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and their respective record companies over alleged sampling of the title track.

Track listing

Side one

#"Weathervane" (Joe Farrell) – 8:00 #"I Won't Be Back" (Joe Beck) – 10:05

Side two

#"Upon This Rock " (Joe Farrell) – 11:54 #"Seven Seas" (Joe Beck) – 6:50

Personnel

* Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone,

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* Herb Bushler –

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* Joe Beck – guitar * Jimmy Madison –

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* Steve Gadd – drums (on "I Won't Be Back") *

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– piano (on "I Won't Be Back") * Don Alias –

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(on "I Won't Be Back")

Recording credits

*Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder *Producer -

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*Cover photograph – Pete Turner *Liner photographs – Gene Laurents *Album design – Sibbie McDonough

Chart performance

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1974 albums CTI Records albums Joe Farrell albums Albums produced by Creed Taylor Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio