Quincy Jones - Roots (The Saga Of An American Family)(VINYL LP) | USED Mint (M) Near Mint (NM or M-)

*PHOTOS ACTUAL*

BRAND NEW SEALED / CORNER CUT *HYPE STICKER*

Label: A&M Records – SP-4626


Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch Pressing



Country: US


Released: 1977


Genre: Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen


Style: Gospel, Soul, Soundtrack

Tracklist
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        Africa (The Motherland)    
A1        Motherland
Bata [Featuring] – Bill Summers
Written-By – Q. Jones*
    0:29
A2        Roots Mural Theme
Orchestra – The Quincy Jones Orchestra*
Written-By – G. Fried*
    2:10
A3        Main Title: Mama Aifambeni (Premiere Episode)
Bata [Bata Drum Ensemble, Featuring] – Bill Summers
Choir [Featuring] – The Wattsline
Featuring – Caiphus Semenya
Vocals [Featuring] – Letta Mbulu
Written-By – C. Semenya*, Q. Jones*
    1:03
A4        Behold, The Only Thing Greater Than Yourself (Birth)
Vocals [Vocal & Chant, Featuring] – Letta Mbulu
Written-By – C. Semenya*, Q. Jones*
    1:30
A5        Oluwa (Many Rains Ago) (African Theme)
Choir [Featuring] – The Wattsline Choir*
Vocals [Featuring] – Letta Mbulu
Written-By – C. Semenya*, Q. Jones*
    2:28
A6        Boyhood To Manhood
Percussion [Featuring] – Bill Summers
Vocals [Solo] – Zak Diouf
Written-By – B. Summers*, Q. Jones*, Z. Diouf*
    0:53
A7        The Toubob Is Here! (The Capture)
Written-By – Q. Jones*
    1:06
A8        Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing)
Vocals [Solo On Sea Shanty] – Alex Hassilev
Vocals [Toubob Chant] – The Wattsline
Written-By – Q. Jones*
    1:15
A9        You In Americuh' Now, African
Featuring – Lou Gossett*
Orchestra [Featuring] – Quincy Jones Orchestra*
Written-By – G. Fried*, Q. Jones*
    0:32
        America (The Promised Land)    
B1        Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction)
Orchestra [Featuring] – The Quincy Jones Orchestra & Auctioneers*
Written-By – G. Fried*
    0:15
B2        Ole Fiddler
Adapted By – Lou Gossett*, Q. Jones*
Voice Actor [Dialogue], Vocals [Featuring] – Lou Gossett*
    1:12
B3        Jumpin' De Broom (Marriage Ceremony)
Fiddle [Hoedown Solo, Featuring] – Bobby Bruce
Written-By – B. Bruce*, Q. Jones*
    0:42
B4        What Can I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name)
Adapted By – Q. Jones*, J. Cleveland*
Choir [Featuring] – The Wattsline Choir*
Organ, Piano [Featuring] – Richard Tee
Vocals [Featuring] – Charles May, Mortonette Jenkins
    2:17
B5        Roots Mural Theme Bridge (Plantation Life)
Orchestra – The Quincy Jones Orchestra*
Voice Actor [Vagon Dialogue] – Stan Haze
Written-By – G. Fried*
    1:25
B6        Oh Lord, Come By Here
Adapted By – Q. Jones*, J. Cleveland*
Choir [Featuring] – The Wattsline Choir*
Conductor [Featuring] – Reverend James Cleveland*
Organ [Featuring] – Richard Tee
    3:25
B7        Free At Last? (The Civil War)
Orchestra [Featuring] – The Quincy Jones Orchestra*
Voice Actor [Dialogue, Featuring] – Lou Gossett*
Written-By – Q. Jones*
    2:24
B8        Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (African Theme: English Version)
Choir – The Quincy Jones Orchestra*
Orchestra – The Wattsline Choir*
Vocals [Solo, Featuring] – Letta Mbulu
Written-By – C. Semenya*, Q. Jones*
    4:50
Companies, etc.
Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △21994
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records, Inc.
Credits
Acoustic Bass – Arni Egillson*, Milt Kestenbaum*
Arranged By – Bill Summers, Caiphus Semenya, Dave Grusin, Herb Spencer*, John Mandel*, Quincy Jones, Reverend James Cleveland*, Dick Hazard*, Tommy Bahler*
Artwork [Album Design] – Chuck Beeson
Artwork [Art Direction] – Roland Young (3)
Artwork [Roots Logo Typography Design] – Al Nagy
Banjo – Alton Hendrickson*
Cello – Jeff Solow*, Jesse Erlich*, Paul Bergstrom, Ronnie Cooper*
Composed By – Gerald Fried (tracks: A2, A9, B1, B5)
Concept By [Conceived By], Producer, Conductor – Quincy Jones
Conductor [Choir] – Tommy Bahler* (tracks: A5, B8)
Conductor [The Wattsline Choir] – Reverend James Cleveland*
Electric Bass – Chuck Rainey, Ed Reddick
Engineer [Assistant] – Chuck Trammell, Steve "Deacon Dolby" Katz*
Engineer, Remix – Norm Kinney
French Horn – Alan Robinson, David Duke, James Decker
Guitar – David T. Walker, Lee Ritenour
Harp – Catherine Gotthoffer, Dorothy Remsen
Keyboards – Dave Grusin, Ian Underwood, Mike Boddicker*, Pete Jolly, Richard Tee
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Percussion – Bill Summers, Bobbye Hall, Caiphus Semenya, Emil Richards, King Errison*, Milt Holland, Paul Bryant (5), Shelly Manne, Tommy Vig, Victor Feldman, Zak Diouf
Performer – Bill Summers, Caiphus Semenya, Letta Mbulu, Lou Gossett*, Quincy Jones Orchestra*, The Wattsline Choir*
Photography By [Back Cover] – Bruce Talamon
Trombone – Bill Watrous, Dick Nash, Maurice Spear*
Trumpet – Bobby Bryant, Buddy Childers, John Audino
Tuba – Tommy Johnson*
Viola – Alex Nieman*, Marilyn Baker, Bob Ostrowsky*, Rollis Dale*
Violin – Bobby Bruce, Erno Neufeld, Gerald Vinci, Harry Bluestone, Irv Katz, Janice Gower, John Santulis, Joseph Livoti, Joe Stepansky*, Ralph Shaeffer*, Bob Sushell*, Sheldon Sanov, Bill Nuttycomb*
Vocals – Alexandra Brown*, Caiphus Semenya, Deborah Tibbs, Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Linda Evans, Paulette McWilliams, Reverend James Cleveland*, Stephanie Spruill
Vocals [Featured Soloist] – Letta Mbulu
Vocals [The Wattsline Choir] – Charles May, David Pridgen, Mortonette Jenkins, Rodney Armstrong, Sherwood Sledge
Woodwind – Ernie Watts, Jerome Richardson, Ted Nash, Terry Harrington, Bill Green*
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): A&M SP4989(RE-1)-M5 △21994
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): A&M SP4990-M2 △21994-X161
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): A&M SP4989(RE-1)-M3 MR △21994
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): A&M SP4990-M4 MR △21994X(10)

• Condition: USED
• Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: SOUNDTRACK
• Label: A&M Records
• Catalog Number: SP-4626
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 1977