Album
Feets Don't Fail Me Now
1979 · Electronic, Jazz
11 collectors on Gatefold own this
Feets Don't Fail Me Now is a Soul & Funk album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 47 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.
About
This was the first of Hancock's albums to discard jazz completely in favor of a more commercial (at the time) disco sound, with vocoder effects and repetitive lyrics. Honey from the Jar, however, is definitely a funk, not disco, song. Background vocals were provided by 'The Waters', a family vocal group from Los Angeles. All LP and CD editions after the first pressing use an alternate 'Disco Mix' version of "Tell Everybody". The original version was included as a bonus track on the disc in the Complete Columbia Albums Collection box set.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1You Bet Your Love7:36
- A2Trust Me5:41
- A3Ready Or Not6:42
Side B
- B1Tell Everybody7:09
- B2Honey From The Jar6:51
- B3Knee Deep5:39
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Disco
- synthetic
- euphoric
- hedonistic
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Terre Haute pressing, looks nearly identical to the existing Pitman pressing located here: Feets Don't Fail Me Now (US 1979) (opens in a new tab)
Pakaged with black & white printed inner sleeve featuring song lyrics on one side and portrait on the other.
All except B3 recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco, CA.
B3 recorded at Bear West Studio, San Francisco, CA.
Publishing:
A1, A2, B1, B2 Hancock Music
A1, A2 Irving Music, Inc.
A1 to B2 Polo Grounds Music
A3 Raydiola Music
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bill SummersPERCUSSION
- Brian DavisPERCUSSION
- Eddie N. Watkins Jr.BASS
- Gordon BaharyPROGRAMMED BY
- Herbie HancockBACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS , LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS, LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, VOCODER
- James GadsonDRUMS
- Julia Tillman WatersBACKING VOCALS
- Julia WatersBACKING VOCALS
- Luther WatersBACKING VOCALS
- Maxine WatersBACKING VOCALS
- Maxine Willard WatersBACKING VOCALS
- Oren WatersBACKING VOCALS
- Ray ObiedoGUITAR
- Bennie MaupinSOPRANINO SAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, WRITTEN-BY
- Coke EscovedoTIMBALES
- Freddie WashingtonBASS BASS, WRITTEN-BY
- James LeviDRUMS
- Melvin "Wah Wah" WatsonGUITAR
11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 47 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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