Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself


  • Singer: Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
  • Album's title: Express Yourself
  • Genre: Funk / Soul
  • Label: Rhino Records ‎– 8122-79950-1, Warner Bros. Records ‎– 8122-79950-1
    Type: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Country: UK & Europe
    Date of released: 29 Oct 2007
    Category: Funk / Soul
    Style:
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  • Size MP3 ZIP: 1486 mb
  • Size FLAC ZIP: 1567 mb
  • Rating: 3.7/5
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Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Road Without An End 3:07
2 I Got Love 3:36
3 High As Apple Pie - Slice I (Long Version) 7:25
4 Express Yourself 3:53
5 I'm Aware
Written-By – James Gadson
3:45
6 Tell Me What You Want Me To Do
Electric Upright Bass – John Dukes*Written-By – Yusuf Rahman
5:48
7 High As Apple Pie - Slice II (Long Version) 17:58
Additional Tracks
8 Radio Spot A 1:08
9 Radio Spot B 1:00
10 Express Yourself (Mono Single Version) 3:52
11 Living On Borrowed Time 3:17
12 Solution For Pollution 3:12
13 High As Apple Pie (Single Version) 4:23
14 Everything's Gonna Be Alright 4:36
15 Jam #4 5:50
16 Love Land (1970 Version)
Written-By – Don Trotter
3:29
17 Road Without An End (Alternate Version) 3:18

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records
  • Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records
  • Manufactured By – Rhino UK
  • Marketed By – Rhino UK
  • Record Company – Warner Music Group
  • Recorded At – Gold Star Studios
  • Remastered At – DigiPrep
  • Designed At – GAPD
  • Mixed At – O.F.R., North Hollywood, CA

Credits

  • Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
  • Art Direction [Reissue], Design – Greg Allen
  • Backing Vocals – Carolyn Willis, Oma Drake, Oren Walters*, Sandra Peeler, Sentell Willis*
  • Bass Guitar – Melvin Dunlap
  • Drums, Vocals – James Gadson
  • Engineer – Doc Siegel, Stan Ross
  • Guitar – Bernard Blackman*
  • Illustration [Cover] – Mark English
  • Lead Guitar, Vocals, Piano – Charles Wright
  • Mixed By – Brian Kehew (tracks: 14 to 17)
  • Percussion – Tommy Henderson*
  • Producer [Original Album] – Charles Wright
  • Reissue Producer – Andy Zax
  • Remastered By – Dave Schultz
  • Supervised By [Project] – Rick Conrad
  • Tenor Saxophone – Bill Cannon
  • Tenor Saxophone, Vocals – John Rayford
  • Trombone, Piano, Arranged By – Raymond Jackson*
  • Trombone, Piano, Arranged By, Percussion – Yusuf Rahman
  • Trumpet, Piano – Gabriel Flemings*
  • Written-By – Charles Wright (tracks: 1 to 7, 10 to 17)

Notes

Express Yourself was originally issued in two different editions released a few moments apart in 1970. Both edition utilised the same catalog number - Warner Bros. album 1864. The second edition can be clearly identified by the use of different front cover typography and the inclusion of the phrase "including their hit 'Love Land'", altough the back cover track listing is incorrect and shows the sequence from the previous edition. This 2007 reissue is an attempt to reconcile the differences between the two versions and present a "complete" version of the album.

Track 1: Aappears on first edition only
Track 2: Appears on both edition
Track 3: Appears on both edition, but is approximately 90 seconds shorter on the second edition. The longer first edition is included on this CD.
Track 4: Appears on both edition
Track 5: Appears on both edition
Track 6: Appears on first edition only
Track 7: Appears on both edition, but is approximate 9 minutes longer on the second edition. The longer second edition is included on this CD.
[The second edition of Express Yourself also included "Love Land". As this is the same version of the song that appears on the previous Watts Band album In The Jungle, Babe, it has not been included here.]

ADDITIONAL TRACKS:
Tracks 8 & 9: Originally issued on Warner Bros. promotional single PRO-410
Tracks 10 & 11: Originally issued as Warner Bros. single 7417 Express Yourself / Living On Borrowed Time
Tracks 12 & 13: Originally issued as Warner Bros. single 7451 High As Apple Pie / Solution For Pollution
Tracks 14 (recorded 10/2/70), 15 (recorded 19/2/70), 16 (recorded 22/10/70), 17 (recorded 9/2/70): Previously unreleased. Mixed by Brian Kehew at OFR, North Hollywood, CA, 2005.

Printed in the E.U.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 81227 99501 0

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
WS 1864 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band* Express Yourself ‎(LP, Album) Warner Bros. Records WS 1864 US 1970
FL-1984 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band* Express Yourself ‎(LP, Album, Unofficial) First Record FL-1984 Taiwan Unknown
WS 1864 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band Express Yourself ‎(LP, Album, Promo) Warner Bros. Records WS 1864 US 1970
8122-79592-9 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band* Express Yourself ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM) Warner Bros. Records 8122-79592-9 Europe 2014
WS 1864 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band Express Yourself ‎(LP) Warner Bros. Records WS 1864 Australia 1970

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