Magicians Holiday
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| Magicians Holiday | ||||
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| File:Magicians holliday cover.jpeg | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Studio | Shelter Church Studio (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | |||
| Genre | Soul, funk | |||
| Length | 35:42 | |||
| Label | Shelter | |||
| Producer | Buddy Jones | |||
| The Gap Band chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | File:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg [1] |
Magicians Holiday is the debut album by The Gap Band in 1974 on Shelter Records.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Buddy Jones and Charles Wilson, except where noted
All tracks arranged by The Gap Band
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I-Yike-It" | Tom Lokey | 2:46 |
| 2. | "Backbone" | 2:36 | |
| 3. | "After All Is Said and Done" | 3:25 | |
| 4. | "Fontessa Fame" | 4:30 | |
| 5. | "You Can Always Count on Me" | 5:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Bad Girl" | 3:30 | |
| 7. | "Easy Life" | Buddy Jones, Kay Poorboy | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Loving You Is Everything" | 3:40 | |
| 9. | "Tommy's Groove" | Tom Lokey | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Magicians Holiday" | 2:53 |
Personnel
- The Gap Band
- Charles Wilson – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, Clavinet, organ
- Ronnie Wilson – backing vocals, trumpet
- Robert Wilson – backing vocals, bass
- Roscoe Smith – drums
- O'Dell Stokes – guitar
- Tommy Lokey – trumpet
- Alvin Jones – trombone
- Chris Clayton – saxophone
- Carl Scoggins – congas, percussions
with:
- Jamie Oldaker – drums on "Easy Life"
- Wayne Perkins - guitar on "Bad Girl" and "Loving You Is Everything"
- Tuck Andress - guitar on "Tommy's Groove"
- Technical
- Kirk Bressler - engineer
- Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff - remixing engineer
- Tom Wilkes - album design, front cover photography
Samples
- "Tommy's Groove"
- "Ragtime"" by Brand Nubian on their One For All album.[2]
References
- ↑ Magicians Holiday > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
- ↑ "Brand Nubian's Ragtime sample of The Gap Band's Tommy's Groove". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2012-02-29.