In the Slot

In the Slot
Studio album by Tower of Power
Released September 1975
Genre Funk, soul, R&B
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Emilio Castillo and Tower of Power
Tower of Power chronology

Urban Renewal
(1975)		 In the Slot
(1975)		 Live And In Living Color
(1976)

In the Slot is a Tower of Power album released in 1975. It was their last studio album for Warner Bros. Records. It also marked the debut of new vocalist Hubert Tubbs. David Garibaldi returns to the drummer's throne after being absent from the previous album Urban Renewal (save for one track), although the drummer from that album, David Bartlett, does appear as a background vocalist on this album, as does Garibaldi's next successor, Ron Beck.

Track listing

LP side one

  1. "Just Enough and Too Much" - 3:25 - (Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, Frank Biner)
  2. "Treat Me Like Your Man" - 3:08 - (Lenny Williams, Emilio Castillo, Stephen "Doc" Kupka)
  3. "If I Play My Cards Right" - 3:12 - (Frank Biner, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Emilio Castillo)
  4. "As Surely as I Stand Here" - 5:15 - (Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Chester Thompson, Emilio Castillo)
  5. "Fanfare-Matanuska" - 0:16 - (Greg Adams)
  6. "On the Serious Side" - 2:51 - (Emilio Castillo, Stephen "Doc" Kupka)

LP side two

  1. "Ebony Jam" - 6:44 - (Chester Thompson)
  2. "You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous" - 3:51 - (Frank Biner, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Emilio Castillo)
  3. "Vuela Por Noche" - 1:34 - (David Garibaldi, Bruce Conte, Greg Adams, Francis Rocco Prestia)
  4. "Essence of Innocence" - 0:36 - (Chester Thompson)
  5. "The Soul of a Child" - 4:58 - (Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Bruce Conte, Emilio Castillo)
  6. "Drop It in the Slot" - 3:13 - (Emilio Castillo, Stephen "Doc" Kupka)

Personnel

Strings arranged and conducted by Greg Adams

Additional Background Vocals:

Recorded and mixed at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA Engineers:

Album Design and Photography

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