Soul Vaccination: Tower of Power Live is the second live album by the soul/funk group Tower of Power. It was recorded live in California during their 1998 world tour at two venues: The Fillmore in San Francisco and the Fox Theatre in Stockton.
Track listing All tracks composed by Emilio Castillo and Stephen Kupka "Soul with a Capital 'S'" - 5:04 "I Like Your Style" (Castillo, Kupka, Nick Milo) - 3:42 "Soul Vaccination" - 4:56 "Down to the Night Club (Bump City)" (Castillo, Kupka, David Garibaldi) - 3:14 "Willing to Learn" - 6:06 "Souled Out" (Castillo, Kupka, Marlon McClain) - 4:58 "Diggin' on James Brown" (Castillo, Kupka, Ken Kessie) - 4:53 "(To Say the Least) You're the Most" (Johnny Guitar Watson, Larry Williams) - 4:33 "You Strike My Main Nerve" (Castillo, Kupka, Lenny Williams, Louis Gordon) - 3:55 "Can't You See (Your Doin' Me Wrong)" (Castillo, Kupka, Lenny Williams) - 3:26 "You Got to Funkifize" - 4:46 "So Very Hard to Go" - 3:49 "What Is Hip?" (Castillo, Kupka, David Garibaldi) - 6:01 "You're Still a Young Man" - 5:59 "So I Got to Groove" (Castillo, Kupka, Herman Matthews) - 6:08 "Way Down To The Ground" - 4:35
Personnel Tower of Power Brent Carter – lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12−15) Nick Milo – keyboards, backing vocals Jeff Tamelier – guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocals (4) Francis Rocco Prestia – bass David Garibaldi – drums Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone Norbert Stachel – lead tenor saxophone, all tenor sax solos Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone, backing vocals, lead vocals (4, 7, 11) Bill Churchville – trumpet, flugelhorn, lead trumpet (5, 10, 11), flugelhorn solo (12), trumpet solo (13), backing vocals Jesse McGuire – lead trumpet, trumpet solo (5, 9), backing vocals, band introduction
Horn arrangements Greg Adams (1−4, 6, 8−14) Barry Danielian (5, 7) David Mann (5, 7) Dave Eskridge (15)
Production Emilio Castillo – producer Biff Dawes – recording (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11−15) Tom Flye – recording (2, 6, 9, 10) Clarke Rigsby – additional recording, mixing Doug Field – recording assistant (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11−15) Phil Kneebone – recording assistant (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11−15) Chuck Orozcko – recording assistant (2, 6, 9, 10) Scott Peets – recording assistant (2, 6, 9, 10) Vlado Meller – mastering at Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York) Michael Caplan – A&R Ari Kast – packaging manager Josh Cheuse – design Joe Newton – illustrations Eric Camden – photography Bret Lopez – photography Stephen Moore – production director Jack Hylan – tour manager Louis Lind – tour manager Gerald McCarthy – stage crew, setup Nico Vonk – monitor mix engineer
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