Melvin Jackson - Funky Skull

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A1	Funky Skull Parts 1 & 2	4:53
A2	Ma, She's Makin' Eyes At Me	0:51
A3	Bold And Black Vocals, Soloist – Maurice Miller	7:12
A4	Dance Of The Dervish	6:39
A5	Everybody Loves My Baby	2:20
B1	Cold Duck Time Parts 1 & 2	5:03
B2	Say What	4:49
B3	Funky Doo	4:53
B4	Silver Cycles	9:26

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Mercury Record Corporation
• Pressed By – Mercury Record Manufacturing Company
• Recorded At – 8 Track Studios, Chicago
• Recorded At – Amigo Studios
• Recorded At – Audio Finishers Studio
• Remixed At – 8 Track Studios, Chicago
• Remixed At – RCA Studios, Chicago
• Published By – Hargrove Music, Inc.
• Published By – Mills Music, Inc.
• Published By – MCA Music

Credits

• Acoustic Bass, Effects – Melvin Jackson
• Alto Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Flute – Roscoe Mitchell (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
• Art Direction – Desmond Strobel
• Baritone Saxophone – Tobie Wynn (tracks: A1, B1)
• Design – Tom Staebler
• Drums – Billy Hart (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4), Morris Jennings (tracks: A1, B1)
• Engineer [8-Track Studios] – Stuart Walder
• Engineer [Amigo Studios] – Hank Cicalo
• Engineer [Audio Finishers] – Murray Allen
• Guitar – Pete Cosey (tracks: A1, B1)
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Bass [Fender] – Phil Upchurch
• Mixed By [Remix 8-Track Studios] – Bruce Swedien, Stuart Walder
• Mixed By [Remix RCA Recording Studios, Chicago] – Brian Christian
• Performer – Members Of The Association For The Advancement Of Creative Musicians (AACM)* (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
• Photography By – Alan Levine
• Piano, Organ [Hammond], Effects [Echo Plex] – Jodie Christian (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
• Producer – Robin McBride
• Tenor Saxophone – James Tatum (tracks: A1, B1)
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Byron Bowie (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
• Tenor Saxophone, Soloist [Solos] – Bobby Pittman (tracks: A1, B1)
• Trombone – Steve Galloway (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
• Trumpet – Donald Towns (tracks: A1, B1), Tom Hall (tracks: A1, B1)
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Lester Bowie (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4), Leo Smith* (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)
• Vocals – The Sound Of Feeling (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B4)

Notes

Melvin Jackson's string bass transformations are created with: Maestro G-2 filter box for guitar, Boomerang and Echo-Plex and Ampeg amplifier.

LP Reissued 2006 in a 180 gram Limited edition under the same catalog#.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped & etched): LS86071 A- M1 1-1 MR
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped & etched): LS86071 B- M1 1-1 MR
• Rights Society (A1, A3, A4, B1 to B4): BMI
• Rights Society (A2, A5): ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LS 86071, LS-86071	Melvin Jackson	Funky Skull ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Limelight, Limelight	LS 86071, LS-86071	US	Unknown
LS 86071	Melvin Jackson	Funky Skull ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Limelight	LS 86071	US	1969
LS 86071	Melvin Jackson	Funky Skull ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Limelight	LS 86071	US	Unknown
DGA 3001, B0008780 02	Melvin Jackson	Funky Skull ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Dusty Groove America, Universal Music Special Markets	DGA 3001, B0008780 02	US	2007
LS 86071	Melvin Jackson	Funky Skull ‎(LP, Album, Promo, RE, W/Lbl, 180)	Limelight	LS 86071	US	2006

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