Herbie Hancock – Feets Don't Fail Me Now

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Label:	Columbia – JC 35764
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1979
Genre:	Electronic, Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:	Disco, Funk

Tracklist

A1	You Bet Your Love Written-By – A. Willis, D. Rubinson, H. Hancock, J. Cohen	7:36
A2	Trust Me Drums [Additional] – James Levi Written-By – A. Willis, D. Rubinson, H. Hancock*	5:41
A3	Ready Or Not Congas – Sheila Escovedo Guitar, Drums – Ray Parker, Jr.* Timbales – Coke Escovedo Written-By – J. Cohen, R. Parker, Jr.	6:42
B1	Tell Everybody Written-By – B. Good, D. Rubinson, H. Hancock, J. Cohen	7:09
B2	Honey From The Jar Written-By – H. Hancock, J. Cohen	6:51
B3	Knee Deep Bass – Freddie Washington Drums – James Levi Engineer – Bryan Bell Guitar, Producer – Wah Wah Watson* Percussion [Additional] – Brian Davis (2) Programmed By [Additional Synthesizer Programming] – Gordon Bahary Soprano Saxophone – Bennie Maupin Written-By – H. Hancock, M. Ragin	5:39

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – The Automatt
Recorded At – Bear West Studios
Mixed At – The Automatt
Mastered At – The Automatt
Manufactured By – Columbia Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Published By – Hancock Music
Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
Published By – Polo Grounds Music (2)
Published By – Radiola Music

Credits

Backing Vocals – Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters
Bass – Ed Watkins*
Drums – James Gadson
Engineer – David Rubinson, Fred Catero
Engineer [Assistant] – Cheryl Ward, Chris Minto, Ken Kessie, Leslie Ann Jones
Engineer [Keyboard And Vocoder] – Bryan Bell
Guitar – Ray Obiedo
Keyboards, Vocals – Herbie Hancock
Mastered By – Phil Brown
Percussion – Bill Summers
Producer – Dave Rubinson & Friends Inc.*, Herbie Hancock
Producer [Associate] – Jeffrey Cohen

Notes

Columbia Pitman pressing with printed inner sleeve.
There exists another very similar version pressed at Terre Haute, here: Feets Don't Fail Me Now

Ⓟ & © 1979
"Herbie's vocals on this record were realized through the use of the Sennheiser Vocoder VSM 201"
All except B3 recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco, CA.
B3 recorded at Bear West Studio, San Francisco, CA.
Publishing:
A1, A2, B1, B2 Hancock Music
A1, A2 Irving Music, Inc.
A1 to B2 Polo Grounds Music
A3 Raydiola Music

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (A1, A2, B1 to B3): BMI
Rights Society (A3): ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID (runout): P
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout variant 1): P AL 35764-1C P
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout variant 1): P BL 35764-1D P
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout variant 2): P AL 35764-1B
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout variant 2): P BL 35764-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout variant 3): P AL 35764-1C
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout variant 3): P BL 35764-1J
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout variant 4): P AL 35764-1F
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout variant 4): P BL 35764-1F
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout variant 5): P AL 35764-1J
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout variant 5): P BL 35764-1E

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Feets Don't Fail Me Now (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS	CBS 83491	Europe	1979
	Feets Don't Fail Me Now (LP, Album)	CBS, CBS	S CBS 83491, CBS 83491	UK	1979
Recently Edited	Feets Don't Fail Me Now (LP, Album)	Calliope (2), Calliope (2)	LP. 7912, 7912	Turkey	1979
Recently Edited	Feets Don't Fail Me Now (LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 83491	Italy	1979
Recently Edited	Feets Don't Fail Me Now (LP, Album)	CBS	S 83491	Spain	1979

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Reviews

slamboogie88 Oct 9, 2021
Edited 2 years ago
What a fantastic Herbie Hancock album doing disco, funk, jazz-infused flavor. This is absolutely not a straight up jazz album. But if you are a fan of HH, then you have come to accept this man loves to experiment and is constantly evolving. Track B3 "Knee Deep" is a gem for fans of Head Hunters. Having said that this is not a terrible album like others have mentioned. Now if you are not a fan of disco, funk then this might not be a chapter of Herbie for you but please do not trash the man's hard work. Music is purely subjective. If you dig Roy Ayers, Funkadelics, Roger & Zapp, then this album is for you. And if you are a fan of Daft Punk....This is a fun listening session, especially track A1 "You Bet Your Love". Literally, the blueprint of that Daft Punk sound was created 20 years prior to Daft Punk's first release. This is why I love music. Hearing the musical lineage and influences from artist to artist, crossing genre. Enjoy.
radiohoffman Jun 22, 2020
As others have mentioned previously, there are far better Hancock-disco releases. If it didn't have his name there in big letters, I wouldn't have ascribed this album to H², but instead to some far less talented artist, more known for their lactose-laden, adult-contemporary disco. What disturbs me the most about this release however, is the fact that the first track "You Bet Your Love" is such an obvious plagiarism of the P&P classic "Got To Get Your Love" by Clyde Alexander & Sanction, which was released the same year as this malarkey. Boooooo Herbie! Booooo.
xXtoystory2wasokayXx Oct 24, 2017
"Trust Me" is so nasty. That is all.
Ten words.
Spunkfish Apr 20, 2017
i can never understand people giving negative comments to this amazing album , the production is one of the best in my collection and ive thousands, a masterpiece, one of his best albums
mscharlierae Nov 22, 2016
'You Bet Your Love' - was Larry Graham an influence to the bassist on this track? there's something Larry-esque about it.. can anyone verify the player?
fredpostman Jul 14, 2011
Ignore the other reviews;the whole lp was a masterclass in disco music and 'You Bet Your Love' and 'Tell Everybody' are classics of the genre.Purists baulked at this music but we just carried on dancing.
A reissue is long overdue...
Christopher_Jion Aug 25, 2005
Edited 18 years ago
"Trust Me" is by far the most amazing work on this album.
It puts off a mood and a feeling in your gut that is impossible to describe. Warm, but sad and very to-heart.
And the vocal effects add so much to the atmosphere.

I cannot say enough good things about this track, but the problem is that I'm unable to come up with the right words. You just have to hear it for yourself.

Put it on, and just sit and listen.
You'll be amazed that you lived this long without hearing it.