Joe Sample – Roles

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Label:	MCA Records – MCA-5978
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album , Pinckneyville
Country:	US
Released:	1987
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

A1	Woman You're Driving Me Mad	5:09
A2	The Gifted	4:48
A3	Friends And Lovers	5:40
A4	Ego Mania Mambo	5:03
B1	Fortune Hunter	6:24
B2	Ships Of Fools	6:00
B3	ionist	7:33

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Baby'O Recorders
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mixed At – Soundcastle
Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville

Credits

Bass – Abraham Laboriel
Coordinator [Production Coordination] – Pamela Hope Lobue
Design, Art Direction – Kathleen Covert
Drums – Edward "Sonny" Emory III*
Engineer – F. Byron Clark
Engineer [Assistant] – Glenn D. Kurtz*
Flute – Bill Green* (tracks: A2, A3)
Guitar – Dean Parks
Guitar [Solo] – Rick Zunigar (tracks: B2)
Keyboards [Electronic Keyboards] – Joe Sample
Marimba [Solo] – Bobby Hutcherson (tracks: A4)
Mixed By – F. Byron Clark
Mixed By [Assistant] – Liz Cluse
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Photography By [Cover Photography] – Mindas*
Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Joe Sample
Producer – Wilton Felder
Programmed By [Synthesizer Programming] – Dr. George Shaw*
Reeds – Bill Green* (tracks: B1, B2)
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2) (tracks: B1, B2)
Trumpet – Sal Marquez (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2)
Trumpet [Muted] – Sal Marquez (tracks: A2)
Trumpet [Solo] – Sal Marquez (tracks: B1)
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Bobby Hutcherson (tracks: B3)
Voice – Von Frajjette* (tracks: A1)

Notes

Produced by Joe Sample and Wilton Felder for Crusaders Productions
Recorded At Baby 'O Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Sound Castle Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, CA
Dean Parks Appears Courtesy of Like A Movie, Inc. Bobby Hutcherson Appears Courtesy of Landmark Records
Thanks to George and Sid

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 76732-5978-1 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Label): (MCA6663)
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Label): (MCA6664)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched exc. Stamped ◈-P-◈): MCA 6663-B64 [flower symbol] ◈-P-◈ ||
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched exc. Stamped ◈-P-◈): MCA 6664-B4 [flower symbol] ◈-P-◈ ||
Rights Society: BMI

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Roles (LP, Album, Stereo)	MCA Records	254 739-1		1987
New Submission	Roles (CD, Album)	MCA Records	32XD-714	Japan	1987
Recently Edited	Roles (CD, Album)	MCA Records	254 739-2, MCAD-5978, DMCF 3371	Europe	1987
New Submission	Roles (LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-5978	US	1987
New Submission	Roles (CD, Album)	MCA Records	MCAD-5978	US	1987