Kevin Toney – Special K
Tracklist
| A1 | Red Tape | 6:04 | |
| A2 | Chasin' Rainbows | 5:02 | |
| A3 | Spread The Word | 5:05 | |
| A4 | On Your Feet | 4:52 | |
| B1 | Naima | 4:17 | |
| B2 | A Good Feeling | 4:26 | |
| B3 | Aba (Quiet Beauty) | 4:21 | |
| B4 | Special K | 6:42 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Fantasy Records
Credits
- Arranged By, Orchestrated By – Kevin Toney
- Art Direction – Phil Carroll
- Backing Vocals – Aaron Mills, Alton Green, Claytoven Richardson, Debravon Lewis, Jeryl Bright, Kevin Toney, Lori Ham
- Bass – Abraham Laboriel (tracks: B1, B4), Kevin Toney (tracks: A1, A4)
- Drums – Leon Ndugu Chancler (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B4), William Kennedy (tracks: A1, A4)
- Engineer [Assistant] – Gary Hobish, Jamie Bridges
- Engineer [Recording & Remix] – Richard Corsello
- Flugelhorn – Oscar Brashear (tracks: B3)
- Guitar – Lee Ritenour (tracks: B1, B4), Paul Jackson Jr. (tracks: A3, A2, B2, B3, B4), Ray Obiedo (tracks: A1)
- Keyboards – Kevin Toney
- Lead Vocals – Aaron Mills (tracks: A1, A2, A4), Alton Green (tracks: A3, B2), Lori Ham (tracks: A4)
- Mastered By – George Horn
- Percussion – Bill Summers (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B4), Scott Roberts (tracks: A1)
- Photography By – Phil Bray
- Production Manager [Production Coordination] – Andrea Salter
- Saxophone – Claytoven Richardson
- Trombone – Larry Batiste
- Trumpet – Dean Boysen (tracks: A3, B4), Oscar Brashear (tracks: A3, B4)
Other Versions (4)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Special K (LP, Album) | Fantasy | 190 113 | Spain | 1982 | ||
New Submission | Special K (Cassette, Album) | Fantasy | 5F-9616 | US | 1982 | ||
New Submission | Special K (Cassette, Album, Stereo) | Hispavox, Fantasy | 90 290 113 | Spain | 1982 | ||
Recently Edited | Special K (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) | Boogie Times Records | BTR-7019 | France | 2010 |
Recommendations
Reviews
As with so many funk and jazz funk releases of the era, this album would be far more impressive with the vocals removed. Toney had an incredible lineup of musicians whose fine workmanship is muddied by a bunch of mediocre lyrics.