Although he's best known for his albums on Capitol, David Axelrod cut this great record for Fantasy during the mid-70s, and it features Cannonball Adderley producing Axelrod's work (instead of the other way around, as on Cannonball's albums from the time). The tracks here are a bit more jazz funk oriented than earlier stuff, but there's still the great Axelrod sense of composition, with lots of space, and lots of spare cold bits that are nice nice nice for sample cuts! As proof of this, the reissue includes his classic track "Everything Counts", plus other nice ones that include "Get Up Off Your Knees", "My Family", and "Mucho Chupar".
Arranged By, Conductor - David Axelrod
Cello - Nat Gershman , Walter Rower
Concertmaster, Violin [Featuring] - Jack Shulman
Congas - King Errisson
Drums - Roy McCurdy
Engineer - Jim Stern
Guitar - Billy Fender , Don Peake , Johnny Guitar Watson
Keyboards, Synthesizer - George Duke
Producer - Cannonball Adderley
Saxophone, Flute - Jackie Kelso , Jay Migliori , William Green
Synthesizer [Moog] - Rudy Copeland
Trombone - Dick Hyde , George Bohanon
Trumpet - Allen De Rienzo , Snookey Young* , Oscar Brashear
Viola - Gary Nuttycombe* , William Hymanson
Violin - Alexander Neiman , Henry Roth , Jerome Reisler
Vocals - Billie Barnum , Gwen Owens , Olga James , Stephanie Spruill
Track Listing:
1 Get Up Off Your Knees (3:38)
2 Cast Your Fate To The Wind (3:27)
3 You're So Vain (4:20) (Written by Carly Simon)
4 My Family (4:45)
5 Mucho Chupar (3:13)
6 Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (3:45)
7 It Ain't For You (4:25)
8 Everything Counts (6:54)
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