Instrumental Directions (Nite-Liters album)
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Instrumental Directions is the third album by the Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
group The Nite-Liters
New Birth (band)
New Birth is an American funk and R&B group, originally conceived in Detroit, Michigan by former Motown songwriter/producer and veteran musician Vernon Bullock, and co-founded in Louisville, Kentucky by Vernon, with former Motown songwriter/producer Harvey Fuqua, and music industry veterans, Tony...
, the instrumental ensemble offshot of New Birth
New Birth (band)
New Birth is an American funk and R&B group, originally conceived in Detroit, Michigan by former Motown songwriter/producer and veteran musician Vernon Bullock, and co-founded in Louisville, Kentucky by Vernon, with former Motown songwriter/producer Harvey Fuqua, and music industry veterans, Tony...
. Released in 1972 on RCA Records
RCA Records
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. Produced by mentor Harvey Fuqua
Harvey Fuqua
Harvey Fuqua, was an African-American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo-wop group the Moonglows in the 1950s...
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Track listing
- Theme From Shaft 4:16
- Brand X 4:43
- Them (Changes) 4:45
- Respect To The Other Man 5:00
- Cherish Every Precious Moment 3:00
- Afro-Strut 2:50
- Medley: MacArthur Park, What's Going On, Fugua's Theme 4:55
- I've Got Dreams To Remember 3:15
- Wichita Lineman 5:05
- Bakers Instant 3:39
Charts
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1972 | Instrumental Directions Instrumental Directions (Nite-Liters album) Instrumental Directions is the third album by the Louisville, Kentucky group The Nite-Liters, the instrumental ensemble offshot of New Birth. Released in 1972 on RCA Records... |
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