Superbad

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Annotation

"The Very Best of Blaxploitation: 70's Movie Themes & Funk Soul Classics"

Annotation last modified on 2012-07-16 19:14 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Intro
Redd Pepper0:27
2Theme From Shaft
producer:
Isaac Hayes
bass guitar:
James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter)
bongos and congas:
Gary Jones (percussionist)
electric piano:
Lester Snell (Pianist/keyboardist, songwriter and producer)
electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone and lead vocals:
Isaac Hayes
guitar:
Charles Pitts and Michael Toles
membranophone and tambourine:
Willie "Too Big" Hall
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Stax Records (not for release) (in 1971)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 303)
recording of:
Theme From Shaft (Shaft, 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Isaac Hayes
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
part of:
The 44th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1971 winner)
part of:
Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)
Isaac Hayes3.554:36
3Pusherman
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
drums (drum set):
Tyrone McCullen
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Craig McMullen
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger and orchestrator:
Johnny Pate
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Curtom Records of Atlanta Inc. (from 1972 to present) and Curtom Records (in 1972)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 261)
recording of:
Pusherman (Pusher Man)
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended), Mayfield Music (BMI), Todd Mayfield Publishing and Camad Music Company (from 1972 to ????)
Curtis Mayfield4.655:02
4The Boss
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
conductor:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
performer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and The J.B.’s
arranger:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Fred Wesley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor Incorporated (manufacturer & distribution company, US subsidiary of Polydor International) (in 1973)
recording of:
The Boss
writer:
Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Fred Wesley
James Brown53:11
5Are You Man Enough?
producer:
Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Don Hockett and Dennis Lambert
recording of:
Are You Man Enough
lyricist and composer:
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
Four Tops3:23
6Trouble Man
producer:
Marvin Gaye
lead vocals:
Marvin Gaye
arranger:
Dale Oehler (in 1972)
recording of:
Trouble Man
lyricist:
Marvin Gaye
composer:
Marvin Gaye (in 1972)
publisher:
Jobette Music Co. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Marvin Gaye4.23:50
7Little Ghetto Boy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US)
mixed at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Little Ghetto Boy
writer:
Earl DeRouen (percussionist, composer) and Eddy Howard (vocalist and bandleader)
Donny Hathaway3:50
8They Call Me Mister Tibbs
organ:
Billy Preston
recording of:
They Call Me Mr. Tibbs
lyricist and composer:
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones4:32
9Jungle Boogie
producer:
Kool & the Gang
arranger:
Kool & the Gang
recording of:
Jungle Boogie
writer:
Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, Don Boyce, George Brown (US percussionist of Kool & the Gang), Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas (Kool & The Gang) and Ricky West (Kool & The Gang member)
publisher:
Delightful Music Publishing Ltd.
Kool & the Gang3.753:04
10Home Is Where the Hatred Is
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:
Hank Crawford (in 1971-12)
baritone saxophone:
David Liebman (saxophonist) (in 1971-12)
bass:
Gordon Edwards (funk/soul bassist) (in 1971-12)
cello:
Charles McCracken (cellist) (in 1971-12) and Alan Shulman (cellist and composer) (in 1971-12)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (in 1971-12)
flugelhorn and trumpet:
John Eckert (in 1971-12) and John Gatchell (in 1971-12)
flute:
David Liebman (saxophonist) (in 1971-12) and Frank Vicari (in 1971-12)
guitar:
Cornell Dupree (in 1971-12) and Eric Gale (in 1971-12)
harp:
Margaret Ross (harp) (in 1971-12)
organ and piano:
Richard Tee (in 1971-12)
percussion:
Airto Moreira (percussionist) (in 1971-12)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Vicari (in 1971-12)
trombone:
Sam Burtis (in 1971-12) and Dick Griffin (in 1971-12)
viola:
Harold Coletta (in 1971-12) and Harry Zaratzian (in 1971-12)
violin:
Michael Comins (in 1971-12), Max Hollander (in 1971-12), Leo Kahn (in 1971-12), Charles Libove (in 1971-12), Guy Lumia (in 1971-12), Max Pollikoff (in 1971-12), Alvin Rogers (in 1971-12), Paul Winter (violin) (in 1971-12) and Jack Zayde (in 1971-12)
lead vocals:
Esther Phillips (Little Esther) (in 1971-12)
vocals:
Hilda Harris (in 1971-12), Joshie Armstead (in 1971-12), Barbara Massey (in 1971-12), Louis St. Louis (American songwriter, music arranger and singer) (in 1971-12) and Tasha Thomas (in 1971-12)
conductor:
Pee Wee Ellis (in 1971-12)
strings arranger:
Don Sebesky
arranger:
Pee Wee Ellis
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (in 1971-12)
cover recording of:
Home Is Where the Hatred Is (in 1971-12)
lyricist and composer:
Gil Scott‐Heron
Esther Phillips3:25
11Harlem Clavinette
J.J. Johnson2:12
12Low Rider
recording engineer:
Ed Barton (engineer), Andrew Berliner and Chris Huston
associate producer:
Lonnie Jordan and Howard E. Scott (US funk/rock guitarist, member of War)
producer:
Jerry Goldstein (producer, record label owner and publisher)
mixer:
Ed Barton (engineer)
recording of:
Low Rider
writer:
Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Jerry Goldstein (producer, record label owner and publisher), Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller (US saxophonist & flutist, member of War), Lee Oskar and Howard E. Scott (US funk/rock guitarist, member of War)
War4.653:08
13(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
recording of:
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right
writer:
Homer Banks (soul singer and songwriter), Carl Hampton (pianist, songwriter and producer) and Raymond Jackson (songwriter, guitarist and producer)
publisher:
East/Memphis Music, Irving Music (BMI), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Millie Jackson3:26
14Theme From Bullitt
producer:
Jimmy Hilliard and Jimmy Hilliard (Credited as Producer Big-band musician who later worked as an A&R executive and producer for Warner Bros. Records. Produced hundreds of recordings and a number of hit singles and albums of varying genres for artists such as Jimmy Durante, Barbara McNair,)
conductor:
Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer)
recording of:
Bullitt
composer:
Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer)
Lalo Schifrin42:05
15Who Is He? And What Is He to You?
producer:
Benorce Blackmon (guitarist, producer, writer), Melvin Dunlap, James Gadson (American drummer), Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger) and Bill Withers
clavinet:
Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
James Gadson (American drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Melvin Dunlap
electric guitar:
Benorce Blackmon (guitarist, producer, writer)
lead vocals:
Bill Withers
strings arranger:
Ray Jackson (trombonist, pianist and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1972)
recording of:
Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
writer:
Stanley McKenny and Bill Withers
Bill Withers3:11
16Theme From Cleopatra Jones
producer:
Joe Simon
vocals:
Joe Simon
performer:
The Mainstreeters
Joe Simon feat. The Mainstreeters3:48
17Let's Stay Together
producer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar family:
Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (soul organist)
saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
vocals:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cream Records (70s Los Angeles) (in 1971) and HI Records Inc. (in 1971)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 34), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 60), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 84)
recording of:
Let’s Stay Together
writer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Al Jackson Jr. Music, Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Irving Music, Inc.
Al Green4.53:16
18Natural High
part of:
Anti-Hit List: August 27, 1996 (number: 7)
recording of:
Natural High
lyricist and composer:
Charles McCormick
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Bloodstone44:53
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