Tower Of Power - Live And In Living Color
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Hubert Tubbs - lead vocals
Bruce Conte - guitar, co-lead vocals on "Sparkling in the Sand"
Chester Thompson - organ, keyboards, vocals
Francis "Rocco" Prestia - bass
David Garibaldi - drums
Lenny Pickett - first tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
Emilio Castillo - second tenor saxophone, vocals
Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone
Mic Gillette - trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, bass trombone, vocals
Greg Adams - trumpet, flugelhorn
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Live
Record Press : Rhino Entertainment Company
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Warner Bros
Recorded at Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA
Engineered & mixed by Alan Chinowsky, Tom Flye
Produced by Emilio Castillo, Tower Of Power
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1976
Reissued in 2016
Tracks:
Side A :
- Down To the Nightclub (Bump City)
- You're Still A Young Man
- What Is Hip?
- Sparkling In the Sand
Side B :
- Knock Yourself Out
Reviews :
"The band's final album for Warner Bros. before it decamped to Columbia, the absolutely stunning 1975 Live and in Living Color ensured that Tower of Power left in a blaze of glory. Recorded at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium and Cerritos College, the group brought what remains one of the era's finest live albums to glorious fruition. Leaving behind the dismal soul of its previous In the Slot, the band fell back on its two great strengths -- classy live performance and unerring funk. With every ounce of the group's full energy packed into the grooves and a little more added for emphasis, Live squeezes out five tracks of epic proportions. Reaching back to its debut LP, East Bay Grease, Tower of Power jammed on a majestic 23-minute rendition of "Knock Yourself Out" and the sleepy classic "Sparkling in the Sand," before continuing its sonic domination across two songs pulled from Bump City. "Down to the Nightclub (Bump City)" is effusive, while "You're Still a Young Man" is an absolutely outstanding performance of one of TOP's finest songs -- and judging by the audience enthusiasm, it packed as much power in 1976 as it did in 1972 (and indeed, still does today). Courageously, only one track, "What Is Hip?," emerges from the group's most successful era, but with its rock riffing slices and roiling organ solo, you really don't need anything else -- it stands well as a lone representative of what many hail as TOP's finest hour. There's nothing to fault here except, possibly, the decision to release a mere single disc at a time when live double albums were becoming de rigueur, a move guaranteed to leave listeners crying for more. But perhaps that was the intent all along -- too little is always sweeter than too much." AllMusic Review by Amy Hanson
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4,2 / 5