Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Chameleon Written-By – B. Maupin*, H. Mason*, H. Hancock*, P. Jackson*	15:41
A2	Watermelon Man Arranged By – Harvey MasonWritten-By – H. Hancock*	6:29
B1	Sly Written-By – H. Hancock*	10:18
B2	Vein Melter Written-By – H. Hancock*	9:10

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Produced For – David Rubinson And Friends, Inc.
• Recorded At – Wally Heider Studios
• Recorded At – Different Fur Studios
• Published By – Hancock Music Company
• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Produced For – Catero Sound Company
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

• Design [Cover] – Victor Moscoso
• Engineer [Recording, Wally Heider] – Fred Catero, Jeremy Zatkin
• Ensemble – The Herbie Hancock Group
• Management [Artist] – Adamsdad Management Co.*
• Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Congas, Shekere, Balafon, Agogô, Cabasa, Whistle [Hindewho], Tambourine, Drum [Log Drum], Surdo, Bells [Gankoqui], Percussion [Beer Bottle] – Bill Summers
• Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Drums [Yamaha] – Harvey Mason
• Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Marimbula, Electric Bass – Paul Jackson
• Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Saxello, Bass Clarinet, Alto Flute – Bennie Maupin
• Performer [The Herbie Hancock Group], Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Arp Soloist], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet [Hohner D 6], Pipe [Pipes] – Herbie Hancock
• Photography By – Waldo Bascom
• Producer – David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock
• Recorded By [Different Fur] – Dane Butcher, John Vieira

Notes

Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco.
and at Different Fur Trading Co., San Francisco.

A product of Catero Sound Co., San Francisco.
Artist Management: Adamsdad Management Co., San Francisco.

Hancock Music Co./B.M.I.

℗ 1973 CBS, Inc.

This version is the Pitman pressing variation and can be identified by the arrangement of and the typesetting on the labels and by the runout groove etchings.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: B.M.I.
• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AL 32731
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BL 32731
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 1): P AL 32731-1C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 1): P BL 32731-1B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 2): P AL 32731-1D
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 2): P BL 32731-1C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 3): P AL 32731-1B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 3): P BL 32731-1B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 4): P AL 32731-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 4): P BL 32731-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A ,stamped - variant 5): P AL 32731-1B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 5): P BL 32731-1C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 6): P AL 32731-1C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 6): P BL 32731-1E
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 7): P AL 32731-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 7): P BL 32731-1B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 8): P AL 32731-1D
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 8): P BL 32731-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 9): P AL 32731-1C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 9): P BL 32731-1C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 10): P AL 32731-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 10): P BL 32731-1C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 11): P AL 32731-1F
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 11): P BL 32731-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped - variant 12): P AL 32731-1F
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped - variant 12): P BL 32731-1E

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CM 65123	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters ‎(MD, Album)	Columbia, Legacy	CM 65123	Europe	1997
CBS 65928	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters ‎(LP, Album)	CBS, Suzy	CBS 65928	Yugoslavia	1975
BL 32731	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	BL 32731	Canada	1973
SICP-30285	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Blu)	Sony Records Int'l	SICP-30285	Japan	2013
RR-98-017-2	Herbie Hancock	Head Hunters ‎(CD, Album, RE, Unofficial)	Release Records , VAPP association	RR-98-017-2	Russia	1998

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