| Journey | ||||
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| Released | Winter/Spring 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Arif Mardin | |||
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Journey is the second album released by record producer Arif Mardin as leader. Released on the Atlantic label in 1974, it features "a veritable who's who of funk and jazz greats", [1] many of them regular session and studio musicians who appear on Mardin-produced albums for other artists.
All tracks written by Arif Mardin.
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