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MAGIC WINDOWS

Herbie Hancock

Jazz Rock/Fusion


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1.88 | 17 ratings | 0 reviews | 6% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1981

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Magic Number (7:22)
2. Tonight's The Night (6:28)
3. Everybody's Broke (7:04)
4. Help Yourself (6:39)
5. Satisfied With Love (6:30)
6. The Twilight Clone (8:16)

Total time 42:19

Bonus track on 2015 CD reissue:
7. Magic Number (Disco Mix) (9:30)

Line-up / Musicians

- Herbie Hancock / piano, EMU Polyphonic, Fender Rhodes, Hohner Clavinet, vocoder, Alpha Syntauri (enhanced Apple II computer), Clavitar synth guitar, synths (Waves Minimoog, Minimoog, Prophet 5, Oberheim 8 Voice, Yamaha Cs-80, Arp Odyssey, Arp 2600), bass (2), backing vocals (3), Linn drum machine (6), co-producer

With:
- Sylvester / lead & backing vocals (1)
- Jeanie Tracy / backing vocals (1)
- Vicki Randle / lead (2) & backing (3,4) vocals
- Dede Dickerson / backing vocals (2-4)
- Ngoh Spencer / backing vocals (2-4)
- Gavin Christopher / lead vocals (3-5), brass arrangements (4)
- Jeffrey Cohen / backing vocals (3)
- David Bottom / backing vocals (3)
- Julia Waters / backing vocals (5)
- Luther Waters / backing vocals (5)
- Maxine Waters / backing vocals (5)
- Oren Waters / backing vocals (5)
- Ray Parker, Jr. / guitar (1,2), drums (2)
- George Johnson / guitar (3,6)
- Al McKay / guitar (4)
- Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson / guitar (5)
- Adrian Belew / guitar (6)
- Michael Brecker / tenor sax (2,4)
- Freddie Washington / bass (1,5)
- Louis Johnson / bass (3,6)
- Ed Watkins / bass (4)
- John Robinson / drums (1,3)
- James Gadson / drums (4)
- Alphonse Mouzon / drums (5)
- Juan Escovedo / percussion (1)
- Pete Escovedo / percussion (1)
- Sheila Escovedo / percussion (1)
- Paulinho Da Costa / percussion (6)

Releases information

Artwork: Howard Gutstadt with David Ross (art direction)

LP Columbia ‎- FC 37387 (1981, US)

CD Columbia ‎- COL 486572 2 (1997, France)
CD PTG Records ‎- PTG 34209 (2015, Netherlands) With a bonus track

Thanks to clarke2001 for the addition
and to Quinino for the last updates
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HERBIE HANCOCK Magic Windows ratings distribution


1.88
(17 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music (6%)
6%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection (0%)
0%
Good, but non-essential (18%)
18%
Collectors/fans only (29%)
29%
Poor. Only for completionists (47%)
47%

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