Tower of Power Squib Cakes Direct Disc

Classic Direct to Disc Recording of Squib Cakes!

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[pietrocalgremio]

compared to the other version this one style is more like jazz or jazz-fusion rather than jazz-funk, i like both very much! Whats the line-up here?

[moestein]

@pietrocalgremio Lineup on this release: Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, Lenny Pickett, Greg Adams, Mic Gillette, Rick Waychesko, Willy Fulton, Mark Sanders, Michael Jeffries, Chester Thompson, Vito San Filippo, Victor Feldman; plus: James Gilstrap, Edie Lehmann, Oren Waters

[playdrums]

Garibaldi is a god on drums but this ain't the same intro from the oakland stroke album......

[moestein]

@playdrums yep..different recording, different line-up. same kick ass squib

[moestein]

Would love to post that song but it isnt on this release. Even if I tried posting it off the back to Oakland CD WMG would most likely yank it immediately anyway.

[paperbackwriter992]

MOST EPIC SAX SOLO EVER!

[jazznjetta]

Still one of the best Horns Section ever!!

[newsmanbluesman]

wow, moe - might as well load a few more of these. PS Still trying to hear the switch from bass pedals back to Vito's electric bass in this track - and its invisible - you cant hear it. That is ill. Our man CT was an excellent writer and oh yeah the break-down king - the drummer cant make a mistake. Thjere's a crazy one with Ron Beck '77 on wolfies vault; with DG on live LP; this one. Unique

[newsmanbluesman]

Necer Let go of love was the killer ballad..Just in time I re-foamed a pair of Advents and listened to this - great tone which I never got from vinyl. Documents last ever LP and CT combo..Same band here in Scotia the week before. Please know: Vito and Sanders both dug in. & even this late version of the Tower blew people back. Chicks wanted to take MJeffries home in their handbags. Cat could not sing a bad noteBest tune? That Is Why i Sing. This upload sounded like every corner of that club did.

[MrPatricioG]

@keepkk "Direct" has 5 cuts. "Fanfare/That's why I sing," "And you know it," "Squib Cakes," "What is Hip?," and the last song is a ballad that I forgot the name of. It was written by Michael Jeffries who was the lead vocalist at the time. I do know that this same ballad is on the "Dinosaur Tracks" CD. I'll find out later and get back to you. The "Direct Plus" CD has a couple of extra bonus tracks(7). I believe they are the second takes of "Squib Cakes" and "What is HIp? if I'm not mistaken.

[keepkk]

@MrPatricioG

Do you know how many cuts did "Direct" have? To be honest I didnt know they have 2 takes on this recording. Thanx.

[MrPatricioG]

They only did two cuts for each song during this recording. This was recorded specifically for Sheffield Labs around the time the Compact Disc first came out. There's actually two different CD's on Sheffield Lab. "Direct" were the first takes and "Direct Plus" were the second takes of each song. I have both CD's and I bought the first one back in 1987 at Tower Records in San Francisco.

[PJ92386]

Thanks for sharing

[Jellybeantiger]

This recording has the best brass sounds.

[dragongoff]

@TheB3Nut I agree this is a good take for the most part of a DI with Leslie rotor off to the left. Sort of blends Auger style presence with basic Leslie use. I can see where when you have so much in your face music going on, the rotor phase ebbs too much to hear all the notes Chester's playing. Perhaps a Tone cabinet along with the Leslie would have minimized the gargle as it would've been acoustically picked up by the Leslie mics somewhat.

[Reaper1984]

@gdf55

Haha how can anyone be disappointed! I love this version, the original is cool too, of course, but hell, this has so much epic jazz/fusionism over it, that i can't believe someone gets disappointed when hearing it!

[TheB3Nut]

Yes, that's Chester on B-3, and it's definitely a -3 series Hammond (B-3/C-3/A-100). They had a lot of direct signal from the organ's preamp mixed with the Leslie. I like a touch of DI off the preamp sometimes, but I never use this much. Makes the organ sound like it's gargling.