Magicians Holiday
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Shelter Church Studio (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | |||
| Genre | Soul, funk | |||
| Length | 35:42 | |||
| Label | Shelter | |||
| Producer | Buddy Jones | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Magicians Holiday is the debut album by The Gap Band in 1974 on Shelter Records.
Track listing[]
All tracks are written by Buddy Jones and Charles Wilson, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I-Yike-It" (Tom Lokey) | 2:46 |
| 2. | "Backbone" | 2:36 |
| 3. | "After All Is Said and Done" | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Fontessa Fame" | 4:30 |
| 5. | "You Can Always Count on Me" | 5:00 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Bad Girl" | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Easy Life" (Buddy Jones, Kay Poorboy) | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Loving You Is Everything" | 3:40 |
| 9. | "Tommy's Groove" (Tom Lokey) | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Magicians Holiday" | 2:53 |
Personnel[]
- Charles Wilson – lead vocals, background vocals, piano, Clavinet, organ
- Ronnie Wilson – background vocals, trumpet
- Robert Wilson – background vocals, bass
- Roscoe Smith – drums
- O'Dell Stokes – guitar
- Tommy Lokey – trumpet
- Alvin Jones – trombone
- Chris Clayton – saxophone
- Carl Scoggins – congas, percussions
- Jamie Oldaker – drums
Samples[]
- "Tommy's Groove"
- "Ragtime"" by Brand Nubian on their One For All album.[2]
References[]
- ^ Magicians Holiday > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
- ^ "Brand Nubian's Ragtime sample of The Gap Band's Tommy's Groove". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1974 debut albums
- The Gap Band albums
- Shelter Records albums