Skin Tight
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Skin Tight is the sixth album by The Ohio Players
and their debut for the Mercury
label. The album signified a turning point in the group's career towards more jazzy and disco orientations.
The band produced and recorded Skin Tight in Chicago
, with Barry Mraz as recording engineer. The final mix was mastered by Lee Hulko.
It is the second of five Ohio Players albums that were also available in quadraphonic
(4-channel stereo), the first of four for Mercury. The quad mix is only available in the 8-track tape
format.
According to Billboard
, Skin Tight took the top position on the Black Albums chart for six weeks, and missed the Top 10 on the Pop Albums chart by one position.
Ohio Players
The Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".- Biography :...
and their debut for the Mercury
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
label. The album signified a turning point in the group's career towards more jazzy and disco orientations.
The band produced and recorded Skin Tight in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, with Barry Mraz as recording engineer. The final mix was mastered by Lee Hulko.
It is the second of five Ohio Players albums that were also available in quadraphonic
Quadraphonic
Quadraphonic sound – the most widely used early term for what is now called 4.0 surround sound – uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of one another...
(4-channel stereo), the first of four for Mercury. The quad mix is only available in the 8-track tape
8-track cartridge
Stereo 8, commonly known as the eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, or simply eight-track, is a magnetic tape sound recording technology. It was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s, but was relatively unknown in many European countries...
format.
According to Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
, Skin Tight took the top position on the Black Albums chart for six weeks, and missed the Top 10 on the Pop Albums chart by one position.
Track listing
- "Skin Tight" (7:55)
- "Streakin' Cheek to Cheek" (5:42)
- "It's Your Night/Words of Love" (8:00)
- "Jive Turkey" (7:09)
- "Heaven Must Be Like This" (7:23)
- "Is Anybody Gonna Be Saved?" (5:00)
Personnel
- Marshall 'Rock' Jones - Fender bass
- James "Diamond" Williams - drums, chimes, percussion, lead & background vocals
- Billy BeckBilly Beck (musician)Billy Beck is a keyboardist, pianist, and songwriter for the Original and New Ohio Players, as well as Zapp and Roger.A graduate of Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music, he was born on the South Side of Youngstown, Ohio....
- piano, organ, Fender Rhodes piano, ClavinetClavinetA Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
, ARPARP Instruments, Inc.ARP Instruments, Inc. was an American manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, founded by Alan Robert Pearlman in 1969. Best known for its line of synthesizers that emerged in the early 1970s, ARP closed its doors in 1981 due to financial difficulties...
synthesizer, percussion, lead & background vocals - Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner - guitar, percussion, lead & background vocals
- Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks - trumpet, trombone & background vocals
- Clarence "Satch" Satchell - baritone sax, tenor sax, flute, percussion, lead & background vocals
- Marvin PierceMarvin PierceMarvin Pierce was president of McCall Corporation, the publisher of the popular women's magazines Redbook and McCall's.-Biography:...
- trumpet, flugelhornFlugelhornThe flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...
, valve trombone & background vocals