In the Slot
In the Slot is a Tower of Power album released in 1975. It was their last studio album for Warner Bros. Records. It also marked the debut of new vocalist Hubert Tubbs. David Garibaldi returns to the drummer's throne after being absent from the previous album Urban Renewal, although the drummer from that album, David Bartlett, does appear as a background vocalist on this album, as does Garibaldi's next successor, Ron Beck. "Ebony Jam" and "Drop It in the Slot" were sampled on the Beastie Boys' 1989 album Paul's Boutique.
Track listing
LP side one- "Just Enough and Too Much" - 3:25
- "Treat Me Like Your Man" - 3:08
- "If I Play My Cards Right" - 3:14
- "As Surely as I Stand Here" - 5:17
- "Fanfare: Matanuska" - 0:16
- "On the Serious Side" - 2:54
- "Ebony Jam" - 6:45
- "You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous" - 3:13
- "Vuela Por Noche" - 1:34
- "Essence of Innocence" - 0:35
- "The Soul of a Child" - 4:56
- "Drop It in the Slot" - 3:12
Personnel
Tower of Power- Hubert Tubbs – lead vocals
- Chester Thompson – acoustic piano, clavinet, organ, ARP String Ensemble, bass pedals, backing vocals, arrangements
- Bruce Conte – guitars, backing vocals
- Francis Rocco Prestia – bass guitar
- David Garibaldi – drums
- Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, 1st tenor saxophone, all sax solos, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, flute, piccolo flute, Lyricon
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone
- Emilio Castillo – 2nd tenor saxophone, backing vocals, co-lead vocals
- Mic Gillette – trombone, bass trombone, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
- Greg Adams – trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements, flugelhorn solo, trumpet solo, string arrangements and conductor
- Tower of Power – arrangements
- Bootche Anderson, David Bartlett, Ron E. Beck, Frank Biner, Roger Rifkind, Marilyn Scott and Pepper Watkins
- Emilio Castillo – producer
- Tower of Power – producers
- Alan Chinowsky – engineer
- Tom Flye – engineer
- Chris Morris – assistant engineer
- Bruce Steinberg – album design, photography
- Ellie Oberzil – design assistant