''Come and Get Yourself Some'' is an album by

Leon Haywood Otha Leon Haywood (February 11, 1942 – April 5, 2016) was an American funk and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his 1975 hit single "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You", which has been frequently sampled by ...

recorded in 1975 and released on

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. The album reached No. 21 on the ''

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'' Top Soul Albums chart.

Overview

''Come and Get Yourself Some'' was produced by

. Artists such as

Ray Parker Jr. Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song to the 1984 film '' Ghostbusters''. Previously, Parker achieved a US top-10 h ...

Wilton Felder Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5's hits "I Wan ...

Roland Bautista Roland Bautista (May 30, 1951 – February 29, 2012) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Bautista was best known for his work with Earth, Wind & Fire. He also worked with such artists as Ronnie Laws, The Crusaders, George Duke and ...

and

Joe Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the band which shortened its name to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained ...

also appeared on the album.

Critical reception

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gave the album a four out of five star rating.

Track listing

Personnel

*Leon Haywood - electric piano, synthesizer, organ *

- bass * Miss Bobbye Hall, Joe L. Clayton - congas *

Ed Greene Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician. In 1971 he recorded with Donald Byrd (''Ethiopian Knights'', 1972), together with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample, Bobbye Porter Hall, David T. Walker, and Wilton ...

- drums *Vince Charles - drums,

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*Tony Drake, David T. Walker,

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin,

- guitar *

, Larry Nash - piano *Gary Coleman - vibraphone *

Gene Page Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jeffer ...

, James Mitchell, Leon Haywood - horn arrangements *Gene Page, Leon Haywood - rhythm arrangements *Gene Page - string arrangements ;Technical *John Mills, Stan Ross - engineer *John Mills - mixing *Bob Levy, Buddy Rosenberg - photography

References

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