Different Strokes (The Nite-Liters album)

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Different Strokes
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Studio album by
Released1972
Recorded1972 at RCA's Studio D, New York City, New York
Genre Soul Funk
Label RCA Records
Producer Harvey Fuqua
The Nite-Liters chronology
Instrumental Directions
(1972)
Different Strokes
(1972)
A-Nal-Y-Sis
(1973)

Different Strokes is the fourth album by the Louisville, Kentucky group The Nite-Liters, the instrumental ensemble offshoot of New Birth, featuring Tony Churchill, James Baker, Robin Russell, Austin Lander, Robert "Lurch" Jackson, Leroy Taylor, Charlie Hearndon. Released in 1972 on RCA Records. Produced by mentor Harvey Fuqua.

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Do The Granny" 3:06
  2. "Money Runner (From the film Dollars)" 3:25
  3. "Stop, Look, Listen" 5:06
  4. "Theme from Angela" 4:07
  5. "Funky-Vamp" 5:03
  6. "Maynard Ferguson's Theme" 5:51
  7. "Theme from Buck & The Preacher" 4:03
  8. "Back Down Home" 3:28
  9. "Skimo's Theme" 4:41

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