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The Crusaders - Rhapsody And Blues - VG+ LP Record 1980 MCA USA Vinyl - Funk / Jazz-Funk / Smooth Jazz - Shuga Records
The Crusaders - Rhapsody And Blues - VG+ LP Record 1980 MCA USA Vinyl - Funk / Jazz-Funk / Smooth Jazz - Shuga Records
The Crusaders - Rhapsody And Blues - VG+ LP Record 1980 MCA USA Vinyl - Funk / Jazz-Funk / Smooth Jazz - Shuga Records
The Crusaders - Rhapsody And Blues - VG+ LP Record 1980 MCA USA Vinyl - Funk / Jazz-Funk / Smooth Jazz - Shuga Records

The Crusaders - Rhapsody And Blues - VG+ LP Record 1980 MCA USA Vinyl - Funk / Jazz-Funk / Smooth Jazz

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The Crusaders  Rhapsody And Blues

 

Label:

MCA Records – MCA-5124

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Pinckneyville, Embossed, Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Jazz, Funk / Soul

Style:

Jazz-Funk, Smooth Jazz
A1 Soul Shadows
Bass, Soloist [Solo]  Abraham Laboriel
Lyrics By  Will Jennings
Music By  Joe Sample
Percussion [Special Percussion]  Paulinho da Costa
Trumpet  Ralph Rickert
Vocals [Featured Vocalist]  Bill Withers
8:14
A2 Honky Tonk Struttin'
Bass  Wilton Felder
Music By  Wilton Felder
Percussion [Special Percussion]  Sheila Escovedo
4:23
A3 Elegant Evening
Bass  Abraham Laboriel
Music By  Stix Hooper*
5:58
B1 Rhapsody And Blues
Bass  Abraham Laboriel
Music By  Joe Sample
Percussion [Special Percussion]  Sheila Escovedo
8:45
B2 Last Call
Bass  Wilton Felder
Music By  Joe Sample
Percussion [Special Percussion]  Paulinho da Costa
6:40
B3 Sweet Gentle Love
Bass  Alphonso Johnson
Music By  Stix Hooper*
Percussion [Special Percussion]  Sheila Escovedo
4:52
  • Record Company  MCA Records, Inc.
  • Produced For  Crusaders Productions, Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗  MCA Records, Inc.
  • Copyright ©  Universal City Studios, Inc.
  • Copyright ©  Four Knights Music
  • Copyright ©  Irving Music, Inc.
  • Copyright ©  Blue Sky Rider Songs
  • Pressed By  MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
  • Published By  Four Knights Music
  • Published By  Irving Music, Inc.
  • Published By  Blue Sky Rider Songs
  • Recorded At  Britannia Studios
  • Mixed At  Britannia Studios
  • Mastered At  A&M Studios
  • Art Direction  George Osaki
  • Engineer [Engineered By, Assisting], Mixed By [Assisting]  Russell Bracher
  • Engineer [Engineered By], Mixed By  Greg Venable
  • Equipment [Equipment Coordination]  Michael Lovelady
  • Executive-Producer [Executive Assistant]  Tom Hooper (2)
  • Guest [Guest Musician], Guitar  Dean Parks, Philip Upchurch, Sr.*, Roland Bautista
  • Guest [Guest Musician], Guitar, Soloist [Guitar Solos]  Bob Mann
  • Illustration  Andy Engel, Ron Larson
  • Mastered By  Bernie Grundman
  • Musician [The Crusaders], Drums, Percussion  Stix Hooper*
  • Musician [The Crusaders], Keyboards [Acoustic, Electric], Synthesizer [Synthesizer Keyboards], Arranged By [Synthesizer Arrangements By]  Joe Sample
  • Musician [The Crusaders], Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone  Wilton Felder
  • Photography By  Richard Arrindell
  • Producer [Produced By]  Stix Hooper*, Joe Sample, Wilton Felder
  • Production Manager [Production Coordinator]  Pamela Hope Lobue
  • Programmed By [Synthesizer Programmed By]  Rory Kaplan
Similar to The Crusaders - Rhapsody And Blues, but this release has parentheses around the matrix on the label artwork and Side 1, Side 2 on labels.

Some copies may have a gold promo stamp, or Platinum Plus 37174 gold stamp, or MCA-1662 gold stamp on cover.

Printed in U.S.A.

All selections © 1980 Four Knights Music, BMI, with the exception of Track A1 © 1980 Four Knights Music/Irving Music Inc. & Blue Sky Ryder Songs BMI.

Recorded at Britannia Studios, Hollywood, CA March 1980. Mastered at A&M Studios.

Dean Parks courtesy of Like A Movie, Inc.
Bob Mann courtesy of Sun Scape Records
Abraham Laboriel courtesy of Elektra/Asylum Records
Alphonso Johnson courtesy of Elektra/Asylum Records
Paulinho da Costa courtesy of Pablo Records
Bill Withers courtesy of CBS Records.

Runout strings are etched, ◈-P-◈ stamped on both sides.
  • Pressing Plant ID: ◈-P-◈
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): MCA2250
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): MCA2251
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): MCA 2250-AM4 ◈-P-◈
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): MCA 2251-AM4 ◈-P-◈
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): MCA 2250-AM4 vvx ◈-P-◈ ||
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): MCA 2251-AM4 ◈-P-◈ |||
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): MCA 2250-AM3 ◈-P-◈ II
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): MCA 2251-AM4 ◈-P-◈ III