Release Date: 01 December 2023
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Music On Vinyl
£26.99
TOWER OF POWER SELF TITLED Limited Numbered Translucent Yellow 180gram Audiophile Vinyl LP
Overview:
Tower Of Power is the third album release by Oakland-based funk band Tower of Power. This is their most successful album to date, and was originally released in May 1973. The album peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and received a Gold certification for sales exceeding 500.000. The album spawned their most successful single "So Very Hard to Go". The single peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two other singles from the album also charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "This Time It's Real" and "What Is Hip?".
The album marked the debut of Lenny Williams being the lead vocalist (though Williams had a solo career prior to joining T.O.P., plus he co-penned the song "You Strike My Main Nerve" from the previous album Bump City. Tower Of Power also introduced the world to saxophonist and future Saturday Night Live band leader, Lenny Pickett, who was the youngest member of the band at the time, replacing original lead sax player Skip Mesquite. Also joining the lineup was organist/keyboardist Chester Thompson and guitarist Bruce Conte, who replaced original guitarist Willie James Fulton.
Tower Of Power is available as a limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on translucent yellow coloured vinyl.
Featured Tracks:
SIDE A
1. WHAT IS HIP?
2. CLEVER GIRL
3. THIS TIME IT'S REAL
4. WILL I EVER FIND A LOVE?
5. GET YO' FEET BACK ON THE GROUND
SIDE B
1. SO VERY HARD TO GO
2. SOUL VACCINATION
3. BOTH SORRY OVER NOTHIN'
4. CLEAN SLATE
5. JUST ANOTHER DAY
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