Skin Tight/Fire

Performer: The Ohio Players
Engineer: Barry Mraz; Marry Mraz
Producer: Ohio Players; Ohio Players
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: The Ohio Players: Sugarfoot (vocals, guitar, percussion, background vocals); Sugar (vocals, guitars, background vocals); Satch (vocals, flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion, background vocals); Billy (vocals, piano, grand piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer piano, Clavinet, organ, Hammond b-3 organ, ARP synthesizer, percussion, background vocals); Diamond (vocals, drums, congas, timbales, percussion, gong, chimes, background vocals); Merv (trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone, background vocals); Pee Wee (trumpet, trombone, background vocals); City Slickers (Spike Jones) (bass guitar). Audio Remasterer: Andrew Thompson . Liner Note Author: John O'Regan. Recording information: Paragon Studios, Chicago, IL. Photographer: Richard Fegley. The bottom line is simply this: if you don't already have these two classics by the Ohio Players, you need them. England's BGO packages these two smashes from the early Mercury years onto a single disc. The sound is remastered; there are excellent liner notes by John O'Regan; and the music is so deep, wide, and nasty it simply doesn't get any better. Just buy 'em while you can. ~ Thom Jurek

Q (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Ohio Players were one of the great funk acts of the '70s, a seven-man rhythm machine."

One of the most important and successful funk bands of the '70s, the Ohio Players made effective use of aggressive horns and big, butt-shakin' bass lines. The group produced a wide variety of great, sex-savvy soul music, many of their biggest hits were sex-related novelties. Unfortunately, the Ohio Players are now remembered almost as much for their erotic cover art as for their music.

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