Manufacturers of Soul | ||||
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Released | June 1968 | |||
Recorded | January 3 & 4, 1968 Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Soul jazz | |||
Label | Brunswick BL-54134 | |||
Producer | Nat Tarnopol and Teddy Reig | |||
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Manufacturers of Soul is an album by soul music vocalist Jackie Wilson and jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances of jazz versions of contemporary R&B/soul hits recorded in 1968 and released on the Brunswick label.[1][2]
Reception
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Funky Broadway" (Lester Christian) – 2:35
- "For Your Precious Love" (Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks, Jerry Butler) – 2:40
- "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 2:47
- "Ode to Billy Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) – 4:10
- "Chain Gang" (Sam Cooke) – 2:47
- "I Was Made to Love Her" (Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 2:50
- "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 2:35
- "I Never Loved a Woman (The Way I Love You)" (Ronnie Shannon) – 2:41
- "Respect" (Otis Redding) – 2:20
- "Even When You Cry" (Quincy Jones, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 2:42
- "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 2:48
Personnel
[edit]- Jackie Wilson – vocals
- Count Basie – piano
- Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn – trumpet
- Richard Boone, Steve Galloway, Grover Mitchell – trombone
- Bill Hughes – bass trombone
- Bobby Plater, Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
- Eric Dixon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Uncredited – bass
- Harold Jones – drums
- Benny Carter – arranger
References
[edit]- ^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 15, 2015
- ^ Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyries, P. & Watt, R. Brunswick Album Discography, accessed November 15, 2015
- ^ a b Jackie Wilson & Count Basie - Manufacturers of Soul (1968) album reating, credits & releases at AllMusic, accessed November 14, 2015