David Sanborn – Taking Off

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Label:	Warner Bros. Records – K56148
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	UK
Released:	1975
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

A1	Butterfat Written-By – S. Khan*	3:02
A2	'Way 'Cross Georgia Written-By – C.T. Perkinson*	4:27
A3	Duck Ankles Written-By – S. Khan*	3:20
A4	Funky Banana Written-By – D. Matthews*	4:27
A5	The Whisperer Written-By – D. Grolnick*	4:47
B1	It Took A Long Time Written-By – R. Brecker*	3:29
B2	Black Light Written-By – D. Matthews*	6:30
B3	Blue Night Written-By – D. Matthews*	3:45
B4	Flight Written-By – D. Matthews*	4:07

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – A&R Studios
Mastered At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios

Credits

Alto Saxophone – David Sanborn
Arranged By – Dave Matthews (3) (tracks: A1, A3, A4), Don Grolnick (tracks: A5), Howard Johnson (3) (tracks: A2), Randy Brecker (tracks: B1)
Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
Baritone Saxophone, Tuba – Howard Johnson (3)
Bass – Will Lee
Cello – Charles McCracken (tracks: B2, B3, B4), George Ricci (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Lucien Smith (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Composed By, Arranged By – Dave Matthews (3) (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Concertmaster – Charles Libove (tracks: B2, B3, B4), David Nadien (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Gene Orloff (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Guy Lumia (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Harold Kohon (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Harry Glickman (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Leo Kahn (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Lou Eley* (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Matthew Raimondi (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Max Pollikoff (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Paul Gershman (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Congas – Ralph MacDonald (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Congas, Bongos, Percussion [Miscellaneous] – Ralph McDonald*
Design – Lockart*
Double Bass – Bob Daugherty (tracks: B2, B3, B4), John Beal (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Drums – Chris Parker (2), Steve Gadd (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Drums [Second] – Rick Marotta (tracks: A1, A3)
Electric Guitar – Buzzy Feiten, Joe Beck (tracks: A4)
Electric Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar [Electric], Acoustic Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar [Acoustic] – Steve Khan
Engineer – Don Hahn
Engineer [Assistant] – Sam Ginsberg
Engineer [Remix] – Don Hahn (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4), Lee Herschberg (tracks: A5)
French Horn – John Clark (2) (tracks: A2), Peter Gordon (8) (tracks: A2)
Percussion – José Madera (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Warren Smith (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Photography By – Benno Friedman
Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet, Organ – Don Grolnick
Producer – John Court
Tenor Saxophone – Mike Brecker*
Trombone – Tom Malone
Trumpet – Randy Brecker
Viola – Al Brown* (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Manny Vardi* (tracks: B2, B3, B4), Harold Coletta (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Violin, Contractor [String] – Emile Charlap (tracks: B2, B3, B4)

Notes

On the sleeve:
K56148
(US Cat No BS 2873)
℗ & © 1975
Recorded at A&R Studios, New York.
Mastered at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood
Sleeve printed and made in England by Gothic Print Finishers, London SE9 2EQ

On the labels:
K 56148
(BS 2873)
℗ 1975
Made in UK

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A): ∙: K∙56148∙A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B): ∙: K∙56148∙B1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Taking Off (LP, Album, Winchester Press)	Warner Bros. Records	BS 2873	US	1975
New Submission	Taking Off (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	W 56148	Italy	1975
New Submission	Taking Off (LP, Album, Promo, Santa Maria Pressing)	Warner Bros. Records	BS 2873	US	1975
New Submission	Taking Off (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	K56148, 1-25393	UK	1975
New Submission	Taking Off (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	BS 2873	Canada	1975