Old School, Volume 3

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let’s Groove
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1981)
recording of:
Let’s Groove
writer:
Wayne Vaughn and Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, EMI Songs, EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd. and EMI Songs Ltd.
Earth, Wind & Fire4.45:34
2I’m in Love
recording of:
I’m in Love
writer:
Michael Jones (Michael Jones, B.T. Express)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Evelyn “Champagne” King4:59
3I Like What You’re Doing to Me
recording of:
I Like What You’re Doing to Me
writer:
Buddy Hankerson, Michael Young (singer active in the early '80s?) and William Young (keyboard player/songwriter)
Young & Company4:11
4Bad Mama Jama
recording of:
She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
composer:
Leon Haywood (funk and soul singer, songwriter, record producer)
Carl Carlton3:55
5Give Up the Funk
producer:
George Clinton (US funk musician)
recording of:
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
composer:
Jerome Brailey, George Clinton (US funk musician) and Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
Parliament4.055:43
6Do It
The Bar‐Kays4:09
7Shake Your Pants
recording of:
Shake Your Pants
lyricist and composer:
Larry Blackmon
Cameo3.56:17
8Dusic
Brick5:37
9Early in the Morning
recording of:
Early in the Morning
writer:
Lonnie Simmons (producer, songwriter), Rudy Taylor (vocalist and songwriter) and Charlie Wilson (R&B singer)
The Gap Band6:25
10Rock It
recorded in:
United States (in 1983)
recording engineer:
Martin Bisi (in 1983)
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Material (group and producer team led by Bill Laswell)
mixer:
Dave Jerden
bass:
Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer) (in 1983)
keyboard:
Michael Beinhorn (in 1983) and Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1983)
performer:
DXT (US 80s hip hop, aka Grandmixer D.ST) (in 1983)
recorded at:
OAO Studio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States (in 1983)
mixed at:
Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States
music videos:
Rockit by Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
recording of:
Rockit (in 1983)
writer:
Michael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer)
publisher:
Ensign Music Corporation
Herbie Hancock45:22
11Fire
recording engineer:
Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) and Barry Mraz
producer:
Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer) and Ohio Players
mixer:
Kevin McMahon (producer, engineer)
agogô, congas and timbales:
James "Diamond" Williams (US drummer for Ohio Players)
bass guitar:
Sandy Davis
drums (drum set):
Colin Brooks (US guitarist/drummer)
guitar:
Amy Klein
percussion and lead vocals:
Clarence "Satch" Satchell, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (funk guitarist, aka Sugarfoot), William "Billy" Beck and James "Diamond" Williams (US drummer for Ohio Players)
Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes]:
William "Billy" Beck
tenor saxophone:
Clarence "Satch" Satchell
trumpet:
Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks and Marvin “Merv” Pierce
background vocals:
Clarence "Satch" Satchell, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (funk guitarist, aka Sugarfoot), Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Marvin “Merv” Pierce, William "Billy" Beck and James "Diamond" Williams (US drummer for Ohio Players)
vocals:
Amy Klein
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1974), The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1991) and Don Giovanni Records (in 2016)
recorded at and mixed at:
Marcata Recording in New York, United States
produced at:
Marcata Recording in New York, United States
recording of:
Fire
lyricist, writer and composer:
Billy Beck, Leroy Bonner (funk guitarist, aka Sugarfoot), Marshall Jones (US bassist & songwriter, member of Ohio Players), Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Marvin “Merv” Pierce, Clarence Satchell and James "Diamond" Williams (US drummer for Ohio Players)
publisher:
Charlotte Phillips Publishing (BMI), Rick’s Music, Inc. (publishing company associated with Casablanca) and Segundo Sueños LLC
Ohio Players4:21
12Super Freak
recording engineer and mixer:
Tom "Super" Flye
assistant engineer:
Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez
engineer:
Bobby Brooks (US producer/engineer/remixer), Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez and Tom "Super" Flye
executive producer:
Alonzo Miller (Singer-songwriter, producer)
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
bass:
Oscar Alston
drums (drum set):
Lanise Hughes
electric piano and synthesizer [Crumar]:
Levi Ruffin, Jr.
guitar:
Tom McDermott (guitarist)
handclaps and percussion:
Oscar Alston, Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Tom McDermott (guitarist)
other instruments [flexatone] and vibraslap:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
tenor saxophone:
Daniel LeMelle
background vocals:
Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer), Melvin Franklin, Taborah Johnson, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street and Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants)
horn arranger:
Daniel LeMelle and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
recorded at:
Motown Studios - Hitsville West in West Hollywood, California, United States (background vocals) and The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito, California, United States
mixed at:
Westlake Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 71), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 153) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 477)
recording of:
Super Freak
lyricist and composer:
Alonzo Miller (Singer-songwriter, producer) and Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
Rick James4.153:24
13Hollywood Swinging
recording of:
Hollywood Swinging
writer:
Ronald Bell, George Brown (US percussionist of Kool & the Gang), Dennis Thomas (Kool & The Gang), Robert Spike Mickens, Richard Westfield (Kool & The Gang member), Robert Bell and Claydes Smith
publisher:
Old River Music, Planetary Nom (London) Ltd. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Kool & the Gang4:32
14Humpin’
The Gap Band5:11

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part of:Old School (Thump Records) (number: 3) (order: 3)