Magicians Holiday

Magicians Holiday is the debut album by The Gap Band in 1974 on Shelter Records.

Magicians Holiday
Studio album by The Gap Band
Released	1974
Recorded	Shelter Church Studio (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	35:42
Label	Shelter
Producer	Buddy Jones
The Gap Band chronology
Magicians Holiday (1974) The Gap Band (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Buddy Jones and Charles Wilson, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I-Yike-It" (Tom Lokey)	2:46
2.	"Backbone"	2:36
3.	"After All Is Said and Done"	3:25
4.	"Fontessa Fame"	4:30
5.	"You Can Always Count on Me"	5:00

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Bad Girl"	3:30
7.	"Easy Life" (Buddy Jones, Kay Poorboy)	3:50
8.	"Loving You Is Everything"	3:40
9.	"Tommy's Groove" (Tom Lokey)	3:32
10.	"Magicians Holiday"	2:53

Personnel

• Charles Wilson – lead vocals, background vocals, piano, Clavinet, organ
• Ronnie Wilson – background vocals, trumpet
• Robert Wilson – background vocals, bass
• Roscoe Smith – drums
• O'Dell Stokes – guitar
• Tommy Lokey – trumpet
• Alvin Jones – trombone
• Chris Clayton – saxophone
• Carl Scoggins – congas, percussions
• Jamie Oldaker – drums

Samples

• "Tommy's Groove"
  • "Ragtime"" by Brand Nubian on their One For All album.[2]

References

1. Magicians Holiday > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
2. "Brand Nubian's Ragtime sample of The Gap Band's Tommy's Groove". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2012-02-29.

External links

• Magicians Holiday at Discogs