Grover Washington, Jr. – Mister Magic

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Label:	Kudu – KU 20 S1
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:	1975
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

A1	Earth Tones Bass – Phil Upchurch Written-By – Bob James	12:23
A2	Passion Flower Bass – Gary King Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	5:34
B1	Mister Magic Bass – Gary King Written-By – Ralph MacDonald	9:11
B2	Black Frost Bass – Gary King Written-By – Bob James, Grover Washington, Jr.	6:07

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Creed Taylor, Inc.
Distributed By – Motown Record Corporation
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Creed Taylor, Inc.
Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Published By – Trunk Music
Published By – Tempo Music (6)
Published By – Antisia Music
Published By – Char-Liz Music, Inc.
Produced For – CTI Records
Lacquer Cut At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Grover Washington, Jr.
Arranged By – Bob James
Baritone Saxophone – Phil Bodner
Bass Trombone – Tony Studd
Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken
Conductor – Bob James
Design [Album] – Bob Ciano
Drums – Harvey Mason
Electric Piano – Bob James
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Flugelhorn – Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm
Guitar – Eric Gale
Liner Notes – Doug Ramsey
Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Photography By – Alen MacWeeney
Piano – Bob James
Producer – Creed Taylor
Tenor Saxophone – Jerry Dodgion
Trombone – Wayne Andre
Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm
Viola – Al Brown*, Manny Vardi*
Violin – David Nadien, Harold Kohon, Harry Glickman, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman

Notes

Seemingly identical to Grover Washington, Jr. - Mister Magic but without Pitman stamp.

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, November 1974
℗ 1975, Creed Taylor, Inc.
Distributed by Motown Record Corp. Hollywood, Calif.
A1 Published by Trunk Music/ASCAP
A2 Published by Tempo Music/ASCAP
B1 Published by Antisia Music/ASCAP
B2 Published by Char-Liz Music, Inc./BMI

Track duration "Earth Tones" listed on the sleeve is 14:12

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (A Side label): RVG 98780 A
Matrix / Runout (B Side label): RVG 98780 B
Matrix / Runout (A Side runout [variant 1]): RVG 98780 ARE-2 VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (B Side runout [variant 1]): RVG 98781 B RE-7 VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (A Side runout [variant 3]): RVG 98780 A RE-8 VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (B Side runout [variant 3]): RVG 98780 B RE-6 VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (A Side runout [variant 4]): RVG . 98780 A . RE-8 VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (B Side runout [variant 4]): RVG . 98780 B . RE-5 VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (A Side runout [variant 5]): S RVG . 98780 A RE-1 X VAN GELDER 2
Matrix / Runout (B Side runout [variant 5]): RVG . 98780 B . RE-5 VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (A Side runout [variant 6]): RVG.98780.ARE.-2. VAN GELDER
Matrix / Runout (B Side runout [variant 6]): RVG.98780.B-2 VAN GELDER
Price Code (Spine): P698

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Mister Magic (LP, Album, Stereo)	Kudu	KU 20 S1	US	1975
Recently Edited	Mister Magic (LP, Album)	Kudu, Kudu	KU 20, KU-20	UK	1975
Recently Edited	Mister Magic (LP, Album)	Kudu	KU-20	Canada	1975
Recently Edited	Mister Magic (LP, Album, Promo)	Kudu, Kudu	KU 20 S1, KU-20 S1	US	1975
Recently Edited	Mister Magic (LP, Album)	Kudu, Kudu	KU-20 S1, KU-0020S1	US	1975

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Reviews

joeyms16 Aug 7, 2023
this album sounds amazing on vinyl, great music too, definitely worth picking up a vinyl copy
mikeSF_ Jul 27, 2021
Edited 9 months ago
This is some quintessential jazz funk by an outstanding band. The mix is beautiful and this is an excellent pressing.

3.5 stars Recommended.