Hand on the Torch

~ Release by Us3 (see all versions of this release, 17 available)

Annotation

US:
Label: Blue Note - Catalog #: B2 0777 7 80883 2 5 - UPC: 077778088325 (CD), 077778088349 (Cassette), 077778088318 (12" vinyl)
Canada:
Label: Blue Note - Catalog #: B2 0777 7 26708 2 3 - UPC: 077772670823
UK:
Label: Blue Note - Catalog #: 29585, CDEST 2230 - UPC: 724382958529
Limited Edition with (bonus disc) The Jazz Mixes:
Label: EMI - Catalog #: 8294572 - UPC: 724382945727

Annotation last modified on 2006-12-10 10:42 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
trumpet:
Gerard Presencer
other vocals [rap]:
Rahsaan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On) by Lou Donaldson
recording of:
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
writer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer), Rahsaan Kelly, Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
is based on:
Cantaloupe Island
44:41
2I Got It Goin' On
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Mike Smith (British saxophonist/keyboardist/composer/arranger/conductor)
trombone:
Dennis Rollins
trumpet:
Gerard Presencer
other vocals [rap, verse 2]:
Rahsaan
other vocals [rap, verses 1 & 3]:
Kobie Powell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Ronnie’s Bonnie by Reuben Wilson
5:20
3Different Rhythms Different People
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Art Blakey's Comments on Ritual by Art Blakey
1:19
4It's Like That
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
other vocals [rap]:
Kobie Powell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Alfie’s Theme by John Patton and Cool Blues by Lou Donaldson
samples from:
The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 2 by The Jazz Messengers
3:43
5Just Another Brother
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
soprano saxophone [soprano sax] and tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Ed Jones
other vocals [rap]:
Kobie Powell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Crisis by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
3:45
6Cruisin'
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
soprano saxophone [soprano sax]:
Steve Williamson
other vocals [rap]:
Rahsaan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
3:33
7I Go to Work
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
guitar:
Tony Remy
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
other vocals [rap]:
Kobie Powell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Straight, No Chaser (studio, 1967-01-10; quartet recording for Columbia, edited) by Thelonious Monk
4:08
8Tukka Yoot's Riddim
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
tenor saxophone:
Ed Jones (saxophone)
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Ed Jones
other vocals [rap]:
Tukka Yoot
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Sookie, Sookie (live, 1970-08-15: Cliché Lounge, Newark, NJ, USA) by Grant Green (jazz guitarist)
recording of:
Tukka Yoot’s Riddim
writer:
Don Covay, Steve Cropper, Robert Taylor, Mel Simpson (Member of Us3), Robert Taylor (songwriter for Us3, aka. Tukka Yoot) and Geoff Wilkinson
3.255:43
9Knowledge of Self
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
other vocals [rap]:
Rahsaan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
4:20
10Lazy Day
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Ed Jones
background vocals [backing vocals]:
Marie Harper
other vocals [rap]:
Kobie Powell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Goin’ Down South by Bobby Hutcherson feat. Harold Land
4:43
11Eleven Long Years
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
trumpet:
Gerard Presencer
other vocals [rap]:
Tukka Yoot
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Blind Man, Blind Man by Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Song for My Father by The Horace Silver Quintet
3:49
12Make Tracks
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
piano:
Matt Cooper (UK future jazz musician & producer)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
other vocals [rap]:
Kobie Powell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Filthy McNasty by The Horace Silver Quintet and Jeannine by Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter)
4:48
13The Darkside
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
other vocals [rap]:
Rahsaan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Stepping Into Tomorrow by Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter)
5:20