Magicians Holiday
1974 studio album by The Gap Band
| Magicians Holiday | ||||
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| Studio album by The Gap Band | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Studio | 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
All tracks arranged by The Gap Band
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | 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 | Writer(s) | 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
- The Gap Band
- Charles Wilson – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, Clavinet, organ
- Ronnie Wilson – backing vocals, trumpet
- Robert Wilson – backing vocals, bass
- Roscoe Smith – drums
- O'Dell Stokes – guitar
- Tommy Lokey – trumpet
- Alvin Jones – trombone
- Chris Clayton – saxophone
- Carl Scoggins – congas, percussions
with:
- Jamie Oldaker – drums on "Easy Life"
- Wayne Perkins - guitar on "Bad Girl" and "Loving You Is Everything"
- Tuck Andress - guitar on "Tommy's Groove"
- Technical
- Kirk Bressler - engineer
- Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff - remixing engineer
- Tom Wilkes - album design, front cover photography
Samples
- "Tommy's Groove"
- "Ragtime"" by Brand Nubian on their One For All album.[2]
References
External links
- Magicians Holiday at Discogs
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- Charlie Wilson
- Ronnie Wilson
- Robert Wilson
- Magicians Holiday (1974)
- The Gap Band (1977)
- The Gap Band (1979)
- The Gap Band II (1979)
- The Gap Band III (1980)
- Gap Band IV (1982)
- Gap Band V: Jammin' (1983)
- Gap Band VI (1984)
- Gap Band VII (1985)
- Gap Band 8 (1986)
- Straight From The Heart (1988)
- Round Trip (1989)
- Testimony (1994)
- Ain't Nothin' But a Party (1995)
- Y2K: Funkin' Till 2000 Comz (1999)
- Live & Well (1996)
- Gap Gold: The Best of The Gap Band (1985)
- The Best of Gap Band (1995)
- "Oops Up Side Your Head"
- "Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"
- "Humpin'"
- "Yearning for Your Love"
- "Early in the Morning"
- "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
- "Outstanding"
- "Party Train"
- "Going in Circles"
- "All of My Love"
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