''Observations in Time'' is the 1969 debut album recorded by the
Ohio Players and released on the
Capitol
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label. The album was a regional hit in and around the group's home city of Dayton, Ohio.
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included "Here Today and Gone Tomorrow" into his 1974 live sets for the Philadelphia dates of the
Year of the Diamond Dogs tour that resulted in the ''
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Clarence Satchell, Gregory "Greg" Webster, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Robert "Kuumba" Jones and Theodore Robinson; except where indicated
#"Here Today and Gone Tomorrow" – 3:32
#"Mother-in-Law" (
Allen Toussaint) – 3:06
#"Stop Lying to Yourself" – 2:18
#"
Over the Rainbow" (
E.Y. Harburg
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,
Harold Arlen) – 4:20
#"Find Someone to Love" – 2:16
#"Cold, Cold World" – 3:49
#"
Summertime" (
DuBose Heyward,
George Gershwin
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) – 7:47
#"Bad Bargain" – 2:36
#"The Man I Am" – 2:31
#"Lonely Street" – 2:29
#"Street Party" – 2:23
Personnel
*The Ohio Players – main performer
*Johnny Brantley –
producer
*Bill Shannon –
liner notes
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Origin
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References
External links
*
Observations in Time' at
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1969 debut albums
Capitol Records albums
Ohio Players albums