Jukin' (Manhattan Transfer album)
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Jukin' is the sole album recorded by the first manifestation of The Manhattan Transfer
.
Tim Hauser
formed the original The Manhattan Transfer with Erin Dickins, Marty Nelson, Gene Pistilli, and Pat Rosalia. The team contracted with Capitol Records
, and during 1971, issued the album Jukin. The album was later reissued in the UK by EMI
's Music for Pleasure
under the title The Manhattan Transfer and Gene Pistilli Pistilli had been best known for his performing and songwriting collaborations with Terry Cashman
and Tommy West
.
The group line-up endured only about two years. According to Tim Hauser, "Gene and I were in two different places. He was more into country & western, R&B, and the Memphis sound, and by then I'd become more interested in jazz and swing..." Consequently, this edition of the Manhattan Transfer broke up shortly after this album was released, and Tim Hauser formed a new version of the group during October 1972. The revised Manhattan Transfer line-up would sign to Atlantic Records
in 1975 and resume the group's recording career with much greater success.
The Jukin' album, meanwhile, remains an orphan in the Manhattan Transfer's catalogue. Issued on a different label than their future successes, with a different group line-up and a different sound from that which became their trademark, Jukin' is not acknowledged at all on the band's official website, nor have any of its tracks been anthologized on Manhattan Transfer 'best-of' compilations.
The album has been reissued, usually as a budget-priced item, with a variety of covers. A comparatively recent European re-issue of Jukin' tracks was entitled A Touch Of Class, and featured misleading packaging and credits that wrongly implied that the songs were actually performed by the later (post-1972) version of The Manhattan Transfer.
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...
.
Tim Hauser
Tim Hauser
Tim Hauser is an accomplished singer who was a member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer.-Early life:He was born in Troy, New York. Hauser, his sister Fayette, and their parents moved to the Jersey Shore when he was seven years old. He lived in Ocean Township, New Jersey and Asbury Park,...
formed the original The Manhattan Transfer with Erin Dickins, Marty Nelson, Gene Pistilli, and Pat Rosalia. The team contracted with Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
, and during 1971, issued the album Jukin. The album was later reissued in the UK by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
's Music for Pleasure
Music for Pleasure (record label)
Music for Pleasure was a record label that issued budget-priced albums of popular and classical music, although the latter were marketed under the Classics for Pleasure name...
under the title The Manhattan Transfer and Gene Pistilli Pistilli had been best known for his performing and songwriting collaborations with Terry Cashman
Terry Cashman
Terry Cashman is a record producer and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1981 hit, "Talkin' Baseball." While the song is well recognized today, it was all but ignored by typical Top 40 radio during its chart life, making only the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.Cashman was the lead singer...
and Tommy West
Tommy West (producer)
Tommy West is an American record producer and singer-songwriter.-Early career:...
.
The group line-up endured only about two years. According to Tim Hauser, "Gene and I were in two different places. He was more into country & western, R&B, and the Memphis sound, and by then I'd become more interested in jazz and swing..." Consequently, this edition of the Manhattan Transfer broke up shortly after this album was released, and Tim Hauser formed a new version of the group during October 1972. The revised Manhattan Transfer line-up would sign to Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
in 1975 and resume the group's recording career with much greater success.
The Jukin' album, meanwhile, remains an orphan in the Manhattan Transfer's catalogue. Issued on a different label than their future successes, with a different group line-up and a different sound from that which became their trademark, Jukin' is not acknowledged at all on the band's official website, nor have any of its tracks been anthologized on Manhattan Transfer 'best-of' compilations.
The album has been reissued, usually as a budget-priced item, with a variety of covers. A comparatively recent European re-issue of Jukin' tracks was entitled A Touch Of Class, and featured misleading packaging and credits that wrongly implied that the songs were actually performed by the later (post-1972) version of The Manhattan Transfer.
Track listing
| # | Song title | Composer/songwriter | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chicken Bone Bone" | Bobby McKinnon, Gene Pistilli | 3:20 |
| 2 | "I Need a Man" | Tom Anthony, Gene Pistilli | 3:12 |
| 3 | "You're a Viper" | Anne Rachel, Fats Waller Fats Waller Fats Waller , born Thomas Wright Waller, was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer... |
1:59 |
| 4 | "Fair and Tender Ladies" | A.P. Carter | 2:41 |
| 5 | "Rosianna" | Terry Cashman Terry Cashman Terry Cashman is a record producer and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1981 hit, "Talkin' Baseball." While the song is well recognized today, it was all but ignored by typical Top 40 radio during its chart life, making only the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.Cashman was the lead singer... , Gene Pistilli, Tommy West Tommy West (producer) Tommy West is an American record producer and singer-songwriter.-Early career:... |
3:03 |
| 6 | "Sunny Disposish" | Philip Charig, Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.... |
1:41 |
| 7 | "Java Jive" | Milton Drake, Ben Oakland Ben Oakland Ben Oakland was an American composer, lyricist and pianist most active from the 1920s through the 1940s. He composed mainly for Broadway and vaudeville, though he also worked on several Hollywood scores including for the film My Little Chickadee.Oakland often composed music only, collaborating... |
2:34 |
| 8 | "One More Time Around Rosie" | Geoff Gutcheon, Gene Pistilli | 4:20 |
| 9 | "Guided Missiles" | Alfred Gaitwood, Dootsie Williams Dootsie Williams Dootsie Williams is an American record producer, and record label owner who released early records by Redd Foxx and The Penguins.-Career:Williams was a leader of the Harlem Dukes band in the 1940s. While performing at gigs, he came up with the idea to record other artists.In 1949, Williams founded... |
3:25 |
| 10 | "Roll Daddy, Roll" | Gene Pistilli, Garry Sherman | 2:21 |