Tower of Power was formed in 1968, at a time when many bands with horn sections started happening. Their first album was released in 1971. Released in early 1973, their third album, the cleverly titled "Tower of Power," was their commercial peak, containing their biggest hit, "So Very Hard to Go," along with the minor hits "This Time It's Real" and "What Is Hip." They played two of those here, but not "This Time It's Real."
I've read that these "Live at the Record Plant" had audiences up to 60 people. That's as many as could fit in the small confines of that recording studio. But there's virtually no audience noise on this one. Perhaps this was one of the first shows in the radio show series, and they hadn't began inviting audiences yet.
I cut out some banter by DJ Tom Donahue near the end, when he was hyping the products of the sponsor of the show. Basically, it was a commercial inserted into his banter.
The music is unreleased. The sound quality is very good.
This album is 56 minutes long.
01 Squib Cakes [Instrumental] (Tower of Power)
02 talk (Tower of Power)
03 What Is Hip (Tower of Power)
04 talk (Tower of Power)
05 Both Sorry Over Nothin' (Tower of Power)
06 Down to the Nightclub (Tower of Power)
07 talk (Tower of Power)
08 You're Still a Young Man (Tower of Power)
09 talk (Tower of Power)
10 Soul Vaccination (Tower of Power)
11 talk (Tower of Power)
12 Clean Slate (Tower of Power)
13 So Very Hard to Go (Tower of Power)
14 talk by Tom Donahue (Tower of Power)
15 talk (Tower of Power)
16 Knock Yourself Out (Tower of Power)
17 talk by Tom Donahue (Tower of Power)
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The cover photo was taken in 1973. That's all I know about it.
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