The Big Score: A Soundtrack to the Black Films of the Seventies

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1They Call Me Mr Tibbs Main Title
organ:
Billy Preston
recording of:
They Call Me Mr. Tibbs
lyricist and composer:
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones4:34
2Superfly
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
drums (drum set):
Morris Jennings
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Craig McMullen
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger and orchestrator:
Johnny Pate
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Curtom Records (in 1972)
recording of:
Superfly
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1972 to ????)
Curtis Mayfield4.653:52
3Theme From Cleopatra Jones
producer:
Joe Simon
vocals:
Joe Simon
performer:
The Mainstreeters
Joe Simon3:47
4Brother Gonna Work It Out
Willie Hutch2:58
5Across 110th Street
performer:
Peace (funk/soul, Bobby Womack collaborator, e.g "Across 100th Street")
recording of:
Across 110th Street
writer:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) and Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack53:47
6Freddie's Dead
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
drums (drum set):
Morris Jennings
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Craig McMullen
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger and orchestrator:
Johnny Pate
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Curtom Records (in 1972)
recording of:
Freddie’s Dead
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1972 to ????)
recording of:
Freddie’s Dead (William Parker arrangement)
composer:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
William Parker (US free jazz double bassist, multi-instrumentalist, poet & composer)
publisher:
Centering Music (publisher for William Parker)
arrangement of:
Freddie’s Dead
Curtis Mayfield55:25
7Easing In
Edwin Starr3:11
8People Get Up & Drive Your Funky Soul
recording of:
People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), St. Clair Pinckney and Fred Wesley
publisher:
Donna Dijon Music Publications and Unichappell Music, Inc.
James Brown3:41
9Mama Feelgood
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
conductor:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
performer:
Lyn Collins and The J.B.’s
arranger:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Fred Wesley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor Inc. (in 1973)
recording of:
Mama Feelgood
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins23:28
10Shaft
edit of:
Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes
recording of:
Theme From Shaft (Shaft, 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Isaac Hayes
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
part of:
The 44th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 44)
part of:
Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)
Isaac Hayes4.53:17
11Sweetback's Theme
recording of:
Sweetback’s Theme
writer:
Melvin Van Peebles (American filmmaker)
publisher:
Yeah Inc.
Melvin Van Peebles7:31
12The Final Comedown
alto saxophone:
Phil Bodner (Woodwind player) (on 1971-12-13) and Harold Vick (on 1971-12-13)
bongos and congas:
Ralph MacDonald (on 1971-12-13)
cello:
Seymour Barab (on 1971-12-13) and Charles McCracken (cellist) (on 1971-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Grady Tate (on 1971-12-13)
electric bass guitar:
Gordon Edwards (funk/soul bassist) (on 1971-12-13)
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Irving Markowitz (trumpet, flugelhorn) (on 1971-12-13) and Marvin Stamm (on 1971-12-13)
flute, oboe and piccolo:
Phil Bodner (Woodwind player) (on 1971-12-13)
guitar:
Cornell Dupree (on 1971-12-13) and Grant Green (jazz guitarist) (on 1971-12-13)
harp:
Eugene Bianco (on 1971-12-13)
organ and piano:
Richard Tee (on 1971-12-13)
percussion, timbales, timpani and vibraphone:
George Devens (on 1971-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Vick (on 1971-12-13)
viola:
Julien Barber (on 1971-12-13) and Harry Zaratzian (on 1971-12-13)
conductor:
Wade Marcus (on 1971-12-13)
recorded at:
A&R Recording Studio (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States (on 1971-12-13)
recording of:
The Final Comedown (on 1971-12-13)
composer:
Wade Marcus
Grant Green3.53:27
13Foxy Brown
recording of:
Theme of Foxy Brown
composer:
Willie Hutch
Willie Hutch2:25
14Are You Man Enough
producer:
Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
arranger:
Don Hockett and Dennis Lambert
recording of:
Are You Man Enough
lyricist and composer:
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
Four Tops3:23
15Coffy Is the Colour
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation) (from 1973 to present)
recording of:
Coffy Is the Color
writer:
Roy Ayers and Carl Clay
publisher:
OPC Music Publishing, Inc.
Roy Ayers42:59
16Theme From Together Brother
Barry White2:50
17Flying Machine
War7:33
18Car Wash
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1976)
recording of:
Car Wash
lyricist and composer:
Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and USI B Music Publishing
Rose Royce3.355:06