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Graham Central Station Graham Central Station Mp3, Flac, Wma Graham Central Station Graham Central Station mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Funk / Soul Album: Graham Central Station Country: Japan Released: 1990 Style: Funk MP3 version RAR size: 1428 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1513 mb WMA version RAR size: 1718 mb Rating: 4.8 Votes: 687 Other Formats: AU MIDI TTA DXD AIFF VOX XM Tracklist Hide Credits We've Been Waiting 1 Vocals – David "Dynamite" Vega*, Hershall "Happiness" Kennedy*, Larry Graham, Patryce 0:57 "Chocolate" Banks*, Robert "Butch" Sam*, Willie "Wild" Sparks* It Ain't No Fun To Me Backing Vocals, Clavinet, Trumpet – Hershall Happiness*Backing Vocals, Performer 2 [Electric Funk Box] – Chocolate Backing Vocals, Piano, Organ – Butch*Drums – Willie 5:11 Wild*Guitar – David Dynamite*Lead Vocals, Bass – Larry GrahamTenor Saxophone – P. Caboose Hair Backing Vocals, Clavinet, Trumpet – Hershall Happiness*Backing Vocals, Organ – 3 Butch*Backing Vocals, Performer [Electric Funk Box] – Chocolate Drums – Willie 4:55 Wild*Guitar – David Dynamite*Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Bass [Fuzz] – Larry GrahamTenor Saxophone – P. Caboose We Be's Gettin' Down 4 Backing Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Clavinet, Organ – Larry GrahamDrums – Willie Wild*Lead 4:43 Vocals, Backing Vocals – Chocolate Percussion – Milt Holland Tell Me What It Is 5 Bass, Drums, Percussion – Larry GrahamGuitar – Freddie StoneVocals – Chocolate , Larry 4:56 Graham, Lenny Williams Can You Handle It? Backing Vocals, Organ – Butch*Backing Vocals, Performer [Electric Funk Box] – Chocolate 6 5:10 Clavinet, Trumpet – Hershall Happiness*Drums – Willie Wild*Guitar, Lead Guitar – David Dynamite*Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Larry GrahamTenor Saxophone – P. Caboose People Backing Vocals, Clavinet, Trumpet – Hershall Happiness*Backing Vocals, Organ – 7 Butch*Backing Vocals, Performer [Electric Funk Box] – Chocolate Drums – Willie 4:31 Wild*Guitar – David Dynamite*Tenor Saxophone – P. CabooseVocals, Bass, Bass [Fuzz] – Larry Graham Why? 8 Bass, Clavinet, Piano, Drums – Larry GrahamGuitar – David Dynamite*Lead Vocals, Backing 3:37 Vocals, Performer [Electric Funk Box] – Chocolate Organ – Hershall Happiness* Ghetto 9 Organ – Butch*Vocals – Chocolate , Lenny WilliamsVocals, Bass, Clavinet, Piano, Drums – 4:23 Larry Graham Credits Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Larry Graham Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Clarence McDonald Coordinator [Production Coordination] – Trudy Portch Design [Cover] – Mike Salisbury Engineer – Donn Landee, Mallory Earl, Steve Barncard*, Tom Flye Engineer [Assistant] – Steve Jarvis*, Tom Anderson Mixed By – Lee Herschberg, Tom Flye Photography By – Herb Greene Producer – Larry Graham, Russ Titelman Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 4 943674 256921 Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Graham Graham Central Warner Bros. BS 2763 Central Station (LP, Album, BS 2763 US 1974 Records Station Pit) Graham Graham Central Warner Bros. 2763-2 Central 2763-2 US Unknown Station (CD, Album) Records Station Graham Graham Central Warner Bros. K 446286 Central Station (Cass, K 446286 UK 1974 Records Station Album) Graham Graham Central Warner Bros. 576 Central 576 Turkey 1974 Station (LP, Album) Records Station Warner Bros. WB 46 286 Graham Graham Central WB 46 286 Records, (U), (BS Central Station (LP, Album, (U), (BS Germany 1974 Warner Bros. 2763) Station Promo) 2763) Records Related Music albums to Graham Central Station by Graham Central Station Giggetty - Tambourine Mattias Alkberg BD - Ditt Hjärta Är En Stjärna Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Raise Up Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different Bantastic Fand - Welcome To Desert Town Willie Nelson - Moment Of Forever Graham Central Station - Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It Blue2Noise - Shapes And Lines.
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