🎵 AotW AOTW: Quincy Jones - You've Got It Bad Girl (SP-3041)

[Captain Bacardi]

Quincy Jones -
You've Got It Bad Girl
A&M SP-3041

Released 1973

Produced by Quincy Jones & Ray Brown

Format: Vinyl/8-track/CD/Quadrophonic LP/MFSL LP

Tracks:

• 1. Summer In The City (John Sebastian - Steve Boone - Mark Sebastian) 4:05
  2. Eyes Of Love (Quincy Jones - Bob Russell) 3:28
  3. Tribute To A.F. - RO
  (A) Daydreaming (Aretha Franklin) 3:36
  (B) First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan MacColl) 3:35
  4. Love Theme From "The Getaway" (Quincy Jones) 2:35
  5. You've Got It Bad Girl (Yvonne Wright) 5:45
  6. Superstition (Stevie Wonder) 4:40
  7. Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie - Walter Fuller) 8:40
  8. "Sanford & Son" Theme (Quincy Jones) 3:05
  9. Chump Change (Quincy Jones - Bill Cosby) 3:19

Musicians include:

Quincy Jones - Vocals, Arranger with:

Keyboards - Dave Grusin, Eddie Louis, George Duke, Bob James
Bass - Ray Brown
Sax - Phil Woods, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Watts
Flute - Hubert Laws
Guitar - Dennis Budimir, Toots Thielmans
Trumpet - Cat Anderson
Harmonica - Toots Thielmans, Tom Morgan
Vocals - Valerie Simpson

Art Direction - Roland Young
Photography - Jim McCreary

Liner Notes - Roberta Flack



Capt. Bacardi

 

[W.B.]

Ah, so that's where the logo for Mr. Jones's production company (as ubiquitously shown on his productions for Michael Jackson's best-known works) originated.

 

[Captain Bacardi]

What strikes me about this album is how mellow it is. A laid-back kind of funk, somewhat ethereal at times. I have the MFSL version, which sounds nice, naturally. Things don't really get kickin' until the second side, when Q's version of "Manteca" starts grooving. Cat Anderson's screaming trumpet highlights this tune as well as "Superstition". It's kind of weird hearing Phil Woods playing over pop changes, although if I recall he was the sax player on Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are". This is an okay album, but I prefer Q's Walking In Space and Smackwater Jack albums.


Capt. Bacardi

 

[snapcrotch]

Every few years I return to the promise of this album with renewed hope -- only to confirm the substance of music magic just isn't there. Instead, I'll keep 'Walking In Space'.

 

[Mike Blakesley]

This is my 2nd favorite Q album, after THE DUDE. I like the mellowness of this one. The title song, "First Time Ever" and "Summer in the City" are faves. I didn't know this one was on CD...gotta get the credit card out again...