Tower of Power
The Bottom Line
New York City, New York
APRIL 2nd, 1975


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Hubert Tubbs: lead vocals
David Garibaldi: drums
Francis "Rocco" Prestia: bass
Bruce Conte: guitar, vocals
Chester Thompson: keyboards, vocals
Emilio Castillo: tenor sax and lead vocals
Stephen "Doc" Kupka: baritone sax
Lenny Pickett: tenor sax
Greg Adams: trumpet, vocals
Mic Gillette: trumpet




1. Stroke '75 / Matanuska 1:48
2. Walkin' Up Hip Street 6:50
3. It's Not The Crime 1:59
4. This Time It's Real 3:54
5. You Strike My Main Nerve 3:57
6. Willing To Learn 5:05
7. Down To The Nightclub 2:40
8. Only So Much Oil In The Ground 3:57
9. So Very Hard To Go 4:49
10. I Believe In Myself 2:06
11. What Is Hip? 6:37

TT: 43:45




I ran across this disc which I got in a trade a long while back & decided to check it out. It seems to be not too heavily circulated if the few owners on db.etree are any indication. I tidied things up a little by cutting out some filler music, boosting levels, deleting some dead air & retracking. That said, there are some minor artifacts left over from the source tape. This includes slightly inferior fidelity of the recording of "What is Hip"(Still pretty decent, though and a great version!).


If anybody has a cleaner copy of this show, please share.(Davemar?)


Also, I'm seeking out a lossless version of T.O.P. in Diamond Head Crater, Hawaii from this same year. Anybody?



enjoy,




mr_mags