''Magicians Holiday'' is the debut album by
The Gap Band
The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other members; it was named after streets (Greenwood, Archer, an ...
in 1974 on
Shelter Records
Shelter Records was a U.S. record label started by Leon Russell and Denny Cordell that operated from 1969 to 1981. The company established offices in both Los Angeles and Tulsa, Russell's home town, where the label sought to promote a "workshop ...
.
Track listing
Personnel
;The Gap Band
*
Charles Wilson – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, Clavinet, organ
* Ronnie Wilson – backing vocals, trumpet
* Robert Wilson – backing vocals, bass
* Roscoe Smith – drums
* O'Dell Stokes – guitar
* Tommy Lokey – trumpet
* Alvin Jones – trombone
* Chris Clayton – saxophone
* Carl Scoggins – congas, percussions
with:
*
Jamie Oldaker
James Oldaker (September 5, 1951 – July 16, 2020) was an American rock music, blues rock and country music drummer and percussionist.
Biography
James Oldaker was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. One of the first bands that he was a member of was ...
– drums on "Easy Life"
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Wayne Perkins
David Wayne Perkins (born 1951) is an American rock and R&B guitarist, singer, songwriter and session musician. According to a 2017 feature about him on the Alabama website AL.com, he is "arguably the greatest guitarist Alabama ever produced."
...
- guitar on "Bad Girl" and "Loving You Is Everything"
*Tuck Andress - guitar on "Tommy's Groove"
;Technical
*Kirk Bressler - engineer
*
Malcolm Cecil
Malcolm Cecil (9 January 193728 March 2021) was a British jazz bassist, record producer, engineer and electronic musician. He was a founding member of a leading UK jazz quintet of the late 1950s, the Jazz Couriers, ,
Robert Margouleff
Robert Margouleff is an American record producer, recording engineer, electronic music pioneer, audio expert, and film producer.
Career The Birth of TONTO
Margouleff was an early customer, friend and collaborator of fellow New Yorker and music in ...
- remixing engineer
*
Tom Wilkes
Thomas Edward Wilkes (July 30, 1939 – June 28, 2009) was an American art director, designer, photographer, illustrator, writer and producer-director.
Life
Wilkes was born in Long Beach, California and raised in southern California. Wilkes atte ...
- album design, front cover photography
Samples
* "Tommy's Groove"
** "Ragtime"" by
Brand Nubian
Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, composed of three emcees (Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar), and formerly three DJs (DJ Alamo, DJ Sincere, and DJ Stud Doogie). Their debut studio album, '' One for All'' ...
on their ''
One For All'' album.
References
External links
*
Magicians Holiday' at
Discogs
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1974 debut albums
The Gap Band albums
Shelter Records albums