GANGSTERS / GANGSTERS / LP /

(US / HEAT / HT 002 / 1979 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:VG+ 背抜け 底抜け 上辺右縁割れ スレ)

オハイオ産アーバン・モダンファンク/モダンソウル！
THE HARMONICSから派生したCHICAGO GANGSTERSをを母体とするアクロンはオハイオのソウル・グループ。ファンキーなモダンソウル「CHUGA CHUGA」、ジワジワと高揚していく展開が素晴らしい「SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE」、TOM BROWNE「FUNKY FOR JAMAICA」にも通ずる仕上がりの「WOP」、ダミ声ブルーズ・ファンクな「SMOKE」など、全6曲を収録。US ORIGINAL盤！

TRACKLIST
A1 LIFE IS NOT EASY 5:36
A2 CHUGA CHUGA 4:24
A3 WOP THAT WANDY 5:30
A4 SMOKE 3:19
B1 SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE 9:16
B2 I FEEL YOU WHEN YOU’RE GONE 4:02
B3 I’VE LEARNED MY LESSON 6:43

PUBLISHED BY – JIMI MAC MUSIC
PUBLISHED BY – JOBETE MUSIC CO., INC.
ENGINEERED AT – P.S. RECORDING STUDIOS
MIXED AT – HEAT STUDIO
PHONOGRAPHIC COPYRIGHT ℗ – HEAT RECORDS
BASS GUITAR – ANTHONY AMOS, ERROL SANDERS, LARRY BALL
CONGAS [CONGA DRUMS] – JAMES MEDVEDEFF
DRUMS, PERCUSSION – CHRIS MCCANTS
ENGINEER [RECORDING] – D. LEAKS, LEROY, PAUL SERRANO, SCOTT, STU
GUITAR – ART COMBS, DANNY LEAKS, DAVID ROGERS, JIMMY CARTER
HORNS, CONTRACTOR – MURRAY WATSON
PIANO, SYNTHESIZER – JAMES MEDVEDEFF, SAM MCCANTS
VOCALS – CHICKIN, DAVID ROGERS, ED BROWN, ED JOHNSTON, ERROL SANDERS, JAMES MEDVEDEFF, JOHNAL ELI, SAM MCCANTS, STELLA ANTWAN, TWEETIE, WILLIE JOHNSTON
WRITTEN-BY – THE GANGSTERS* (TRACKS: A2 TO A4, B2, B3), E. SANDERS (TRACKS: A1), STEVIE WONDER (TRACKS: B1)