UPC: 895333002070
Format: CD & DVD (2 disc)
Release Date: Feb 22, 2011
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Personnel: Larry Braggs (vocals); Mark Harper (guitar); Emilio Castillo, Tom Politzer (tenor saxophone); Doc Kupka (baritone saxophone); Adolfo Acosta (trumpet, flugelhorn); Mike Bogart (trumpet, trombone); Roger Smith (keyboards); David Garibaldi (drums).
Audio Mixers: Randy Faustino; Tim Hatayama.
Recording information: The Filmore Auditorium, San Francisco.
Director: Tony Harding.
Editor: Micahel Potter.
Introduction by: Bill Graham.
Photographers: Frank Anzalone; "Philly" Brian Rachlin; Tim Hapson.
A quintessential funk band of the 1970s, Tower of Power was one of the strongest horn-centric large-ensemble groove factories around. The band never really burned out, touring and making new records into the decades that followed, shuffling players as it went. 40th Anniversary serves as testament to the band still going strong, if in an evolved form from where it began. Crowd favorites like "What Is Hip" and "This Time It's Real" highlight Tower of Power's signature horn-laden breezy soul sound. This is very much a live album, with plenty of extraneous crowd-baiting and banter sprinkled over the otherwise solid performances. 40th Anniversary is probably better enjoyed with the visual component of the accompanying DVD, which documents the same performance as the CD. ~ Fred Thomas
Audio Mixers: Randy Faustino; Tim Hatayama.
Recording information: The Filmore Auditorium, San Francisco.
Director: Tony Harding.
Editor: Micahel Potter.
Introduction by: Bill Graham.
Photographers: Frank Anzalone; "Philly" Brian Rachlin; Tim Hapson.
A quintessential funk band of the 1970s, Tower of Power was one of the strongest horn-centric large-ensemble groove factories around. The band never really burned out, touring and making new records into the decades that followed, shuffling players as it went. 40th Anniversary serves as testament to the band still going strong, if in an evolved form from where it began. Crowd favorites like "What Is Hip" and "This Time It's Real" highlight Tower of Power's signature horn-laden breezy soul sound. This is very much a live album, with plenty of extraneous crowd-baiting and banter sprinkled over the otherwise solid performances. 40th Anniversary is probably better enjoyed with the visual component of the accompanying DVD, which documents the same performance as the CD. ~ Fred Thomas
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - We Came to Play
2 - Soul with a Capital "S"
3 - Can't Stand to See the Slaughter
4 - Down to the Nightclub
5 - It's Not the Crime
6 - You Got to Funkifize
7 - As Surely as I Stand Here
8 - I Got to Groove
9 - This Time It's Real
10 - Souled Out
11 - Time Will Tell
12 - Only So Much Oil in the Ground
13 - Credit
14 - Little Knowledge (Is a Dangerous Thing)
15 - What Is Hip?
16 - You're Still a Young Man
17 - Knock Yourself Out
Disc 2:
1 - We Came to Play
2 - Soul with a Capital "S"
3 - Can't Stand to See the Slaughter
4 - Down to the Nightclub
5 - It's Not the Crime
6 - You Got to Funkifize
7 - As Surely as I Stand Here
8 - I Got to Groove
9 - Boys from the Bay
10 - This Time It's Real
11 - Souled Out
12 - Time Will Tell
13 - I Thank You
14 - Mr. Pitiful
15 - Only So Much Oil in the Ground
16 - Credit
17 - Little Knowledge (Is a Dangerous Thing)
18 - What Is Hip?
19 - You're Still a Young Man
20 - Knock Yourself Out
1 - We Came to Play
2 - Soul with a Capital "S"
3 - Can't Stand to See the Slaughter
4 - Down to the Nightclub
5 - It's Not the Crime
6 - You Got to Funkifize
7 - As Surely as I Stand Here
8 - I Got to Groove
9 - This Time It's Real
10 - Souled Out
11 - Time Will Tell
12 - Only So Much Oil in the Ground
13 - Credit
14 - Little Knowledge (Is a Dangerous Thing)
15 - What Is Hip?
16 - You're Still a Young Man
17 - Knock Yourself Out
Disc 2:
1 - We Came to Play
2 - Soul with a Capital "S"
3 - Can't Stand to See the Slaughter
4 - Down to the Nightclub
5 - It's Not the Crime
6 - You Got to Funkifize
7 - As Surely as I Stand Here
8 - I Got to Groove
9 - Boys from the Bay
10 - This Time It's Real
11 - Souled Out
12 - Time Will Tell
13 - I Thank You
14 - Mr. Pitiful
15 - Only So Much Oil in the Ground
16 - Credit
17 - Little Knowledge (Is a Dangerous Thing)
18 - What Is Hip?
19 - You're Still a Young Man
20 - Knock Yourself Out