The Dells – Freedom Means....

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Label:	Cadet – CA 50004, Cadet – CA-50004
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1971
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Soul

Tracklist

A1	Freedom Means Written-By – Charles Stepney, Al Wade*, Terry Callier	4:12
A2	Rather Be With You Written-By – Jerry Butler, Al Wade*, Terry Callier	4:00
A3	The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) Written-By – Al Wade*, Terry Callier	4:00
A4	One Less Bell To Answer Written-By – Burt Bacharach, Hal David*	4:48
A5	It's All Up To You Written-By – Al Wade*, Terry Callier	4:00
	If You Go Away / Love Story (Medley)	6:48
B1.1	If You Go Away Written-By – J. Brell*, Rod McKuen
B1.2	Love Story Written-By – C. Sigman*, Francis Lai
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B2	Make It With You Written-By – David Gates	3:27
B3	Free And Easy Written-By – Al Wade*, Terry Callier	4:58
B4	Melody Man Written-By – Al Wade*, Terry Callier	3:40
B5	Freedom Theme Written-By – Charles Stepney	0:20

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Cadet Records
Manufactured By – Chess Producing Corp.
Recorded At – Ter Mar Studios

Credits

Arranged By [Vocals] – Charles Stepney, The Dells
Arranged By, Conductor – Charles Stepney
Art Direction – Maurer Productions
Baritone Vocals – Marvin Junior, Mickey McGill
Bass Vocals – Chuck Barksdale
Engineer, Engineer [Re-Mix] – Gary Starr
Photography By – Peter Ampft
Producer – Charles Stepney, Chuck Barksdale
Supervised By [Album Production And Supervision] – Charles Stepney
Tenor Vocals – Johnny Carter, Verne Allison

Notes

Recorded at: Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Mfg. by Chess Producing Corp. Chicago, IL 60616

Also released with different labels: Freedom Means.... and Freedom Means....

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): CA-1-50004-A
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): CA-1-50004-B

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Freedom Means.... (LP, Album)	Bellaphon	BLPS 19062	Germany	1971
New Submission	Freedom Means.... (LP, Album)	Chess	6310 102	UK	1971
New Submission	Freedom Means.... (LP, Album)	Cadet	CA 50004	US	1971
New Submission	Freedom Means.... (LP, Album, Promo)	Cadet	CA 50004	US	1971
	Freedom Means.... (LP, Album, Repress)	Cadet, Cadet	CA 50004, CA-50004	US	1971

Reviews

foogoo Apr 12, 2016
Incredible Charles Stepney produced lp from the mighty mighty Dells, stand outs are the slightly California-Soul-like Free and Easy and Melody Man. If you like Rotary Connection this is a must.