Darkness, Darkness by Phil Upchurch (1972)

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Donny Hathaway plays the electric piano on Cold Sweat & Sausalito Blues. The original US double LP came in 1972 on Blue Thumb (#BTS 6005). A gatefold SHM-CD version will be available in Japan on mini LP paper sleeve on april 2, 2010.

A1 Darkness, Darkness 9:35

A2 Fire And Rain 7:35

B1 What We Call The Blues 6:35

B2 Cold Sweat 6:35

B3 Please Send Me Someone To Love 5:07

C1 Inner City Blues 6:42

C2 You've Got A Friend 8:39

D1 Love And Peace 5:24

D2 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 6:36

D3 Sausalito Blues 4:05

Bass - Chuck Rainey

Bass [Electric] - Phil Upchurch (tracks: D3)

Congas, Tambourine - Bobbi Porterhall

Drums - Don Simmons* (tracks: B2) , Harvey Mason

Electric Piano - Donny Hathaway (tracks: B2, D3)

Engineer - Bruce Botnick , Fred Breitberg (tracks: B1, D3)

Guitar [Lead] - Phil Upchurch

Guitar [Rhythm] - Arthur Adams

Mastered By - Bob MacLeod

Organ - Ben Sidran (tracks: D1)

Piano - Joe Sample

Producer - Phil Upchurch , Tommy LiPuma

Remix - Al Schmidt*

The tracks were Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles.

"Sausalito Blues" and "What We Call The Blues" recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago.

Mastered at Bob MacLeod's Artisan Sound.