CD Details
- Number of Discs: 8
- Released: September 4, 2012
- Label: Sony Legacy
Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Some Skunk Funk
- 2.Sponge
- 3.A Creature of Many Faces
- 4.Twilight
- 5.Sneakin' Up Behind You
- 6.Rocks
- 7.Levitate
- 8.Oh My Stars
- 9.D.B.B.
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Keep It Steady (Brecker Bump)
- 2.If You Wanna Boogie...Forget It
- 3.Lovely Lady
- 4.Night Flight
- 5.Slick Stuff
- 6.Dig a Little Deeper
- 7.Grease Piece
- 8.What Can a Miracle Do
- 9.I Love Wastin' Time with You
Tracks on Disc 3:
- 1.Finger Lickin' Good
- 2.Funky Sea, Funky Dew
- 3.As Long as I've Got Your Love
- 4.Squids
- 5.Don't Stop the Music
- 6.Petals
- 7.Tabula Rasa
Tracks on Disc 4:
- 1.East River
- 2.Inside Out
- 3.Some Skunk Funk
- 4.Sponge
- 5.Funky Sea, Funky Dew
- 6.Squids
Tracks on Disc 5:
- 1.You Ga (Ta Give It)
- 2.Not Tonight
- 3.Don't Get Funny with My Money
- 4.Tee'd Off
- 5.You Left Something Behind
- 6.Squish
- 7.Dream Theme
- 8.Baffled
- 9.I Don't Know Either
Tracks on Disc 6:
- 1.Straphangin'
- 2.Threesome
- 3.Bathsheba
- 4.Jacknife
- 5.Why Can't I Be There
- 6.Not Ethiopia
- 7.Spreadeagle
Tracks on Disc 7:
- 1.Blue Montreux
- 2.Rocks
- 3.I'm Sorry
- 4.Magic Carpet
- 5.Buds
- 6.Floating
- 7.The Virgin and the Gypsy
Tracks on Disc 8:
- 1.A Funky Waltz
- 2.Candles
- 3.Uptown Ed
- 4.Love Play
- 5.Cloud Motion
Product Description:
Liner Note Author: Randy Brecker.
Recording information: Atlantic Recording Studio, NY (01/1975); Electric Lady Studio, NY (01/1975); Electric Ladyland Studios, NY (01/1975); Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (01/1975); My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY (01/1975); Penny Lane, NY (01/1975); Power Station, NY (01/1975); Right Track Studios, NY (01/1975); Secret Sound Studios, NY (01/1975); Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA (01/1975); Atlantic Recording Studio, NY (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); Electric Lady Studio, NY (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); Electric Ladyland Studios, NY (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); Penny Lane, NY (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); Power Station, NY (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); Right Track Studios, NY (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); Secret Sound Studios, NY (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA (07/21/1978-07/22/1978); Atlantic Recording Studio, NY (1976); Electric Lady Studio, NY (1976); Electric Ladyland Studios, NY (1976); Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (1976); My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY (1976); Penny Lane, NY (1976); Power Station, NY (1976); Right Track Studios, NY (1976); Secret Sound Studios, NY (1976); Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA (1976); Atlantic Recording Studio, NY (1977); Electric Lady Studio, NY (1977); Electric Ladyland Studios, NY (1977); Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (1977); My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY (1977); Penny Lane, NY (1977); Power Station, NY (1977); Right Track Studios, NY (1977); Secret Sound Studios, NY (1977); Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA (1977); Atlantic Recording Studio, NY (1978); Electric Lady Studio, NY (1978); Electric Ladyland Studios, NY (1978); Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (1978); My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY (1978); Penny Lane, NY (1978); Power Station, NY (1978); Right Track Studios, NY (1978); Secret Sound Studios, NY (1978); Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA (1978); Atlantic Recording Studio, NY (1980); Electric Lady Studio, NY (1980); Electric Ladyland Studios, NY (1980); Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (1980); My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY (1980); Penny Lane, NY (1980); Power Station, NY (1980); Right Track Studios, NY (1980); Secret Sound Studios, NY (1980); Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA (1980).
Photographers: John Launois; Benno Friedman; John Paul Endress; Owen Brown; Robert Dibu?; Jim Noon.
In 2001, the Brecker Brothers' Arista releases were reissued on CD by the One Way label, but the discs quickly went out of print. French and Japanese reissues surfaced toward the end of the decade, but this box set from Sony's Legacy division makes them easy to obtain in the U.S. -- that is, if you're willing to shell out for an eight-disc box, priced around $60 at the time of its September 2012 release. The discs are in durable LP replica sleeves, though they are not as high quality as a standard Japanese reissue. All-original artwork, front sleeve and back sleeve, is reproduced, and there's a booklet as well. The set contains not only each one of the Breckers' 1975-1980 Arista releases (The Brecker Bros., Back to Back, Don't Stop the Music, Heavy Metal Be-Bop, D?tente, and Straphangin') but the two Blue Montreux releases from 1979 as well. At the time of release, each one of the Brecker titles here (neither Blue Montreux nor Blue Montreux II) was available separately as a digital download. ~ Andy Kellman
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