Stuff (Stuff album)

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Stuff
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Released1976
Recorded1975–1976
StudioLong View Farm Studios, North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Genre Jazz, funk, jazz fusion
Length39:53
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Herbie Lovelle, Tommy LiPuma
Stuff chronology
Stuff
(1976)
More Stuff
(1977)

Stuff is the debut studio disc by the group Stuff, a team of renowned session musicians. Released in 1976 on Warner Bros., it was produced by Herb Lovelle and jazz producer Tommy LiPuma. The record earned RIAA gold status, and the group would go on to record two more studio discs, each of which also went gold.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Foots" (Richard Tee, Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale, Gordon Edwards, Steve Gadd, Chris Parker) 3:58
  2. "My Sweetness" (Tee) 3:21
  3. "(Do You) Want Some of This?" (Tee) 4:20
  4. "Looking for the Juice" (Tee, Edwards) 3:52
  5. "Reflections of Divine Love" (J.C. White) 5:00
  6. "How Long Will It Last" (Gale) 4:15
  7. "Sun Song" (Leon Thomas) 4:24
  8. "Happy Farms" (Dupree) 3:54
  9. "Dixie/Up on the Roof" (Traditional/Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 6:33

Personnel

Stuff

Production

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