Collectables Classics

Performer: Graham Central Station
Engineer: Donn Landee; Steve Malcolm; Larry Graham; Mallory Earl; Steve Barncard; Tom Flye
Producer: Larry Graham; Russ Titelman
Distributor: Select-O-Hits

Notes: Personnel: Larry Graham (vocals, guitar, piano, harpsichord, Clavinet, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, ARP synthesizer, bass synthesizer, drums, tambourine, timpani, percussion, background vocals); David Vega (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Patryce Banks (vocals, electric guitar, box, tambourine, background vocals); Chocolate (vocals, electric guitar, background vocals); Hershall Kennedy (vocals, trumpet, horns, electric piano, harpsichord, Clavinet, synthesizer, tambourine, background vocals); Robert Sam (vocals, piano, organ, tambourine, background vocals); Gaylord Birch (vocals, drums, bass drum, cymbals, timpani, tom tom); Willy Sparks (vocals, drums, background vocals); Lenny Williams , Babyface (vocals); Freddie Stone (guitar); P. Caboose (tenor saxophone); Hershall Happiness (trumpet, Clavinet, synthesizer, background vocals); Leonard Pickett, Emilio Castilo, Michael Gillette, Gregory Adams, Stephen Kupka (horns); Butch (piano, organ, background vocals); Milt Holland (percussion). Audio Mixers: Lee Herschberg; Tom Flye. Audio Remixers: Mallory Earl; Tom Flye. Recording information: The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA; Wally Heider, San Francisco, CA; Warner Bros. Studios, N. Hollywood, CA. Photographers: Herbert Greene; Gary Heery; Mike Salisbury. Arrangers: Larry Graham; Tom Salisbury. In 2006, the Collectables label reissued the first six albums by Graham Central Station, and they also released this box set containing the first four albums in a "deluxe wooden box." The box itself is a sturdy flip-top object with absolutely no markings and is sheathed in a flimsy wraparound cover -- a cover that is attached at the base by Scotch tape. Thankfully, the discs come in their original jewel cases. The difference in the cost of the box versus the four individual discs is not significant. At any rate, this is a quick -- if heavy -- way to obtain a handful of decent-to-good '70s funk albums. Even when the material comes up short, Larry Graham's popping basslines command attention. ~ Andy Kellman

Graham Central Station was the 1970s brainchild of ex-Sly and the Family Stone bassist Larry Graham. The group's sound mined a funk/pop fusion vein similar to that of Graham's former group, and showcased the leader's highly influential "thumping and popping" bass guitar technique.

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