Stanley Clarke - School Days (Translucent Golden Yellow & Blue Swirl vinyl)
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Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar (A1,A3,B2,B3), vocals (A1,B3), handbells (A1), acoustic piano (A2, A3), piccolo bass guitar (A2-3, B3), humming (A3), acoustic bass (B1, B3), gong (B3), chimes (B3), arranger, conductor, producer
John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar (B1) [click here to see more vinyl featuring John McLaughlin]
George Duke – keyboards (B3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring George Duke]
Ray Gomez – electric guitar (A1, A3, B2), rhythm guitar (A3)
Icarus Johnson – acoustic guitar (B3), electric guitar (B3)
David Sancious – keyboards (A1), Minimoog (A2, A3), organ (A3), electric guitar (B2)
Gerry Brown – drums (A1, A3), handbells (A1)
Billy Cobham – drums (B3), Moog 1500 (B3)
Steve Gadd – drums (A2, B2) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Steve Gadd]
Milt Holland – percussion (A3), triangle (B1)
Tom Malone, Dave Taylor – trombone
Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff – trumpet
Earl Chapin, John Clark, Peter Gordon, Wilmer Wise – horns
Al Aarons, Stewart Blumberg, George Bohanon, Buddy Childers, Robert Findley, Gary Grant, Lew McCreary, Jack Nimitz, William Peterson, Dalton Smith - brass
Marilyn Baker, Thomas Buffum, David Campbell, Rollice Dale, Robert Dubow, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Dennis Karmazyn, Gordon Marron, Lya Stern, Ron Strauss, Marcia Van Dyke, John Wittenberg – strings
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Translucent Golden Yellow & Blue Swirl
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Nemperor Records
Recorded June 1976 at Electric Lady Studios, New York City and A&M Studios, Los Angeles
Engineered & mixed by Ken Scott
Produced by Ken Scott, Stanley Clarke
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1976
Reissued in 2020
Tracks:
Side A :
- School Days
- Quiet Afternoon
- The Dancer
Side B :
- Desert Song
- Hot Fun
- Life Is Just A Game
Reviews :
"Every pro electric-bass player and their mothers wore out the grooves of this record when it first came out, trying to cop Clarke's speedy, thundering, slapped-thumb bass licks. Yet ultimately, it was Clarke's rapidly developing compositional skills that made this album so listenable and so much fun for the rest of us, then and now. The title track not only contributed a killer riff to the bass vocabulary; it is a cunningly organized piece of music with a well-defined structure. Moreover, Clarke follows his calling card with two tunes that are even more memorable -- the sauntering ballad "Quiet Afternoon" and an ebullient, Brazilian percussion-laced number with a good string arrangement and a terrific groove, "The Dancer." Clarke also brings out the standup bass for a soulful acoustic dialogue with John McLaughlin on "Desert Song." Evidently enthused by their leader's material, David Sancious (keyboards) and Raymond Gomez (guitars) deliver some of their best solos on records -- and with George Duke on hand on one cut, you hear some preliminary flickerings of Clarke's ventures into the commercial sphere. But at this point in time, Clarke was triumphantly proving that it was possible to be both good and commercial at the same time." AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,07 / 5