Idris Muhammad – Power Of Soul
Tracklist
| A1 | Power Of Soul | 7:07 | |
| A2 | Piece Of Mind | 9:24 | |
| B1 | The Saddest Thing | 7:10 | |
| B2 | Loran's Dance | 10:39 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Record Company – Creed Taylor, Inc.
- Produced For – CTI Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Creed Taylor, Inc.
- Published By – Arch Music Co., Inc.
- Published By – Trunk Music
- Published By – Faraway Music, Inc.
- Published By – Three Brothers Music, Inc.
Credits
- Arranged By, Conductor – Bob James
- Bass – Gary King
- Design – Rene Schumacher
- Drums – Idris Muhammad
- Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
- Guitar – Joe Beck
- Keyboards – Bob James
- Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
- Photography By – Duane Michals
- Producer – Creed Taylor
- Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Grover Washington, Jr.
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker
Notes
Alternate cover designed by Rene Schumacher.
Recorded March, 1974 at Van Gelder Studios.
Recorded March, 1974 at Van Gelder Studios.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout: RVG 98777 A
- Matrix / Runout: RVG 98777 B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): RVG 98777 A-4 VAN GELDER
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): RVG 98777 B-2 VAN GELDER
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): RVG 98777 A-1 VAN GELDER
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): RVG 98777 B-3 VAN GELDER
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Power Of Soul (LP, Album) | Kudu | KU-17 | US | 1974 | ||
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Power Of Soul (LP, Album) | Kudu | KU 17 | UK | 1974 | ||
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Power Of Soul (LP, Album) | Kudu | KU-17 | Canada | 1974 | ||
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Power Of Soul (LP, Album, Promo) | Kudu | KU 17 | US | 1974 |
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Reviews
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Edited 2 years ago
I have this alternative cover release & it is an unusual approach to selling a record, looks like a library album release of an audio documentary, or something tediously serious.
The contents are far from it. I'd go along with pkny's theory here, just look at the artist line- up.
There was a 3 year gap between 1971's releases of the 1st LP's 'Peace & Rhythm' & 'Black Rhythm Revolution!' and this, which may well indicate the first LP's were low volume seller's. All points towards the 1st full picture cover release of 'Power Of Soul' being quickly swapped out for this re-thought 'artist plug' cover to encourage sales.
Clever move, as 'Power Of Soul' seems to mark the start of a very successful & golden period in IM's career. It was also 1974, & if you know your funk / jazz- funk, you know what that meant for the music in general... If you didn't know Idris Muhammad, you sure knew Bob, Grover, Ralf McDonald et all.
The result is a pure class set, the first I purchased by IM & as a result of hunting samples from these later records (which were of my generation, being born in 74'):
'Power Of Soul'
Totally Insane 'What Ya Know' 1992
DJ Food 'Cookin' 2000
'Piece Of Mind'
Roni Size & DJ Die 'Music Box' 1993
Wagon Christ 'Pretty Crap' 1998
'The Saddest Thing'
Metal Fingers 'Myrtle Leaf' 2003 (RIP DOOM)
'Loran's Dance'
Beastie Boys 'To All The Girls' (Pauls Boutique 1989)
'To All The Girls' was the one that put me onto Muhhamad's music back in the day. Classic from a classic album, the one that proved the Beastie Boys were not just a one hit drunken party record crew, but NYC's cultural underground hero's in the making.
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I'd love to know why Kudu put out an alternate cover of this so soon after the initial release. I assume to list the musicians' names prominently to spark sales. It's a shame, the OG is one of the favorite Kudu album covers.
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