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In his book ''Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust'' [[record producer]] [[Ken Scott]] explains that this album was intended for release in 4-channel [[quadraphonic sound]] in 1976. However, at the last minute the record company decided to release only a standard 2-channel [[stereo]] version instead. This required Scott to create a "fold down" version from the 4-track mixes for the stereo release. The original quadraphonic version may still exist in the record company vault, but it has never been issued.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} |
In his book ''Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust'' [[record producer]] [[Ken Scott]] explains that this album was intended for release in 4-channel [[quadraphonic sound]] in 1976. However, at the last minute the record company decided to release only a standard 2-channel [[stereo]] version instead. This required Scott to create a "fold down" version from the 4-track mixes for the stereo release. The original quadraphonic version may still exist in the record company vault, but it has never been issued.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} |
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==Critical reception== |
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[[Dave Thompson (author)|Dave Thompson]], in ''Funk'', called the album a "masterful set dominated by its eight-minute title track."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Funk |date=2001 |publisher=Backbeat Books |page=238}}</ref> |
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==Track listing== |
==Track listing== |
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Released | October 8, 1976 | |||
Recorded | June 1976 | |||
Studio | Electric Lady Studios, New York City; A&M Studios, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion, jazz-funk | |||
Length | 37:18 | |||
Label | Nemperor[1] Epic | |||
Producer | ||||
Stanley Clarke chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
School Days is a solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke, released in 1976.[5][6] The album reached number 34 in the Billboard 200 chart and number 2 in the Jazz Albums chart.
Unreleased quadraphonic version
In his book Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust record producer Ken Scott explains that this album was intended for release in 4-channel quadraphonic sound in 1976. However, at the last minute the record company decided to release only a standard 2-channel stereo version instead. This required Scott to create a "fold down" version from the 4-track mixes for the stereo release. The original quadraphonic version may still exist in the record company vault, but it has never been issued.[citation needed]
Critical reception
Dave Thompson, in Funk, called the album a "masterful set dominated by its eight-minute title track."[7]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke.
- Side One
- "School Days" – 7:51
- "Quiet Afternoon – 5:09
- "The Dancer" – 5:27
- Side Two
- "Desert Song" – 6:56
- "Hot Fun" – 2:55
- "Life Is Just a Game" – 9:00
Personnel
- Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar (1,3,5,6), vocals (1,6), handbells (1), acoustic piano (2,3), piccolo bass guitar (2,3,6), humming (3), acoustic bass (4,6), gong (6), chimes (06), arranger, conductor, producer
- George Duke – keyboards (6)
- Ray Gomez – electric guitar (1,3,5), rhythm guitar (3)
- Icarus Johnson – acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6)
- John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar (4)
- David Sancious – keyboards (1), Minimoog (2,3), organ (3), electric guitar (5)
- Gerry Brown – drums (1,3), handbells (1)
- Billy Cobham – drums (6), Moog 1500 (6)
- Steve Gadd – drums (2,5)
- Milt Holland – percussion (3), triangle (4)
- Tom Malone & Dave Taylor – trombone
- Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin & Lew Soloff – trumpet
- Earl Chapin, John Clark, Peter Gordon & Wilmer Wise – horns
- Al Aarons, Stewart Blumberg, George Bohanon, Buddy Childers, Robert Findley, Gary Grant, Lew McCreary, Jack Nimitz, William Peterson, Dalton Smith - brass
- Marilyn Baker, Thomas Buffum, David Campbell, Rollice Dale, Robert Dubow, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Dennis Karmazyn, Gordon Marron, Lya Stern, Ron Strauss, Marcia Van Dyke & John Wittenberg – strings
Production
- Lynn Dreese Breslin – art direction
- Bob Defrin – art direction
- Ken Scott – producer, engineer, remixing
- Jerry Solomon – assistant engineer
- Ed Thacker – assistant engineer
- Michael Frondelli – assistant engineer
References
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 398.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Ginell, Richard S. "School Days". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 137.
- ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1st ed.). New York: Rolling Stone. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ "Artist Biography by Matt Collar". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Stanley Clarke gets back to 'School Days' on latest tour". The Oakland Press. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 238.