Back to Oakland
Back to Oakland is the fourth album by Bay Area based band Tower of Power, released in early 1974 on Warner Bros. Records. It was voted by Modern Drummer magazine as one of the most important recordings for drummers to listen to. The cover photography was by Bruce Steinberg at San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, California.
Track listing
- "Oakland Stroke..." - 0:53
- "Don't Change Horses " - 4:28
- "Just When We Start Makin' It" - 6:30
- "Can't You See " - 3:00
- "Squib Cakes" - 7:49
- "Time Will Tell" - 3:11
- "Man from the Past" - 4:00
- "Love's Been Gone So Long" - 4:47
- "I Got the Chop" - 2:59
- "Below Us, All the City Lights" - 4:20
- "...Oakland Stroke" - 1:08
Personnel
Tower of Power- Lenny Williams – lead vocals
- Chester Thompson – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, organ, bass pedals, backing vocals, arrangements
- Bruce Conte – guitars, backing vocals
- Francis Rocco Prestia – bass guitar
- David Garibaldi – drums
- Brent Byars – congas
- Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone, bass saxophone, soprano saxophone, first tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute, piccolo
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone, English horn, backing vocals
- Emilio Castillo – second tenor saxophone, backing vocals
- Mic Gillette – trombone, bass trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
- Greg Adams – trumpet, flugelhorn, orchestra bells, backing vocals, string arrangements, string conductor, arrangements
- Tower of Power – arrangements
- Bud Shank – alto saxophone, flute, alto flute, piccolo
- Ray Gillette – trombone
- Kell Houston – trombone
- Frank Rosolino – trombone
- Tommy Shepard – trombone
- David Duke – French horn
- Vincent DeRosa – French horn
- Richard Perissi – French horn
- Harry Betts – string conductor
- Marylin Scott – backing vocals
- Pepper Watkins – backing vocals
- Alice Thompson – backing vocals
- Tower of Power – producers
- Emilio Castillo – supervising producer
- Alan Chinowsky – sound production, mixing
- Tom Flye – recording
- Jim Gaines – recording, mixing
- Bruce Steinberg – album design, photography