Rick James – Street Songs

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Label:	Motown – 440 014 696-2
Series:	Deluxe Edition
Format:	2 x CD , Album, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Country:	US
Released:	2001
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Disco

Tracklist

	Original LP, April 1981
1-1	Give It To Me Baby Vocals [Singer] – Melvin Franklin	4:08
1-2	Ghetto Life Violin – Larry Hansen Vocals [Singers] – The Temptations	4:21
1-3	Make Love To Me Drums – Narada Michael Walden Executive-Producer – Alonzo Miller Flute [Tenor] – Gerald Albright	4:48
1-4	Mr. Policeman Harmonica – Stevie Wonder Vocals [Singer] – Teena Marie	4:17
1-5	Super Freak Executive-Producer – Alonzo Miller Vocals [Singers] – The Temptations	3:24
1-6	Fire And Desire Executive-Producer – Alonzo Miller Flute [Tenor] – Gerald Albright Vocals [Singer, Duet With] – Teena Marie	7:17
1-7	Call Me Up	3:53
1-8	Below The Funk ( The J)	2:35
	The 12-Inch Mixes
1-9	Give It To Me Baby (12" Version)	5:42
1-10	Give It To Me Baby (Instrumental)	6:48
1-11	Super Freak (12" Version)	7:05
1-12	Super Freak (Instrumental)	3:33
	Live In Long Beach, CA, July 1981- Previously Unreleased
2-1	Introduction	1:46
2-2	Ghetto Life	4:21
2-3	Big Time	7:08
2-4	Come Into My Life	4:14
2-5	I'm A Sucker For Love Vocals [Singer, With] – Teena Marie	8:28
2-6	Square Biz Vocals [Singer] – Teena Marie	7:01
2-7	Fire It Up	3:35
2-8	Love Gun	5:42
2-9	Do You Want Some Funk (Interlude)	2:22
2-10	Mary Jane	10:39
2-11	Super Freak	4:21
2-12	You And I	11:48
2-13	Give It To Me Baby	6:05

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Motown Records
Copyright © – Motown Records
Manufactured By – UML
Recorded At – Record Plant, Sausalito
Recorded At – Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios
Mixed At – Westlake Audio
Copyright © – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Copyright © – Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Mastered At – Universal Mastering Studios

Credits

Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Rick James
Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Rick James
Art Direction [Deluxe Edition] – Vartan (4)
Art Direction [Original LP Art Direction] – Johnny Lee (4)
Backing Vocals [Singers, The Mary Jane Band] – Lisa Sarna
Backing Vocals [Singers] – The Mary Jane Band
Bass, Percussion, Performer [Stone City Band] – Oscar Alston
Concertmaster [String Session Concertmaster] – Charles Veal, Jr.*
Contractor [String Contractor] – Rollace Dale*
Coordinator [Photo] – Ryan Null
Coordinator [Production] – Margaret Goldfarb
Design – Ginny Livingston
Design [Deluxe Edition] – Mathieu Bitton
Design [Logo Design] – Norman Moore
Design [Original Slip-Sleeve] – Andy Engel
Drums – Steve Price (2)
Drums, Performer [Stone City Band] – Lanise Hughes
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Tony Autore
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Tom "Super" Flye*
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Tom "Super" Flye*
Guitar, Percussion, Performer [Stone City Band] – Tom McDermott
Handclaps – Victor Reed
Horns – Punk Funk Horns
Keyboards, Clavinet, Electric Organ [Hammond B3], Performer [Stone City Band] – Erskine Williams
Keyboards, Ensemble [String Ensemble], Synthesizer [OBX Synthesizer], Backing Vocals, Performer [Stone City Band] – Levi Ruffin Jr.
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Drums, Timbales, Timpani [Tympany], Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Rick James
Liner Notes – Craig Werner
Mastered By [Digitally Mastered From The Original Master Tapes By] – Suha Gur
Other [Tape Vault BS&T] – Quinton Johnson
Percussion – Nate Hughes
Photography By – Ron Slenzak
Reissue Producer [Deluxe Edition] – Harry Weinger
Saxophone – William Rhinehart (tracks: 2-01 to 2-13)
Saxophone [Punk Funk Horns] – Daniel LeMelle
Trombone [Punk Funk Horns] – John Ervin
Trumpet – Roy Poper (tracks: 1-01 to 1-12)
Trumpet [Punk Funk Horns] – Cliff Ervin
Vibraphone – Donny Keider
Vocals [Singer] – Teena Marie (tracks: 1-01, 1-04, 1-06, 2-05, 2-06)
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Rick James

Notes

Issued in a digipak with a plastic slipcase.
Some copies may lack the silver authentication sticker and have a white sticker over the barcode on the back of the plastic slipcase.
The second disc was also issued as Motown B0013824-02 in 2010.

Recorded from December 1980 to January 1981.

"...* This record may be hazardous to your feet..."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Printed): 0 44001 46962 6
Barcode (String/Scanned): 044001469626
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L007
Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L009
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 440 014 6972 01%
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 440 014 6982 02$
Matrix / Runout (Mould, both discs): MADE IN USA BY UML
Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 0374
Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 0347

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Street Songs (LP, Album)	Gordy	G8-1002M1	US	1981
Recently Edited	Street Songs (LP, Album, Stereo)	Bellaphon	260·15·016		1981
Recently Edited	Street Songs (LP, Album)	Motown	STML 6208	New Zealand	1981
Recently Edited	Street Songs (LP, Album)	Vogue	542008		1981
New Submission	Street Songs (LP, Album)	Belter	2-47.150	Spain	1981