Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela
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A&M SP-4727
Released 1978
Peaked at #31 on the Jazz Albums Chart (1978)
Release information
Vinyl: SP-4727; also on cassette and 8-track
Purchase
Locate CD at: forthcoming
Download from Amazon | iTunes
Locate vinyl on: eBay
Produced by Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela and Mosa Jonas Gwangwa
Associate Producer: Don Hahn
Songs:
Herb Alpert - Trumpet
Hugh Masekela - Flugelhorn, Vocals (8 )
Mosa Jonas Gwangwa - Trombone, Vocals (8 )
Larry Willis - Piano, Synthesizer & Electric Piano
Arthur Adams - Guitar
Jeff Sigman - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar (8 )
Manolo Badrena - Percussion, Snare Drum (3)
David Williams - Upright and Electric Bass
Buddy Williams - Drums
Tommy Tedesco - Acoustic Guitar (3)
Michael Boddicker - Sythesizer Programming (3, 5, 6)
String Quartet: Charles Veal, Jr., Kenneth Yerke, Denyse Buffum and Ray J. Kelly (3, 4, 8 )
Orchestrated by Michel Colombier
Caiphus Semenya - Vocals (8 )
Recorded Live at the Roxy and A&M's Sound Stage
The remote truck for the Roxy recording was provided by The Record Plant
Engineered by Don Hahn and Derek Dunann
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood
Art Direction: Roland Young
Design: GRAFIS
Photography: Bonnie Schiffman
Inner Sleeve Photography: Jim McCrary
(Originally posted by @Captain Bacardi)
The December, 2015 release marks the first time that the You Smile--The Song Begins album will appear in lossless digital format. Digital download and streaming release date was December 4, 2015, with CD to follow in early 2016.
MAIN EVENT - LIVE!
A&M SP-4727
Released 1978
Peaked at #31 on the Jazz Albums Chart (1978)
Release information
Vinyl: SP-4727; also on cassette and 8-track
Purchase
Locate CD at: forthcoming
Download from Amazon | iTunes
Locate vinyl on: eBay
Produced by Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela and Mosa Jonas Gwangwa
Associate Producer: Don Hahn
Songs:
- Foreign Natives (Mosa Jonas Gwangwa) - 9:15
- People Make The World Go 'Round (Thom Bell/Linda Creed) - 5:36
- Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez) - 4:14
- I'm Comin' Home (Herb Alpert) - 5:22
- She-Been (Mosa Jonas Gwangwa) - 3:30
- Kalahari Nights (Mosa Jonas Gwangwa) - 6:24
- Shame The Devil (Mosa Jonas Gwangwa) - 6:58
- Mama Way (Henry Sithole) - 5:50
Herb Alpert - Trumpet
Hugh Masekela - Flugelhorn, Vocals (8 )
Mosa Jonas Gwangwa - Trombone, Vocals (8 )
Larry Willis - Piano, Synthesizer & Electric Piano
Arthur Adams - Guitar
Jeff Sigman - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar (8 )
Manolo Badrena - Percussion, Snare Drum (3)
David Williams - Upright and Electric Bass
Buddy Williams - Drums
Tommy Tedesco - Acoustic Guitar (3)
Michael Boddicker - Sythesizer Programming (3, 5, 6)
String Quartet: Charles Veal, Jr., Kenneth Yerke, Denyse Buffum and Ray J. Kelly (3, 4, 8 )
Orchestrated by Michel Colombier
Caiphus Semenya - Vocals (8 )
Recorded Live at the Roxy and A&M's Sound Stage
The remote truck for the Roxy recording was provided by The Record Plant
Engineered by Don Hahn and Derek Dunann
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood
Art Direction: Roland Young
Design: GRAFIS
Photography: Bonnie Schiffman
Inner Sleeve Photography: Jim McCrary
(Originally posted by @Captain Bacardi)
The December, 2015 release marks the first time that the You Smile--The Song Begins album will appear in lossless digital format. Digital download and streaming release date was December 4, 2015, with CD to follow in early 2016.
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