JOE SAMPLE / RAINBOW SEEKER / LP /

(US / ABC / AA-1050 / 1978 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX-)

THE CRUSADERSの鍵盤奏者、JOE SAMPLEが残したジャズ・ファンク/フュージョン・クラシック。2PAC「DEAR MAMA」をはじめ1ST DOWN「A DAY WIT THE HOMIEZ」やARRESTED DEVELOPMENT「AFRICA’S INSIDE ME」、晋平太「I WANNA BE A MAN」など、数えきれないほどサンプリングされたメロウ・グルーヴ金字塔「IN ALL MY WILDEST DREAMS」、冒頭部分がJAMALSKI「JUMP, SPREAD OUT」でモロ使いされたタイトル曲「RAINBOW SEEKER」、MAIN SOURCE「FUCK WHAT YOU THINK」やMAD SKILLZ「VA IN THE HOUSE」、COMA-CHI「MICHIBATA」ネタの「FLY WITH THE WINGS OF LOVE」、ROCÉ「PLUS D’FEELING」 で使われた「MELODIES OF LOVE」、GHETTO CHORDS「ALONG THE WAY」ネタにもなったジャズファンク・ディスコ「THERE ARE MANY STOPS ALONG THE WAY」など、名曲揃い。US ORIGINAL盤！

TRACKLIST
A1 RAINBOW SEEKER
A2 IN ALL MY WILDEST DREAMS
A3 THERE ARE MANY STOPS ALONG THE WAY
A4 MELODIES OF LOVE
B1 FLY WITH WINGS OF LOVE
B2 AS LONG AS IT LASTS
B3 ISLANDS IN THE RAIN
B4 TOGETHER WE’LL FIND A WAY

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RECORDED AT – ABC RECORDING STUDIOS
RECORDED AT – WARNER BROS. RECORDING STUDIOS
RECORDED AT – HOLLYWOOD SOUND RECORDERS
MASTERED AT – A&M STUDIOS
ART DIRECTION – FRANK MULVEY
BASS – ROBERT “POPS” POPWELL
DESIGN – PHILIP CHIANG
DRUMS – “STIX” HOOPER
ENGINEER – RIK PEKKONEN, LESLIE JONES
FLUTE – ERNIE WATTS, WILLIAM GREEN
GUITAR – BARRY FINNERTY (TRACKS: A4, B1, B3)
KEYBOARDS – JOE SAMPLE
MASTERED BY – BERNIE GRUNDMAN
MIXED BY – RIK PEKKONEN
PERCUSSION – “STIX” HOOPER, PAULINHO DA COSTA
PHOTOGRAPHY BY – NORMAN SEEFF
PICCOLO FLUTE – ERNIE WATTS, WILLIAM GREEN
PRODUCER – THE CRUSADERS
SAXOPHONE – ERNIE WATTS, FRED JACKSON, WILLIAM GREEN
STRINGS – JOE SAMPLE, SID SHARP
TROMBONE – GARNETT BROWN
TRUMPET – JAY DAVERSA, ROBERT BRYANT JR., STEVEN MADAIO