Album
Head Hunters
1973 · Jazz
119 collectors on Gatefold own this
Head Hunters is a Jazz album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 156 pressings tracked, owned by 119 collectors.
About
While keyboardist Herbie Hancock had gone electric with Miles Davis, and in his outward-looking solo projects before <i>Head Hunters</i>, nothing he’d done previously packed such a deep funk groove. It's particularly evident on the rump-bumpin’ “Chameleon,” and there's more than a subtle nod to Sly Stone on "Sly." The tribal-electric version of “Watermelon Man” reveals just how far the band was willing to go—and Hancock's use of cutting-edge synthesizer technology made it all the more funky.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Chameleon15:41
- A2Watermelon Man6:29
Side B
- B1Sly10:18
- B2Vein Melter9:10
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- bassheavy
- groovy
- club
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco.
And at Different Fur Trading Co., San Francisco.
A product of Catero Sound Co., San Francisco.
Artist Management: Adamsdad Management Co., San Francisco.
Hancock Music Co./B.M.I.
This version is the Pitman pressing variation and can be identified by the arrangement of and the typesetting on the labels and by the runout groove etchings.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bennie MaupinALTO FLUTE, BASS CLARINET, SAXOPHONE ALTO FLUTE, BASS FLUTE, SAXELLO, SOPRANINO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE MUSICIAN , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, SAXELLO, BASS CLARINET, ALTO FLUTE
- Bill SummersAGOGÔ, CABASA, CONGAS, PERCUSSION , SLIT DRUM , SHEKERE, SURDO, TAMBOURINE, VOCALS , BALAFON AGOGÔ, CABASA, CONGAS, PERCUSSION, SLIT DRUM, SHEKERE, SURDO, TAMBOURINE, VOCALS, BALAFON CONGAS, SHEKERE, AGOGÔ, CABASA, WHISTLE , TAMBOURINE, SLIT DRUM , SURDO, BELLS , PERCUSSION , BALAFON, DRUMS, INSTRUMENTS, SHAKER
- Harvey MasonDRUMS DRUMS , ARRANGED BY DRUMS, ARRANGED BY
- Herbie HancockCLAVINET , ELECTRIC PIANO , PIPE , SYNTHESIZER CLAVINET , ELECTRIC PIANO , PIPE, SYNTHESIZER ELECTRIC PIANO , CLAVINET , SYNTHESIZER , PIPE
- Oren WatersVOCALS
- Paul JacksonELECTRIC BASS, MARIMBULA ELECTRIC BASS, MARIMBULA, BASS, MARIMBA MARIMBULA, ELECTRIC BASS
- Paul Jackson Jr.ELECTRIC BASS, MARIMBULA
- The Herbie Hancock Group
- Mike ClarkDRUMS
119 collectors on Gatefold own this · 156 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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