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TOWER OF POWER
Oakland, California, USA
* 1968

Line-Up (2018):

TOWER OF POWER (photo)

Marcus Scott - voc
Tom E. Politzer
Francis Prestia - bg
Adolfo Acosta
David Garibaldi - ds
Emilio Castillo - sax
Steve Kupka - sax
Sal Cracchiolo
Jerry Cortez
Roger Smith

Former Members:

Rick Stevens (voc, 1969-cca 1972); Lenny Williams (voc, cca 1973); Larry Braggs (voc, cca 1/09)
Bruce Conte (g, cca 1973)
Marc van Wageningen (bg, cca 1/17)
Chester Thompson (kb, cca 1973)
David Garibaldi (ds, cca 1973); Brent Byars (perc, cca 1973); Dave Bartlett (ds, 1974-?)
Lenny Pickett (fl, 1968-?); Greg Adams (tr, 1968-?); Lee R Thornburg (tr)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	East Bay Grease	1970	San Francisco
2.	Bump City	11/1972	Warner Bros
3.	Tower Of Power	7/1973	Warner Bros			18
4.	Back To Oakland	4/1974	Warner Bros
5.	Urban Renewal	12/1974	Warner Bros			29
6.	In The Slot	24.10.1975	Warner Bros
7.	Live And In Living Colour	4/1976	Warner Bros
8.	Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now	08.10.1976	CBS
9.	We Came To Play produced by: Steve Cropper	07.04.1978	CBS
10.	Back On The Streets	1979	Columbia
11.	What Is Hip?	1987
12.	Power	1987
13.	Keep Your Monster On A Leash	1991
14.	T.O.P.	1993
15.	Rhythm And Business	13.10.1997	Epic/Sony
16.	Soul Vaccination: Tower Of Power Live	03.08.1999	550 Music/Legacy
17.	What Is Hip?: The Anthology (2CD)	31.08.1999	Rhino
18.	The Very Best Of Tower Of Power	17.07.2001	Rhino
19.	Soul With A Capital "S": The Best Of Tower Of Power	26.03.2002	Epic/Legacy
20.	Oakland Zone	22.04.2003	O.R. Music
21.	Dinosaur Tracks	04.11.2003	Rhino
22.	East Bay Archive, Vol. 1	26.08.2008
23.	Souled Out	23.09.2008	Sony/BMG
24.	The Great American Soulbook	23.03.2009	Tower Of Power
25.	Original Album Classics	01.02.2011	Sony
26.	40th Anniversary	22.02.2011	Top
27.	Live at the Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY	20.11.2015	Air Cuts
28.	Soul Side Of Town	6/2018
29.	Step Up produced by: Joe Vannelli	20.03.2020

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Hidden Agenda produced by: Greg Adams/Ken Kessie	1995	Epic
2.	Midnight Morning	17.09.2002	Blue Note
3.	Firefly	28.09.2004	215

Lenny Williams:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Lenny Williams	8/1974	Warner Bros
2.	Rise Sleeping Beauty	1975	BBR
3.	Spark Of Love produced by: Frank Wilson	7/1978	Soul Music
4.	Love Current produced by: Frank Wilson	1979
5.	Let's Do It Today produced by: Steve Duboff	8/1981	MCA
6.	Soul Therapy	31.07.2000	Volt/Zyx
7.	The Ultimate Collection	17.07.2001	Chronicles
8.	Ten Ways Of Lovin' You	12.03.2002	Volt
9.	My Way	20.09.2004	Universal
10.	It Must Be Love	23.01.2007
11.	Pray for the Lion	11.11.2008	Wounded Bird
12.	Unfinished Business	07.07.2009
13.	Still In The Game	31.07.2012	Bridle Ridge

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Bullet Proof	05.03.2002	Severn

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Prescription & UMO Jazz Orchestra	10.06.2014	Random Act

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	You're Still A Young Man / Skating On Thin Ice	7/1972	Warner Brothers		29
2.	Down To The Nightclub	10/1972	Warner Bros		66
3.	So Very Hard To Go	4/1973	Warner Bros		17
4.	Lovin' You Is Gonna See Me Thru	7/1973	Columbia		106
5.	This Time It's Real	9/1973	Warner Brothers		65
6.	What Is Hip	2/1974	Warner Brothers		91
7.	Time Will Tell	4/1974	Warner Brothers		69
8.	Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)	7/1974	Warner Brothers		26
9.	Only So Much Oil In The Ground	2/1975	Warner Brothers		102
10.	So Very Hard To Go	04.04.1975	Warner Bros
11.	It's Not A Crime	11.04.1975	Warner Bros
12.	You Ought To Be Havin' Fun	22.10.1976	Columbia		68
13.	Soul With A Capital S	4/1993
14.	Deeper / Squib Cakes & New Birth	08.03.2004	white label

Lenny Williams:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh!	07.10.1977	ABC	38	105
2.	Choosing You	27.01.1978	ABC		108
3.	Look Up With Your Mind	14.04.1978	ABC
4.	You Got Me Running	8/1978	ABC	67	104
5.	Midnight Girl	11/1978	ABC		102
6.	Doing The Loop The Loop	7/1979	MCA
7.	Ooh Child	9/1980	MCA		109
8.	Gotta Lotta Luv (Eric Kupper mix)	03.04.2000	Expansion

1. Tower Of Power In Concert - 12/2003, In-Akustik, live, 60 min

appeared on the LP:

Mickey Hart: Rolling Thunder (1972)
Bill Wyman: Stone Alone (9.2.76, RSR/WEA)
Rod Stewart. A Night On The Town (18.6.76, Riva/Warner Bros)
Little Feat: Time Loves A Hero (4.3.77, Warner Bros)
Little Feat: Waiting For Columbus (2/78, Warner Bros)
Bonnie Raitt: Luck Of The Draw (6/91, Capitol)
Candy Dulfer: Sax-A-Go-Go (1993, BMG)
Poison: Native Tongue (1.2.93, Capitol)

appeared on the LP:

Joe Cocker: One Night Of Sin (1989, Island)
Laurie Anderson: Strange Angels (1989, Warner Bros)
Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell (6.9.93, Virgin)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1980	10		310		profile
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	2	11.01.1975	24
1975	9	01.03.1975	44	Albums	album review
1975	52	27.12.1975	15
1975	52	27.12.1975	29	Albums	album review
1976	19	08.05.1976	22	Albums	album review
1978	28	15.07.1978	23	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	0	23.06.1973	48	Albums	album review
1973	0	27.10.1973	55	Soul - Soul Notes
1974	0	13.04.1974	22	Albums	album review
1975	0	25.01.1975	22
1975	0	13.12.1975	21	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1996	5		20	Galerie
2000	7		10	Rock & Top
2000	9		92	Live	gig review
2000	10		46		interview
2004	2		91	DVD
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	8		65	Naživo	gig review