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 		 Mercury 6338 781
1977
38:44 - 6 tracks
out of print: extremely rare
LP sound
GEMM
Track listing (LP)

SIDE ONE:

  1. Give Up The Booty - 8:17
    (E. McDaniels / A. Silvestri)
  2. Can't Hide Love - 5:07
    (S. Scarbrough)
  3. Cherrystones - 6:12
    (E. McDaniels)

SIDE TWO:

  1. My Place In Space - 7:34
    (E. McDaniels / A. Silvestri)
  2. Born To Groove / From You To Me To You - 6:45
    (Smith - Hancock / McDaniels / Silvestri / Laboriel - White)
  3. Slippery Hips - 4:49
    (E. McDaniels / A. Silvestri)

 
Produced by Eugene McDaniels
Arranged by Eugene McDaniels and Alan Silvestri
A Mojo / Eddie Ray Music Production

Musicians
  Organ and Synthesizer
  Guitar
  Piano
  Drums
  Bass
  Percussion
  Harmonica
 
  Horns:
  On "Give Up The Booty"
    Trombone
    Tenor Saxophone
    Alto Saxophone
    Trumpet
  On "Cherrystones"
    Alto Saxophone
    First Trumpet
    Trumpet
  
  Soloists:
    On "Can't Hide Love" &
    "From You To Me To You"
    On "Give Up The Booty"
 
  Background Vocals		   
Jimmy Smith 
Alan Silvestri
Herbie Hancock
Lenny White
Abraham Laboriel
Steve Forman
Stanley ("The Baron") Behrens
 
 
 
George Bohanon
Ernie Watts
Fred Jackson
Nolan Smith
 
Kim S. Hutchcroft
Chuck Findley
Jerry Hey
 
 
Afreeka Trees
 
Vennette Gloud
  
Carmen Twillie, Vennette Gloud, William Champlin
 
 
Background Vocals Arranged by Carmen Twillie
Horns Arranged by Alan Silvestri ("Cherrystones") and Jerry Peters ("Give Up The Booty")
Engineer: Doug Rider
Assistant Engineers: Steve Smith, Mike Beiriger and Robert Davenport

 
Description
Funky, jazzy stuff. Alan co-wrote four tracks on this album. Alan also co-arranged all the music with Eugene McDaniels. Unlike the Scherrie & Susaye album, Alan's funky guitar playing is much more on the foreground. I bet those guys didn't know that the 27 year old guitar playing 'Al' was going to compose orchestral masterpieces like Judge Dredd and The Abyss! But I bet he didn't know either :-)

There are also (very simple) synthesizers used on this album. That must have been progressive back in those days. Several tracks are instrumental, but most feature (different) singers.
Writer/producer Gene McDaniels has worked with Alan several times (Scherrie & Susaye, Mystique, The Mack) and the same applies to bass player Abraham Laboriel (Scherrie & Susaye, The Mexican). If you like funky music I would definitely recommend this album, but it is extremely hard to get.