• Source: Direct (Tower of Power album)

      • Direct is a 1981 live in-studio album by Tower of Power. It was their only album for the direct-to-disc record label Sheffield Lab. It also marked the return of original guitarist Willie James Fulton, not heard from since 1972's Bump City, and the last album to feature saxophonist Lenny Pickett. Mark Sanders plays drums on this album. Between this album and their 1987 comeback album Power, they would record the sessions that later became the Dinosaur Tracks CD. Besides that, save for the original single release of "Simple as That" (from the same Dinosaur Tracks sessions), this would be their last new release until 1987. It contained mostly songs from their previous albums, but included new material as well.
      Direct would later be re-released with alternate takes on CD as Direct Plus! in 1997.


      Track listing


      Side One

      "Fanfare/And You Know It" (Greg Adams/Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka) originally recorded for Back on the Streets - 2:44
      "You're Gonna Need Me" (Albert King) New track - 4:02
      "Squib Cakes" (Chester Thompson) originally recorded for Back to Oakland - 7:34
      Side Two

      "That's Why I Sing" (Chester Thompson) New track, later re-recorded during the Dinosaur Tracks sessions in 1983 - 4:57
      "What is Hip?" (Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka) originally recorded for Tower of Power - 4:40
      "Never Let Go of Love" (Greg Levias, Hilary Thompson, Michael Jeffries) New track, later re-recorded during the Dinosaur Tracks sessions in 1983 - 4:06


      Personnel


      Michael Jeffries – lead vocals
      Chester Thompson – keyboards, arrangements (3, 4)
      Willie Fulton – guitars, lead vocals (2)
      Vito San Filippo – bass
      Mark Sanders – drums
      Victor Feldman – percussion
      Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxophone solo (3, 6)
      Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
      Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone
      Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn
      Greg Adams – trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements (1, 5, 6), flugelhorn solo (3), trumpet solo (5)
      Rick Waychesko – trumpet
      Jim Gilstrap – guest singer
      Edie Lehmann – guest singer
      Oren Waters – guest singer


      Production


      Doug Sax – executive producer
      Lincoln Mayorga – executive producer
      Spencer Proffer – executive producer
      Larry Brown – producer, recording
      Mike Sanders – assistant engineer
      Tom Pessagno – technician
      Patricia Meredith – production coordinator
      Dave McDonald – production manager
      Tina Nichols – design, illustration
      Miguel – photography
      Sheffield Lab credits

      Steve Haselton – chief engineer
      Andrew Teton – field chief technician
      Lincoln Mayorga – booth supervisor
      Dick Doss – disc processing
      Rick Goldman – disc processing
      Mike Reese – lathe operator
      Lois Walker – lathe operator
      Ed Hukoveh – lathe design


      References

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