''A Blow for Me, a Toot to You'' is a 1977 album by funk musician

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and the

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featuring

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Reception

The album contains heavy participation by the

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musical collective, including

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, and

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. The album also contains the heavily sampled track "Four Play" which, due to its title, prevented the track from garnering airplay when it was released as a single. The album was produced by George Clinton and

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, and was reissued in 1993, first by

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records in Japan, then by Sequel Records in the UK, and lastly AEM in the U.S.. The reissue contains two new remixes of the tracks "Four Play" and "A Blow for Me, a Toot to You", as well as an interview with George Clinton discussing the recording's background. Years later,

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released both Horny Horns albums on a two-CD set, in the UK.

Track listing

Bonus tracks on the CD reissue

Personnel

(trombone),

(saxophone), Rick Gardner (trumpet), Richard "Kush" Griffith (trumpet) - horns *

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- additional horns *

, Frankie "Kash" Waddy,

- drums *

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, Bootsy Collins,

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- guitar *Bootsy Collins - bass *

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- keyboards *Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper,

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, Taka Khan, Bernie Worrell, Phelps Collins,

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, Robert "P-Nut" Johnson - vocals ;Technical *Jim Callon, Jim Vitti - engineer *Ronald "Stozo" Edwards - cover illustration

Charts

Singles

Samples and covers

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sampled "Peace Fugue" on their song "Freaky Note", on their album '' Hoochiefied Funk'' (1994). *

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sampled "Peace Fugue" on his song "Life We Chose", on his album ''

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'' (1999). *

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sampled "Four Play" on their song "Packet Man", on their album ''

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'' (1990).

External links

Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns-A Blow for Me, a Toot to You at Discogs

References

*What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves-

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