''Dinner Music'' is a 1970 studio album by American
psychedelic soul
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group
Rotary Connection
Rotary Connection was an American psychedelic soul band, formed in Chicago in 1966.
In addition to their own recordings, including their 1967 debut album ''Rotary Connection'', the band is notable as the backing band for Muddy Waters on his 1968 ...
, released by
Cadet Records
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.
Reception
Editors at
AllMusic
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rated this album 2.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Andy Kellman writing that "the only accurate prediction one could have made before going into a Rotary Connection record was that it would be unpredictable" and continued that this is "the least-uniform Rotary Connection record", which "comes off like a series of tangents with little in the way of cohesion".
Kellman also reviewed a single-CD compilation of ''Aladdin'' and ''
Dinner Music
''Dinner Music'' is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley recorded in 1976 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 1977. '', also rating it three stars, noting that this is the only way to get this music on CD, but critiquing that these are the band's two weakest albums.
In a review for retailers, ''
Billboard
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'' recommended this album for having "topnotch performances" and specifically praised
Minnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979)
was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her four octave D3 to F7 coloratura soprano range. She is also widely known for her use o ...
's vocals.
"Want You to Know" peaked at 96 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Track listing
#"Pointillism" – 0:20
#"We Will Be Free" (Jon Stocklin and Bobby Simms) – 3:00
#"Living Alone" (Stocklin) – 2:53
#"Lektricks #1" – 0:45
#"Country Things" (Stocklin) – 3:04
#"Quartet" (Brian Heller) – 0:58
#"May Our Amens Be True" (Sidney Barnes and Stocklin) – 3:00
#"Stormy Monday Blues" (Bob Crowder, Billy Eckstine, and Earl Hines) – 3:57
#"Love Me Now" (Maurice Dollison) – 2:45
#"Lonely Summer" (Simms) – 2:40
#"Amuse" (Stocklin) – 4:00
#"Lektricks #2" – 0:41
#"Merry Prankster" (Stocklin) – 2:33
#"Pump Effect" – 0:05
#"Want You to Know" (Stocklin) – 3:02
Personnel
Rotary Connection
*Mitch Aliotta – bass vocals
*Sidney Barnes – vocals
*Tom Donlinger – drums
*Judy Hauff – vocals
*Minnie Riperton – vocals
*Bobby Simms – guitar
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Charles Stepney
Charles Stepney (March 26, 1931– May 17, 1976) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and musician. Stepney is noted for his work with artists such as The Dells, Ramsey Lewis, Rotary Connection and Earth, Wind & Fire.
Career
He ...
–
arrangement
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,
production
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Additional personnel
*Robb Baker –
liner notes
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Origin
Liner notes are desce ...
*Stu Black –
engineering
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*
Marshall Chess
Marshall Chess (born 13 March 1942, Chicago, Illinois) is an American record producer, the son of Leonard Chess who co-founded Chess Records.
Chess Records
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– production
*Dick Fowler –
art direction
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*Mel Kasper – photography
*Dick LaPalm – supervision
See also
*
List of 1970 albums
References
External links
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1970 albums
Cadet Records albums
Rotary Connection albums
Albums produced by Marshall Chess
Albums produced by Charles Stepney