Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information

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1	Inspiration Information	4:12
2	Island Letter	4:41
3	Sparkle City	5:58
4	Aht Uh Mi Hed	4:16
5	Happy House	1:16
6	Rainy Day	2:42
7	XL-30	2:08
8	Pling!	4:28
9	Not Available	2:31
10	Strawberry Letter 23	3:59
11	Sweet Thang Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Jim "Supe" Bradshaw, Johnny OtisBass – Wilton FelderDrums – Aynsley DunbarOrgan – George Duke	4:02
12	Ice Cold Daydream Drums – Mike KowalskiPercussion – Johnny Otis	2:30
13	Freedom Flight Bass – Wilton FelderDrums – Aynsley DunbarElectric Piano, Celesta [Celeste] – George DukeSaxophone [Tenor], Oboe – Richard AplanalpWords By – Johnny Otis	12:56

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Luaka Bop, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Luaka Bop, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Narada Productions, Inc.
• Distributed By – Narada Productions, Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By, Vocals, Guitar, Guitar [Bottleneck Guitar], Bass, Organ, Piano, Piano [Tack Piano], Drums, Bells [Sleigh And Orquestra], Backing Vocals [Background Vocals], Words By – Shuggie Otis (tracks: 10 to 13)
• Artwork By [Art Direction And Design] – T. E. St. John / Hunter Gatherer
• Compiled By – Paul Heck
• Engineer – Bob "Groovus" Breault* (tracks: 10 to 13), Bobby Bloom (tracks: 1 to 9), George "General" Beauregard* (tracks: 10 to 13), Johnny Otis (tracks: 1 to 9), Nicky Otis (tracks: 1 to 9), Robb Di Stefano* (tracks: 1 to 9), Willie "The Hand" Greer* (tracks: 10 to 13)
• Executive-Producer – David Byrne, Johnny Otis (tracks: 1 to 9), Yale Evelev
• French Horn – Jeff Martinez
• Harp – Carol Robbins
• Liner Notes – James Sullivan , Patrick Forge
• Mastered By – Scott Hull
• Mixed By – Bob "Groovus" Breault* (tracks: 10 to 13)
• Other [Project Coordination] – Jeff Kaye, Monica Vasquez
• Photography – Michael Ochs Archive
• Producer – Johnny Otis (tracks: 10 to 13)
• Producer, Mixed By, Guitar, Bass, Organ, Piano, Vibraphone [Vibes], Percussion, Written-By, Arranged By – Shuggie Otis (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Saxophone, Flute – Jack Kelso* (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Strings – B. Porter* (tracks: 1 to 9), B. Asher* (tracks: 1 to 9), D. Jones (tracks: 1 to 9), J. Parker (tracks: 1 to 9), L. Rosen* (tracks: 1 to 9), M. Zeavin* (tracks: 1 to 9), N. Roth (tracks: 1 to 9), S. Boone* (tracks: 1 to 9), T. Ziegler (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Trombone – Doug Wintz (tracks: 1 to 9), Jim Prindle (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Trumpet – Curt Sletten (tracks: 1 to 9), Ron Robbins (tracks: 1 to 9)

Notes

Category on spine & booklet: 72348-50473-2-9
Category on disc: 72348 50473 2 9
Barcode does not match (it contains 43 instead of 34).

Track durations, shown here, vary slightly from what's printed on the tray inlay. Track 10's duration is off by a larger amount; it's printed on the tray inlay as 3:27.

World Psychedelic Classics 2: California Soul
Newly remastered from original tapes.

Tracks 1 to 9 are from Inspiration Information . Recorded at Hawk Sound and Columbia Studios, Los Angeles, California. Mixed at Kendon Recorders, Burbank and through The Cevetone system at Hawk Sound Studios in Los Angeles. Published by Off The Wall Music (BMI).
Tracks 10 to 13 are from Freedom Flight . Published by Shuggie Music (BMI).

Under license from Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
Mastered at Classic Sound Studios, NY
[Disc itself says: Mastered by EMI Mfg.]
©℗ 2001 Luaka Bop, Inc.
Manufactured and distributed by Narada Productions Inc.
Printed and manufactured in the USA.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned): 724385047329
• Barcode (Text): 7 24385 04732 9

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
KE 33059	Shuggie Otis	Inspiration Information ‎(LP, Album)	Epic	KE 33059	US	1974
72438-50473-2-9	Shuggie Otis	Inspiration Information ‎(CD, Album, Promo, RE, RM)	Luaka Bop	72438-50473-2-9	US	2001
KE 33059	Shuggie Otis	Inspiration Information ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Epic	KE 33059	US	2007
LBCDJ32	Shuggie Otis	Inspiration Information ‎(CD, Album, Promo, RM)	Luaka Bop	LBCDJ32	Europe	2001
72438-50473-2-9, 72438 50473 2 9	Shuggie Otis	Inspiration Information ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop	72438-50473-2-9, 72438 50473 2 9	Canada	2001

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