Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters

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Label:	Columbia – KC 32731
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	Oct 26, 1973
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

A1	Chameleon Written-By – B. Maupin, H. Mason, H. Hancock, P. Jackson	15:41
A2	Watermelon Man Arranged By – Harvey Mason Written-By – H. Hancock*	6:29
B1	Sly Written-By – H. Hancock*	10:18
B2	Vein Melter Written-By – H. Hancock*	9:10

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Produced For – David Rubinson And Friends, Inc.
Recorded At – Wally Heider Studios
Recorded At – Different Fur Studios
Published By – Hancock Music Company
Manufactured By – Columbia Records
Produced For – Catero Sound Company
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

Design [Cover] – Victor Moscoso
Engineer [Recording, Wally Heider] – Fred Catero, Jeremy Zatkin
Ensemble – The Herbie Hancock Group
Management [Artist] – Adamsdad Management Co.*
Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Congas, Shekere, Balafon, Agogô, Cabasa, Whistle [Hindewho], Tambourine, Slit Drum [Log Drum], Surdo, Bells [Gankoqui], Percussion [Beer Bottle] – Bill Summers
Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Drums [Yamaha] – Harvey Mason
Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Marimbula, Electric Bass – Paul Jackson (2)
Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Saxello, Bass Clarinet, Alto Flute – Bennie Maupin
Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Arp Soloist], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet [Hohner D 6], Pipe [Pipes] – Herbie Hancock
Photography By – Waldo Bascom
Producer – David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock
Recorded By [Different Fur] – Dane Butcher, John Vieira

Notes

Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco.
and at Different Fur Trading Co., San Francisco.

A product of Catero Sound Co., San Francisco.
Artist Management: Adamsdad Management Co., San Francisco.

Hancock Music Co./B.M.I.

℗ 1973 CBS, Inc.

This version is the Pitman pressing variation and can be identified by the arrangement of and the typesetting on the labels and by the runout groove etchings.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: B.M.I.
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AL 32731
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BL 32731
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 1): P AL 32731-1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 1): P BL 32731-1B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 2): P AL 32731-1D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 2): P BL 32731-1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 3): P AL 32731-1B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 3): P BL 32731-1B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 4): P AL 32731-1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 4): P BL 32731-1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A ,stamped - variant 5): P AL 32731-1B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 5): P BL 32731-1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 6): P AL 32731-1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 6): P BL 32731-1E
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 7): P AL 32731-1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 7): P BL 32731-1B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 8): P AL 32731-1D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 8): P BL 32731-1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 9): P AL 32731-1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 9): P BL 32731-1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 10): P AL 32731-1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 10): P BL 32731-1C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 11): P AL 32731-1F
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 11): P BL 32731-1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 12): P AL 32731-1F
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 12): P BL 32731-1E
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 13): P AL 32731-1F
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched - variant 13): PBL 32731-1H
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 14): PAL 32731-1E
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 14): PBL 32731-1E

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Head Hunters (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS/Sony, CBS/Sony	SOPL 238, SOPL-238	Japan	1973
Recently Edited	Head Hunters (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS, CBS	S 65928, KC 32731	UK	1973
New Submission	Head Hunters (LP, Album)	Columbia	KC 32731	Canada	1973
New Submission	Head Hunters (LP, Album)	CBS	SBP 474173	New Zealand	1973
New Submission	Head Hunters (LP, Album)	Date	DAS 2192	South Africa	1973

Reviews

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sixergixer Oct 16, 2022
I cannot get over the sheer fkng glory of this pressing. An absolute gem in my collection. Maupin on Sly is a unit!
mikeSF_ Aug 31, 2021
As Jazz-Funk goes, nobody is as funky as Herbie. This is a brilliant record with solid tracks start to finish.
The grooves are toe-tappingly funky. Sure, the instruments sound a little dated these days, but for '74 he was really pushing the envelope.

This is an early pressing that sounds amazing. Recommended.
Derfunkmeister Jun 15, 2021
There are a lot of sick sellers here, some asking for 600 $ for a M-/VG. Don't they have brains??Next to that the same grading for 45 $ and there is 42 for sale in all so hardly rare. Guess it's about time to start looking elsewhere for second hand LP's because in the end one never knows what one get's when dealing with mentally ill people.
couchlock Feb 27, 2021
funky as hell, a work of genius. i am always amazed when i listen to it. not only groovy as it can be, there is also so much to detect by repeated listenings. a must have for every fan of funk and jazz fusion.
Afrikano1 Jul 26, 2019
I had the great fortune to meet Mr. Hancock in person and tell him of my fondness for this record. Jazz-Funk musical perfection!
STARK Jan 4, 2019
Edited 3 years ago
This really is it, my numero uno. The wonder just grows and grows. Still gives me shivers, still blows my mind. The groove, the breaks, changes, shifting funky jazz.
TheoAbstract Mar 13, 2018
I have the cd and the 24bit but the vinyl is incomparable. fantastic record.
Shindoge Jan 23, 2018
Every disc page has a relative album to this disc. I know this one is a god like album.
And I just get a 180gram RE for this. So cheap. What a gift for Lucky fast speed hands.
msteegh Oct 15, 2017
I bought this album on a whim somewhere at the end of the 70's (in 1973 I was definitely still too young), but I'm sure it was before I knew "Feets don't fail me now" (which I also bought later and the 12" (disco version) of "Tell everybody", it's also on "Feets don't fail me now" but in a completely different version, e.g. without the fantastic percussion).
I actually don't remeber why I bought it, probably because I had heard some records of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea and liked them very much. But all in all it was not a bad choice and moreover I still have the album (in playable condition of course)......
I never understood those people who got rid of their vinyl collection when CD's became "the norm" in buying music. And now lots of people are buying turntables and paying sometimes a lot of money for records they threw/gave away years ago. Anyway, vinyl rules IMHO and so does this album!
busterzhum4n Jan 11, 2017
this was not the best album to discover at 12:30 AM... i have to work in the moring but gaht DAMN is that a funky groove