Conductor – Bob James
Bass – Gary King (tracks: A1, A2, B3)
Bass Trombone – Dave Taylor*
Bass Trombone, Tuba – Dave Bargeron
Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken
Design [Album] – Rene Schumacher
Drums – Harvey Mason (tracks: A2 to B3)
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Flute – Hubert Laws, Jerry Dodgion
Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Daniels
Guitar – Eric Gale (tracks: A2 to B2), Hugh McCracken (tracks: A2 to B2)
Harp – Gloria Agostini
Keyboards – Bob James
Liner Notes – Bobby Colomby, Grover Washington, Jr., Hubert Laws, Maynard Ferguson, Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack, Sarah Vaughan
Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Photography By – Richard Alcorn
Producer – Creed Taylor
Tenor Saxophone, Tin Whistle – Grover Washington, Jr.
Trombone – Wayne Andre
Trumpet – John Frosk, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm
Viola – Al Brown*, Manny Vardi*
Violin – David Nadien, Emanuel Green, Frederick Buldrini, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Lewis Eley, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen

Notes

Pitman Pressing with laminated gatefold cover and red letters for the "Guest" credit on the front sleeve. See Bob James - Three for a version with a non-laminated cover with yellow letters.

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios. ℗ 1976, Creed Taylor, Inc.

CTI Records, a division of Creed Taylor, Inc., 1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.

Ⓒ Ⓟ 1976, CREED TAYLOR, INC

PRINTED IN U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (Tracks A1,A2): BMI
Rights Society (Tracks B1,B2,B3): ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID (Both Sides Runout Stamped): P
Price Code (Spine): P698
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): RVG 87723 A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): RVG 87723 B
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 1): P RVG•87723 A-8 I VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 1): P RVG•87723•B-8• I VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 2): P RVG•87723•A-14• I VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 2): P RVG•87723•B-12• I VAN GELDER 1Λ
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 3): P RVG 87723•A-19 • I VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 3): P RVG•87723 B-19 • I VAN GELDER B

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Three (LP, Album)	CTI Records	CTI 6063	UK	1976
Recently Edited	Three (LP, Album, Gatefold)	CTI Records, CTI Records	CTI 6063, GP-3060	Japan	1976
Recently Edited	Three (LP, Album)	CTI Records	CTI 6063	Israel	1976
Recently Edited	Three (LP, Album, Gatefold)	CTI Records	CTI 6063	Netherlands	1976
Recently Edited	Three (LP, Album, Gatefold)	CTI Records, CTI Records	CTI 6063, 0006063	Germany	1976

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Reviews

superaudiocdman Dec 22, 2021
Fantastic album... reall winner for Bob James.. oh and, GalaxyExplorer... Women of Ireland is awesome!
pdmcdonnell Apr 1, 2021
Edited 3 years ago
Bob james 3,4 and touchdown are staple 70s jazz/funk treasures wonderfully produced and played by some of jazz/funks best, now over forty years later and in my sixties, there is nothing better than sitting in the garden on a hot day with and ice cold beer chilling to bob james 3 and others ,cheers to everyone still enjoying the tunes
KileyCO Feb 6, 2021
The first time I heard this it impressed the pi$$ out of me. $2 thrift find! Funky af with some weird atmospheric love making sounds? Forget about it! The bass and drums are extraordinarily. Mix that with some special keys and flute holy sh*t grab my ball$. I’m surprised this is not a cult classic because this record makes no sense at all....but who cares! Put this on and entertain some late night friends or a new lover. Feast my friends. Life is good!
humanagainchris Nov 20, 2015
It's got Westchester Lady on it so you need this in your life .
funkymonky Aug 26, 2015
Disagree with Globe.. I love most of Bob James stuff..”Women of Ireland” might not be the best ever tune but i dig the way it builds up than fades out.. a fusion of gaelic, reggae & jazz