The Gap Band – The Gap Band

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Label:	Mercury – SRM-1-3758, Mercury – 9110.100
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, 28 - Rainbo Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1980
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Funk, Disco

Tracklist

A1	Shake	4:57
A2	You Can Count On Me	4:59
A3	Open Up Your Mind (Wide)	7:08
A4	Messin' With My Mind	4:12
B1	Baby Baba Boogie	6:36
B2	I'm In Love	5:25
B3	Got To Get Away	3:48
B4	I Can Sing	5:18

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram, Inc.
Copyright © – Phonogram, Inc.
Produced For – Total Experience Productions
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-6671
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-6672
Record Company – PolyGram
Manufactured By – Phonogram, Inc.
Marketed By – Phonogram, Inc.
Distributed By – PolyGram Distribution, Inc.
Published By – Total Experience Music Publishing Co.
Recorded At – Total Experience Studios

Credits

Arranged By [Strings And Horns Arranged By] – Malvin "Dino" Vice* (tracks: A1), Tom Tom 84 (tracks: A2 to B4)
Art Direction, Design – M. Doud*
Backing Vocals – Gary Glenn*, Howard Huntsberry, Julia "Waters"*, Mary Powdrill, Maxine "Waters"*, Robert "Goodie" Whitfield*
Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Gerry Hoff (3)
Design [Additional Design] – Nina Grunfeld
Drums – James Gadson, "Moon" Calhoun*
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Bart Chiate, Ty Blair
Engineer [Remix Engineers] – Bob Hughes, Ty Blair
Engineer [Second Engineers] – Gregory Steve MacMillan*, Ty Williams*
Guitar – Eugene Henderson, Jimi Macon*
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Horns – Albert Aarons*, Barbara Korn, Robert Bryant*, Don Myrick, Fred Jackson, Jr., George Bohanon, Leslie Drayton, Louis Satterfield, Maurice Spears, Michael Harris, Nolan Andrew Smith, Jr.*, Sidney I. Muldrow*, Eugene Young*
Keyboards – Billy Mitchell (2), Huby Heard*, Karen Childs, Louie Cabazoz*
Lead Vocals – Lonnie Simmons (tracks: B1), The Gap* (tracks: B1)
Management – Don Alexander (2)
Percussion – Shondu Akiem*
Performer [The Gap Band], Bass, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion – Robert Wilson
Performer [The Gap Band], Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Charles Wilson*
Performer [The Gap Band], Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piano, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ronnie Wilson
Photography By – Jules Bates
Producer – Lonnie Simmons
Strings – Gina Kronstadt, Haim Shtrum, Henry Roth, Jerome Reisler, Larry Woods, Larry Woods*, Marcia Van Dyke, Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale, William Henderson (2)
Strings, Concertmistress – Janice Gower
Written-By – Charles Wilson*, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson
Written-By [Co-Writer] – Buddy Jones (tracks: B2), R. Calhoun* (tracks: A4), Robert Whitfield (tracks: A4)

Notes

Rainbo Records pressing denoted by "28" plant code on labels and "S-####" sequence in runouts.
Repressing with plant code and One IBM Plaza address in label rimtext.
Often found with company innersleeve 1-79, "Phonogram And Associated Labels Record Album Album"

- Huby Heard appears courtesy of Casablanca
- Louis Satterfield appears courtesy of Arc Records

Published by Total Experience Music Publishing Company
B2 Co-published by Food Music, BMI
Produced for Total Experience Productions
Recorded at the Total Experience Recording Studio, Hollywood, California

Photography: Jules Bates/Artrouble

℗ © 1979 Phonogram, Inc.
Manufactured and marketed by Phonogram, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID (On Labels): 28
Matrix / Runout (Label A): S-6671
Matrix / Runout (Label B): S-6672
Matrix / Runout (Runout A): SRM-1-3758-A3 S-6671
Matrix / Runout (Runout B): SRM-1-3758-B S-6672

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Gap Band (LP, Album)	Mercury	9111 052	Germany	1979
	The Gap Band (LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, PRC Richmond Pressing)	Mercury, Mercury	SRM-1-3758, 9110.100	US	1979
New Submission	The Gap Band (LP, Album, Promo)	Mercury	RJ-7608	Japan	1979
Recently Edited	The Gap Band (LP, Album, Stereo, Richmond Pressing)	Mercury, Mercury	SRM-1-3758, 9110.100	US	1979
Recently Edited	The Gap Band (LP, Album, Stereo, Keel Pressing)	Mercury, Mercury	SRM-1-3758, 9110.100	US	1979