Album
In The Purest Form
1979 · Funk / Soul
Rare pressing on Gatefold
In The Purest Form is a Soul & Funk album by Mass Production, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1.aFirecracker6:13
- A1.bLove You6:43
- A2With Pleasure4:33
- A3Our Thoughts (Purity)2:27
Side B
- B1Can't You See I'm Fired Up6:46
- B2Eyeballin'5:16
- B3Next Year3:45
- B4Strollin'4:11
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
The track - Firecracker is best known as a sampled (direct without change) section used in the tune Me So Horny on 12" and released on LP As Nasty As They Wanna Be by 2 Live Crew in 1989. It was also sampled (pitched down) in the tune "Straight Up" featured on the 12" Greatest Man Alive and on LP Original Stylin' by Three Times Dope in 1988.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Agnes KellyLEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, DRUM
- Emanual ReddingBONGOS, CONGAS , BELL TREE , TRIANGLE, WOOD BLOCK, TIMBALES, PERCUSSION, SOLOIST BONGOS, CONGAS , BELL TREE, TRIANGLE, WOOD BLOCK, TIMBALES, SOLOIST, PERCUSSION
- Gregory McCoyTENOR SAXOPHONE, ELECTRIC ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER , VIBRASLAP, WOODWIND, SOLOIST TENOR SAXOPHONE, ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER , VIBRASLAP, WOODWIND, SOLOIST
- James DrumgoleTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN, BACKING VOCALS, CLAVES, BRASS, SOLOIST TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN, BACKING VOCALS, PERCUSSION , BRASS, SOLOIST
- Kevin DouglasBASS GUITAR, COWBELL
- Larry MarshallLEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- LeCoy BryantLEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS, COWBELL SOLOIST, GUITAR
- Mass ProductionARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR WRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY, PERFORMER
- Ricardo WilliamsDRUMS, BACKING VOCALS, TIMPANI , PERCUSSION , CHIMES DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS, TIMPANI , SLIT DRUM , CHIMES DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS, TIMPANI, DRUM , CHIMES
- Rodney PhelpsLEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC PIANO, GRAND PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, STRINGS , CABASA LEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC PIANO, GRAND PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, SYNTHESIZER , CABASA GUITAR, SOLOIST
- Tiny KellyLEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, PERCUSSION
- Tyrone WilliamsELECTRIC PIANO , GRAND PIANO, CLAVINET, SYNTHESIZER , SYNTHESIZER , VIBRAPHONE , COWBELL, KEYBOARDS, SOLOIST PIANO , GRAND PIANO, CLAVINET, SYNTHESIZER , SYNTHAXE , VIBRAPHONE , COWBELL, KEYBOARDS, SOLOIST
- Bookalach BrothersPERCUSSION , ENSEMBLE, HANDCLAPS PERCUSSION , HANDCLAPS PERCUSSION, ENSEMBLE, HANDCLAPS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 8 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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