Mellow Madness (VINYL) | Excellent (EX) Very Good (VG)

*PHOTOS ACTUAL*    EX VINYL / sleeve has some fading and small pen mark

Label:
A&M Records – SP-4526
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Pressing
Country:
US
Released:
1975
Genre:
Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:
Jazz-Funk, Soul, Funk
A1        Is It Love That We're Missin'
Featuring, Lead Vocals – George Johnson
Written-By – Debbie Smith (3), George Johnson
3:43
A2        Paranoid
Featuring, Lead Vocals – Leon Ware
Written-By – Joe Greene
2:55
A3        Mellow Madness
Featuring, Lead Vocals – Paulette McWilliams
Written-By – Al Ciner, Paulette McWilliams, Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler
3:27
A4        Beautiful Black Girl
Featuring [Poetry Recitation] – The Watts Prophets
Written-By – Otis Smith (2), Quincy Jones
6:13
A5        Listen (What It Is)
Featuring, Lead Vocals – George Johnson, Paulette McWilliams
Written-By – George Johnson, Louis Johnson
4:16
B1        Just A Little Taste Of Me
Featuring, Lead Vocals – George Johnson
Harmonica [Bass] – Tommy Morgan
Written-By – George Johnson, Louis Johnson
3:27
B2        My Cherie Amour
Backing Vocals – Minnie Riperton
Bass – Max Bennett
Featuring, Flute – Hubert Laws
Featuring, Lead Vocals – Leon Ware, Minnie Riperton, Paulette McWilliams
Guitar – Dennis Budimir
Keyboards – Mike Melvoin
Written-By – Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy
5:25
B3        Tryin' To Find Out About You
Featuring, Drums – Harvey Mason
Written-By – George Johnson, Louis Johnson
3:00
B4        Cry Baby
Featuring, Lead Vocals – Wah Wah Watson*
Written-By – Robert Bryant*, Wah Wah Watson*, Quincy Jones
4:19
B5        Bluesette
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Grady Tate
Featuring, Soloist, Trombone – Frank Rosolino
Featuring, Whistling, Soloist, Guitar – Toots Thielemans
Written-By – Norman Gimbel, Jean "Toots" Thielemans*
7:00
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At – Westlake Audio
Mastered At – Kendun Recorders
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright © – A&M Records, Inc.
Produced For – Quincy Jones Productions
Published By – Kidada Music Co.
Published By – Goulgris Music Co.
Published By – Jarmeil Music Co.
Published By – Stone Agate Music Division
Published By – Wah Watson Music Co.
Published By – Duchess Music Corp.
Arranged By – Quincy Jones
Arranged By [Assistant] – Paul Riser, Tom Bahler
Art Direction – Roland Young (3)
Backing Vocals – Carolyn Willis, Jesse Kirkland, Jim Gilstrap, Joe Greene, Leon Ware, Myrna Matthews, Paulette McWilliams, Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler
Bass – Louis Johnson
Congas, Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Design [Album] – Chuck Beeson
Drums – Harvey Mason
Engineer – Phil Schier
Engineer [Assistant] – Joan DeCola
Featuring [Introducing] – Brothers Johnson, Paulette McWilliams
Guitar – George Johnson, Wah Wah Watson*, Toots Thielemans
Keyboards – Dave Grusin, Don Grusin, Jerry Peters, Quincy Jones
Lacquer Cut By – JG*
Photography By – Norman Seef*
Producer – Quincy Jones
Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Ian Underwood
Saxophone – Ernie Krivda, Jerome Richardson, Sahib Shihab
Trombone – Frank Rosolino, George Bohanon
Trumpet – Bill Lamb (2), Chuck Findley, Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing denoted by "P" stamps in runouts.
Issued with foldout poster.

Jim Gilstrap appears courtesy of Chelsea Records
Herbert Laws appears courtesy of CTI
Harvey Mason appears courtesy of Arista Records
Minnie Riperton appears courtesy of Epic Records
Leon Ware appears courtesy of Motown Records

Produced for Quincy Jones Productions

Recorded at
The Record Plant, Los Angeles
Westlake Audio, Los Angeles
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California

Poetry recitation on A4 by The Watts Prophets, Otis Smith, Richard Dedeaux and Anthony Hamilton
"Love Unlimited" by Otis Smith from the book "The Rising Sons, Wisdom and Knowledge" Copyright © 1973 The Watts Prophets

℗ & © A&M Records, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

In runouts: all data is hand-etched except for Kendun and Pitman identifiers which are machine-stamped.
 

• Media Condition: Excellent (EX)
• Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
• Genre: FUNK
• Format Type: LP