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in December 1975 with a UK release following in April 1976. It entered the ''Billboard'' 200 on 20 December to begin a chart stay of 25 weeks, peaking at number 42. In contrast with the Los Angeles-based Scott's previous projects, the nine-song set features New York musicians such as

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. Following their North American tour together in November−December 1974, George Harrison makes a contribution on the track "Appolonia (Foxtrata)".Keith Badham, ''The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970−2001'', Omnibus Press (London, 2002), pp 163−64.

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Tom Scott, except where noted. # "Dirty Old Man" – 5:20 # "Uptown & Country" – 6:19 # "New York Connection" – 4:24 # "Garden" (Ackerman,

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) – 5:37 # "Time and Love" (

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, William Salter) – 4:33 # "Midtown Rush" – 4:47 # "Looking Out for Number 7" – 5:34 # "Appolonia (Foxtrata)" – 3:59 # "You're Gonna Need Me" (

) – 4:40

Personnel

* Tom Scott – saxophones, flute, Moog synthesizer, lyricon, ARP strings * Chuck Findley – trumpet * Dick Hyde – trombone, bass trumpet *

– keyboards * Bob James – electric piano * George Harrison – slide guitar (8) *

– guitar, slide guitar (2), harmonica *

– guitar, bass (9) * Gary King – bass (except for 9) *

– drums *

– percussion

References

1975 albums Tom Scott (saxophonist) albums Ode Records albums Jazz fusion albums by American artists {{1970s-jazz-album-stub